Posted on 07/28/2010 10:19:57 AM PDT by God luvs America
strikes down the portion of officials demanding papers from immigrants....no word yet if she has decided this law trumps fed law but she has not struck down entire law...
info is coming in on Fox...
Arizona should ignore this idiot judge’s ruling.....the democrats ignore laws they don’t like all the time.
Whatever happened to the concept of the majority rules in this country? One jackass judge can wipe out the will of the people. It’s wrong.
No
Yes, but I’m still not holding my breath. Should have predicted this would happen. Just figures!
Sounds like the judge has given the citizens of Arizona the ability to do the job that the federal government won’t do.
That’s what I’m saying!
Tell the Feds to go to hell!
ENFORCE THE LAW!
The ruling came just as police were making last-minute preparations to begin enforcement of the law at 12:01 a.m. Thursday and protesters were planning a large demonstrations to speak out against the measure. At least one group planned to block access to federal offices, daring officers to ask them their immigration status.
The volume of the protests will be likely be turned down a few notches because of the ruling by Bolton, a Clinton appointee who suddenly became a crucial figure in the immigration debate when she was assigned the seven lawsuits filed against the Arizona law.
Lawyers for the state contend the law was a constitutionally sound attempt by Arizona — the busiest illegal gateway into the country — to assist federal immigration agents and lessen border woes such as the heavy costs for educating, jailing and providing health care for illegal immigrants.
The opponents argued the law will lead to racial profiling, conflict with federal immigration law and distract local police from fighting more serious crimes. The U.S. Justice Department, civil rights groups and a Phoenix police officer had asked the judge for an injunction to prevent the law from being enforced.
“There is a substantial likelihood that officers will wrongfully arrest legal resident aliens under the new (law),” Bolton ruled. “By enforcing this statute, Arizona would impose a ‘distinct, unusual and extraordinary’ burden on legal resident aliens that only the federal government has the authority to impose.”
The law was signed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer in April and immediately revived the national debate on immigration, making it a hot-button issue in the midterm elections.
The law has inspired rallies in Arizona and elsewhere by advocates on both sides of the immigration debate. Some opponents have advocated a tourism boycott of Arizona.
It also led an unknown number of illegal immigrants to leave Arizona for other American states or their home countries.
Federal authorities who are trying to overturn the law have argued that letting the Arizona law stand would create a patchwork of immigration laws nationwide that would needlessly complicate the foreign relations of the United States. Federal lawyers said the law is disrupting U.S. relations with Mexico and other countries and would burden the agency that responds to immigration-status inquiries.
Brewer’s lawyers said Arizona shouldn’t have to suffer from America’s broken immigration system when it has 15,000 police officers who can arrest illegal immigrants.
I truly fell sympathy for fellow Freepers who have faith in our legal system. I understand your shock and disappointment. Most of you will forget about this and go on with your life you hold so precious. Some may realize that we are not a free or fair society any longer...that we need to take action to stop and disassemble the corruption that has taken over our government. Does anyone really think the Republican party under John Boehner or Mitch McConnell will impeach corrupt liberal judges? Or, remove the protections from unions? Or, do those things necessary to dismantle the democrat party tyranny? Get past the fear and the anguish and become determined...
Can't we all plead "racial" discrimination
My Democrat neighbors side with Arizona and are outraged enough over Obama’s stand against AZ and the healthcare bill never to vote Democrat again. I feel a tidal wave about to hit in November.
Yep...glad I don't have children.
And watch the FedGov have plenty of law enforcement and resources to pound AZ and AZ's LEO's.
One question I have: How much of this idiot’s decision was coached by the WH?
Maybe we should all have Driver's License Burning Parties all over the country....like the Woodstock crowd did with the old draft cards...
Does AIDS count? Not a nuke but mostly takes out loony liberal queers.
Maybe 7-2, probably 8-1. Against Arizona, that is. SCOTUS is very fed-friendly.
I can’t wait til this reaches the SC. I think we have a 5-4 there
I would not be so sure.....GW Bush was pro-Illegal Alien...and his appointees are not a guaranteed vote for American Citizen rights on this one.
It is a sad day for America that a Federal Judge rules in favor of the Hispanic Ku Klux Klan racist groups. Sickening.
The guts of this law have been gutted
Don’t we American citizens who fly back into the US from Mexico, now have to have a valid passport?
It is now, more than ever, imperative that we stop card check legislation.
The only reason that the unions have been ok with amnesty is because the Democrats have promised them card check. There is no way in this world that the teamsters are going to support amnesty without card check.
>>Wikileaks and now this can make for one HELL of a depressing day.<<
Which demonstrates why last year I purchased a 13 acre farm in central Kentucky. It’s the only way to get out of the country without really getting out.
Who is John Galt?
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