Posted on 11/01/2007 7:18:57 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
Washington, DC –Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced that it has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a New York taxpayer in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Suffolk County against New York Governor Eliot Spitzer over a new policy implemented on September 21, 2007 that will “give all New Yorkers the opportunity to apply for driver’s licenses without regard to immigration status” (Staudenraus v. Spitzer, Index No. 07-33872).
According to New York State law, with respect to driver licenses, the DMV Commissioner “shall require that the applicant provide his or her social security number.” Under the new DMV policy, however, applicants will not have to provide a Social Security number to receive a driver’s license. They must only provide a foreign passport and some secondary form of identification, such as a lease or a copy of parole papers.
The lawsuit, filed in conjunction with the New York law firm Borovina and Marullo PLLC, on behalf of Suffolk County resident and taxpayer James M. Staudenraus, seeks “equitable and declaratory relief against defendants who in the course of their official duties has caused…a wrongful expenditure, misappropriation, misapplication, and other illegal and unconstitutional disbursement of state funds as well as unlawful conduct in connection with their plan to issue driver’s licenses to undocumented aliens in contravention of New York’s Vehicle and Traffic Law.” In addition to Governor Spitzer, the lawsuit names Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Commissioner David Swartz and the New York State DMV as defendants.
According to the complaint, “There is no express language anywhere in the VTL [Vehicle and Traffic Law] which dispenses with the requirement that an applicant for a driver’s license provide his or her social security number.” Moreover, Spitzer and the DMV intend to implement the policy without involving the New York State Legislature, and “without complying with the rule-making requirements prescribed by the State Administrative Procedure Act.”
“Eliot Spitzer wants to use his public office to sanction illegal behavior and put all of us at risk through his plan to give driver licenses to illegal aliens,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “If Governor Spitzer wants to change the rules, he has to follow the rules – which means going through the New York State Legislature and otherwise following New York law.”
“If Governor Spitzer wants to change the rules, he has to follow the rules...”
Wanna make a bet?
There goes ANY hope!! Anything and EVERYTHING that Judicial Watch touches turns to crap.
Judicial Watch? Yeah ... with their track record I'm sure Spitzer is quaking in his booties.
Spitzer will just declare a ‘state of emergency’ and waltz around it or like the Legislature in NC, it’ll be passed as an addendum to a rinky-dink bill at 12:45 am in the morning.
Schumer, Hilary,Spitzer. NY is as bad as CA. At least we got rid of Davis for king RINO.
Loogie Spitzer spits in the faces of the New York State legal residents!
A giant hawker on the sidewalk of life!
double triple AMEN
yea, Tom seems a little clueless to the ‘steamrollers’ tactics.
Bullying, Intimidation and Coercion - it’s the socialist Steamroller Spitzer’s way! Laws are only for us little people.
I wonder if it’s his personal agenda or does some group have him by his nads?
When did the governmental abrogate its power of prosecution and hand it over to JW?? Short aswer: Never!
This article says:
>>According to New York State law, with respect to driver licenses, the DMV Commissioner “shall require that the applicant provide his or her social security number.”<<
MICHAEL BALBONI, NEW YORK DEPUTY SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY says:
“The law that I voted for said if you have a Social Security number, get it so that you can go after a deadbeat dad.
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It did not say in order to get a driver’s license, show a Social Security number.”
Does anybody have the actual text of the law?
In JW’s defense, Larry Klayman is no longer there.
Couldn’t find the text, but NY DMV says, “You must show your Social Security card. If you are not eligible for a Social Security Number, you must get a letter from the Social Security Administration that indicates that you are not eligible for a Social Security Number. You must show the letter to the DMV.”
Umm .. Well don’t these prospective illegal drivers still need to take a damn test to drive on our roads?
Residual haplessness.
So, Hillie, do you support giving illegals Social Security cards, or Spitzer's flouting the law, something you've accused 43 of doing.
Judicial Watch, 0 for 176,353 and counting!
Not to worry. State Pubbies are hauling Gov. Queeg’s sorry arse into court as well. This morning, IIRC.
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