To The Black Robed Judicial Despots: America Is Watching.
Get Congress to abolish that Federal Judge's office.
The same thing happened to Prop 187 here in California some time ago... It too said no public services/assistance for illegal aliens.
This is a no-brainer. The Governor should hold a press conference in prime time, sign the legislation and force the judge to enforce his order. How will he do it if the Governor orders the state's attorneys otherwise?
The Anglo-American legal tradition has a long-standing custom of judges reinterpreting law, through overturning or modifying previous decisions, as the broader society they serve changes.
I don't believe that people really want the alternative, where the government hands out new laws and punishments and sitting judges have no room to interpret or apply them to specific, unforeseen circumstances.
That's how things are done in France, where the judge isn't a sort of referee as in our adversarial system, but an agent of the state; ie, on the same side as the prosecution.
Why the Second Amendment is so crucial.
Nice article bump. Well stated.
But, our robed masters will disapprove of it.
I would ask my fellow Arizona FReepers on this list to drop a line to Governor Napolitano. Post...ummm...#8?...has a good suggestion. The Governor should sign the bill and force the issue between the Executive and the Judiciary, between the State and the Federal Gov't.
In fact, we saw an article earlier this week that suggested she may just do that. So, write her and inform her that you agree with her. Ugghh. Did I just say that?
MALDEF. Here is a partial list of donors to MALDEF. These are the people who have bought and paid for too many of our politicians. Many of these donors are the same ones that we ALL have been complaining about being too powerful in this country for years......Soros? Fannie Mae? AARP? Come on people.
Taken from pages 15 and 16 of MALDEF's annual report
[MALDEF's] vision is of an America where being Latino is no longer an obstacle to full participation in society. We imagine an America where all people, including Latinos, enjoy the same rights and protections under the law; where Latino voices are fully heard and represented in the political process; where all people work together to maintain high levels of justice and fairness throughout the American system. Thank you to all of you who have supported MALDEF throughout this year.
OUR CORPORATE AND
FOUNDATION PARTNERS
PLATINUM PARTNERS: $100,000+
Anheuser-Busch Companies
The Ford Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Sandler Family Supporting
Foundation
Soros Foundation
Washington Mutual
GOLD PARTNERS: $50,000 ú $99,999
America's Charities
California Community Foundation
Center for Law in the Public Interest
The Gerber Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Levi Strauss Foundation
Marguerite Casey Foundation
The Rosenberg Foundation
The State Bar of California
SILVER PARTNERS: $10,000 ú $49,000
AT&T
Bank of America
BELO Corporation
BP
Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P
The Bravo Foundation
The California Endowment
The Coca-Cola Company
Fannie Mae Foundation
Ford Motor Company
Fried, Frank Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
The Gas Company, A Sempra Energy
Company
General Motors Corporation
Health Care Service Corporation
Intercultural Development Research
McDonald's Corp.
Motorola, Inc
NBC4 / Telemundo 52
Prudential Financial
Shell Oil Company
Southern California Edison
Southwest Airlines
Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation
Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc.
TXU Corporation
Tyson Foods, Inc
Univision Television Group, Inc.
Verizon Communications, Inc.
Walt Disney Company
Wells Fargo & Company
.
BRONZE PARTNERS: $1,000 ú $9,999
AARP
Abbott Laboratories Fund
The Abernathy/McGregor Group
AFL-CIO
The Ahmanson Foundation
AIG Invesment LLC
American Federation of Teachers
Amigas de MALDEF
AOL Time Warner, Inc.
Automobile Club of Southern California
Azteca Foods
Blockbuster Inc.
The Boeing Company
California Commerce Bank
California Healthcare Foundation
California Hospital Medical Center
California State University Foundation
California Teachers Association
Callejo & Callejo Law Firm
CBS WBBM-TV
CBS2 / KCAL9
Chicago Community Trust
Citigroup Business Services
Coastal Securities LP
ConocoPhillips, Inc.
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP
Cummins Engine Foundation
DaimlerChrysler Corp. Fund
Deloitte & Touche
Deutsche Bank
Diageo North America, Inc.
Dreamworks SKG
Edison International Corp.
Fannie Mae
Gloria Molina For Supervisor
Goldman Sachs & Company
H.E.Butt Grocery Company
The Hearst Service Center
Houston Community College System -
Southeast College
Irell & Manella, LLP
J.P. Morgan Chase
KB Home
KTLA 5
KTTV Fox 11
L.A. Dept. of Water and Power
La Agencia De Orci y Asociados
Law Offices of Francisco G. Medina
Law Offices of Frank Herrera, Jr.
Law Offices of Nicholas R. Allis
Linebarger Goggan et al.
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Los Angeles Times
McDonald's Hispanic Operators
Association.
Nissan North America, Inc.
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
PipeVine, Inc.
Ramirez & Co. Inc.
Ramona's Food Products, Inc.
Rangel Cosulting
Reliant Energy
San Antonio Express News
SEIU Local 660
Seyfarth Shaw Attorneys
Shapleig For Senate Campaign
Soza & Company LTD.
St. Mary's University School of Law
State Farm Insurance
Strasburger & Price LLP
Taco Bell Corp. (YUM! Brands, Inc.)
Texas A&M University at Kingsville
Texas A&M University Foundation
Texas Association of Higher Education
Trinity University
UFCW Local 881
Union Bank of California
United Way of Lake Area
United Way of the Bay Area
University of California Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Houston
University of Notre Dame
University of Southern California
USAA Foundation
Walgreens Company
Wal-Mart Foundation
http://ccir.net/REFERENCE/MALDEF-2002-2003.html
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