Posted on 07/07/2010 7:49:00 PM PDT by Kaslin
Law: After smearing Arizona's immigration law as racial profiling, the Justice Department has issued its lawsuit against the state. But it's not about civil rights anymore. It's about a federal "right" to not enforce U.S. law.
When Arizona passed a law last April mirroring U.S. federal immigration law, it was the opposite of the sort of challenges states historically bring to the feds.
Back when, say, schools were being desegregated, federal troops had to face off against state sheriffs because state laws were in direct contradiction to federal laws.
Not so with Arizona's law, which requires the state to help buttress federal law. That means federal and state agents should be enforcing an out-of-control illegal immigration crisis — brought on by spillover from Mexico's horrific cartel war — together.
But to the politicos now running the federal government, Arizona's law is, for political reasons, painted as racist.
"I think it certainly could invite profiling," huffed Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano last May, shortly after admitting she hadn't even read the law.
"We could potentially get on a slippery slope where people will be picked on because of how they look as opposed to what they have done," worried Attorney General Eric Holder back then.
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Ping!
Sounds like a plan to me. If the Federal Government continues to maintain that it doesn’t have to enforce its own laws, then logically, the citizens don’t have to abide by laws that the Federal Government passes.<<<<<
Think again comrade The law we will obey is called “Force” If you are a member of the governing elite then you have choice!
Sounds like a plan to me. If the Federal Government continues to maintain that it doesn’t have to enforce its own laws, then logically, the citizens don’t have to abide by laws that the Federal Government passes.<<<<<
Think again comrade The law we will obey is called “Force” If you are a member of the governing elite then you have choice!
Yes, I understand their thinking. Classic do as I say, not as I do. That dog will only hunt a short time, then it will run into some ground red pepper.
What breathtaking hypocrites progressives are!
"Q Thanks, Robert. First I’m going to put aside what you said about being a Dallas fan. I’m just going to pretend that didn't happen. (Laughter.) On another more important topic, one thing as you have mentioned several times today, the President directed Justice to look at the Arizona law because he doesn’t want a patchwork of state and local laws. But right now there are dozens of so-called sanctuary cities that have their own policies that might potentially conflict with federal law, something that's led Governor Brewer to say that if Arizona is in violation of federal law, then so are these localities. So my question is, why did the President only ask DOJ to look at Arizona and not everywhere?
MR. GIBBS: Yes, well, let me see if I can get -- I don't know the answer to that, but I will try to seek some answer on that."
I can think of only one thing worse, "Obama is a success."
Something bothers me about the Complaint—
“Tony West,Assistant Attorney General
Dennis K. Burke United States Attorney
Arthur R. Goldberg Assistant Director, Federal Programs Branch
Varu Chilakamarri (NY Bar #4324299)
Joshua Wilkenfeld (NY Bar #4440681)
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC 20530 Tel. (202) 616-8489/Fax (202) 616-8470 varudhini.chilakamarri@usdoj.gov
Attorneys for the United States”
—the two lawyers to state their bar numbers are puppy lawyers—the senior attorneys only state their names.
Varu is a vegetarian HuffPo blogger—she’s being set up to take the fall and Rule 11 sanctions.
Democrats have been:
1. Threatened by the cartel and are caving in
2. Given some quid pro quo by the cartel and are reluctant to go after it
On thw Wednesday Sean Hannity show, he showed a poll from CO that showed 72% of HISPANICS were in favor of AZ law. That stupid cow, Kristen Powers, spun that poll into “doesn’t mean what it says” to “not indicative of the nation” to “people too stupid to respond to the poll”.
She kept going on about the Latino vote in the upcoming elections. Since when do illegals have the right to vote? I smell massive voter fraud to insure that RATs stay in power. Pelosi ain’t going quietly.
I would hope that the Governor, despite the cost, would deploy the state regiment of national guards to the border and issue a call to arms for the militia.
Won't happen, but that would be some real "Hope and Change" right there.
Bottom line - IMO - keep the focus on “illegal” in the immigration issue. (those libs love to use smoke & mirrors to cloud the real issue). Remind our politicians that granting amnesty is nothing more than sanctioning illegal behavior. Granting them a “free” entry card does not guarantee any allegiance to the USofA.
Exactly! Did these people not go to law school?
They know that this lawsuit will go nowhere but an effective suit is not the point. This is simply pandering at it's worst. Shameful political posturing by this administration to get a special interest on board.
The illegals cannot vote in Arizona. Arizona has a picture ID requirement. Illegals will be voting in other states, like California, however. I’m pretty sure that’s how Sanchez won her Congress seat in Santa Ana. I read that Obama has lost 20% of the Hispanic vote and that he is using the immigration amnesty issue to win it back. So far, he’s only regained 3% of the 20% that he lost.
I think that there might be another issue going on here that no one is mentioning. Arizona passed a law requiring all candidates who want to be on the ballot, show their birth certificates. Obama’s going nuts over it.
watch the preliminary injunction hearing.
a test for the preliminary injunction is a high degree of prevailing on the merits.
I a preliminary is granted, the fix is in.
What does that mean besides a retired person looking at a picture?
You think that the poll watchers cannot match the pictures with the live people or think that they will have phony picture ID?
I hope you're just joking Eve.
You do realize that millions of illegals have/use fraudulent ID's, with 60 percent of them having multiple fraudulent ID's.
You think they use ID's with other peoples photos on them?
Hummmmmmm . . . . . Is it possible that all us Christians and Jews are getting the smelly end of the stick?
What about that separation of church and state thing. Are we really seeing the beginnings of the new state religion.
That's not gonna set well with some folks I know.
Sure that's it! Free money for everyone!
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