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Posted on 05/29/2010 9:34:06 AM PDT by cutty
A sudden new twist in the ongoing rhetorical and legal struggle over Arizona's tough new law to round up illegal immigrants.
Late Friday night as the Memorial Day weekend began, Arizona's Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, in effect, suspended the state's Democratic attorney general from defending the new law in upcoming legal challenges. The measure, known as S.B. 1070, is due to take effect this summer and, among other things, allows local police under federal guidelines to check the immigration status of people they stop...
The governor's abrupt action against Terry Goddard, her likely Democratic opponent in this fall's gubernatorial election, came after months of disputes between the two and at the end of a long day of legal maneuvering in both Arizona and the nation's capital.
As the state's chief lawyer, Goddard would be expected to take the lead in defending Arizona against....
...challenges to the Legislature's action, which erupted after years of state frustration with the federal government's inability to secure the state border with Mexico against illegal immigrants, drugs and criminals.
However, Goddard has vocally opposed the measure, so much so that the Legislature gave the governor advance authority to hire outside legal counsel.
On Friday, Goddard met with the Obama administration's Atty. Gen. Eric Holder in Washington, then held a news conference just hours before Brewer's handpicked attorneys were to meet with Holder, an outspoken critic of the law.
Brewer said, "I believe the federal government should use its legal resources to fight illegal immigration, not the State of Arizona."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer abruptly suspends state's attorney general from illegal immigrant law defense .
Go Jan. Good move.
related...
http://gunnyg.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/obama-threatens-14-us-governors-with-immediate-arrest-2/
Governor Brewer is doing her homework and quite effectively. She has probably spent the past few weeks, reading every conceivable Constitutional law regarding her authority and she is using it and it will be bulletproof.
She absolutely made the right decision on the ag. He would work to undermine the law; making deals and even possibly putting Gov Brewer in harms way.
The more I see of this governor, the more I like. She’s taking a well reasoned stand on an issue that affects her State. She is supported by a clear majority of the voting public. And, she’s not kowtowing to the anointed one and his thug-minions.
I like what I see. We need more like Gov Brewer.
It’s time to take back the country. Securing the border, even one State at a time, is a good start.
What’s this ‘Democratic’ party they keep mentioning in the article?
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