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Handcuffing the States
Power Line ^ | July 30, 2010 | John Hinderaker

Posted on 07/31/2010 3:35:24 AM PDT by yoe

The federal government's position in the Arizona case is, I think, outrageous. The Obama administration has decided to abdicate its most basic constitutional responsibility by failing to enforce the nation's immigration laws, and now it demands that the states do nothing to protect themselves against the invasion of illegals that federal nonfeasance inevitably encourages. This attack on the most fundamental police powers of the states is, to my knowledge, unprecedented. (MichaelRamirez) sums up the untenable position in which the Obama administration seeks to put state and local law enforcement.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aliens; castrated; illegalskillingusa
This is an impeachable offense for Obama and should be for Senator John McCain if he and ALL United States Senators don't honor their oaths of office to protect the Constitution and to protect America from this enemy of our Constitution. Obama wants amnesty and open borders, he refuses to protect America - he is holding the nation hostage until he gets his way. Americans will close it for him....how did we ever put such a man in the highest office in the land? A Communist at that.
1 posted on 07/31/2010 3:35:26 AM PDT by yoe
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To: yoe

Duh _bummer has set us on a failing course, thats his legacy, failure at all cost. What I don’t understand is after all of his direct lies to America we still debate if he is lying..he really is a scumbag..


2 posted on 07/31/2010 3:41:32 AM PDT by aeonspromise
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To: yoe

Why, that’s none of the peons’ business if the Emperor does not want to “protect the states from invasion.”


3 posted on 07/31/2010 3:43:28 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: yoe
U.S. Constitution: Article III, Sec. 2, clause 2 says:

In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the Supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction…

Did Bolton have jusidiction to hear the lawsuit?
4 posted on 07/31/2010 3:47:21 AM PDT by leprechaun9
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To: leprechaun9

I’m not a lawyer, but it seems injunctions are different. She didn’t hear the case. She heard a motion for an injunction. She didn’t decide the case. She didn’t hear the case. She decided on an injunction based on her judgement of the likely outcome of the case when it is heard. I think there are plenty of examples of injunctions in lower courts while a case is pending.


5 posted on 07/31/2010 4:45:38 AM PDT by Huck (Q: How can you tell a party is in the minority? A: They're complaining about the deficit.)
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To: leprechaun9

I blame the Democrats in Congress for not forcing the President to enforce the laws of this country.

But why?

Are we hearing the Republians screaming at the top of the lungs? Are we watching as the Republicans cluster in large groups to force the Democrats to action? Are we hearing the screams of the republican leadership as Obama makes null and void any thought of States Rights?

Must we arm ourselves and lead a revolution to get our politicians to do their friggin jobs?

It appears that if we want the United States to survive we must take back our country from the politicians of both parties by force. This is becoming more apparent every day as we see that politicians of both parties are more interested in getting re-elected than in protecting America and it’s citizens.


6 posted on 07/31/2010 4:47:07 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: yoe

He can only handcuff the states if they acquiesce to it. If they stand against him he is powerless. We need governors and state Attorneys General with balls.

AZ is doing good work in that regard. In my opinion Sheriff Joe Arpaio has it right, again. Just arrest those guys and go on about your business. No need for a new law to do so. No need to fight with the feds. Just do it.


7 posted on 07/31/2010 4:50:04 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government)
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You are dead on spot right. But you would think the Republicans would realize the best way to get elected is to raise their voices. To speak out. To stand strong.

I think, in addition to being cowards, they are stupid.

8 posted on 07/31/2010 4:57:02 AM PDT by Do Be (The heart is smarter than the head.)
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To: Mind-numbed Robot
He can only handcuff the states if they acquiesce to it. If they stand against him he is powerless. We need governors and state Attorneys General with balls.

I'm convinced this is the answer. Get a few states tstand up and it's a whole new ballgame.

9 posted on 07/31/2010 5:01:25 AM PDT by Do Be (The heart is smarter than the head.)
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To: yoe

Any ordinary person can see that obuma has sided with invaders and criminals and against United States citizens. He never talks about the civil rights of Americans because he doesn’t believe in freedom or individual rights.


10 posted on 07/31/2010 5:11:52 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: yoe

lol I dont get it...States rights are going out the window and people dont care...where is the outrage..


11 posted on 07/31/2010 5:17:17 AM PDT by dalebert
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The Democrats see this as solidifying support for the Democratic Party among Hispanics, legal and illegal. The illegals will be reliable Democrat voters when, or before, they get citizenship. The Republicans are too fearful of being called racists or fondly think they can lure some of the Hispanics to their side by keeping quiet.

Even on FNC the videos they show of demonstrators are all pro-illegal alien and attacking the Arizona law. I guess the media considers that the only point of view that respectable people can express.

12 posted on 07/31/2010 9:11:16 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Mind-numbed Robot

There is something else that could be done. Governors could stop enforcing other federal laws. What about the laws regulating truckers on the highways? Weight limits, hours of service, record-keeping requirements, all of these are enforced by State and local officers on the highways.

It seems doubtful to me that failing to enforce these rules would result in any more damage to the country than the federal failure to enforce immigration laws.

Governors should research every federal law that is currently being enforced by State officials, and then announce that as of a set day, they would follow the rule of the Arizona case, and stop enforcing those federal laws.

Gee, I think that would be a Saul Alinsky tactic (find out what the oppressors say they want to do, then make them do it). Wonder how the Left would feel about tit-for-tat?


13 posted on 07/31/2010 10:04:57 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

Ping!

Yeah, what yoe said...


14 posted on 07/31/2010 10:33:50 AM PDT by HiJinx (I can see November from my front porch - and Mexico from the back.)
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To: yoe

Can anyone name the European leader who wants to revokes citizenship or removal of any illegal threatening police or leaders of that nation?

Due to the copyright laws of AP, you will have to go there and read the goods news.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-hptb5&p=Sarkozy%20Threatens%20Immigrants%20Who%20Target%20Police&type=


15 posted on 07/31/2010 12:21:19 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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