Posted on 04/28/2008 8:53:35 PM PDT by jasonmyos
LINCOLN, Neb. (Legal Newsline)-Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning's failure to pursue cases on behalf illegal immigrants has cost the Cornhusker State federal funding aimed at fighting discrimination, an official said Monday.
Ann Hobbs, executive director of the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission, told Legal Newsline the commission has essentially lost $240,000 in annual funding it received for investigating discrimination complaints-all because of the attorney general's stance against illegal immigration.
"Whenever people's personal opinions begin to trump state and federal law you can almost guarantee you're going to have a big mess," she said in a telephone interview.
(Excerpt) Read more at legalnewsline.com ...
Ping.
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it.
Theodore Roosevelt
EXCELLENT!
The less Federal monies taken, the less strings attached.
The less Federal monies GIVEN, the fewer that attach themselves to the sow’s earmark...
A win-win for Citizen Sovereignty and State’s Rights!
If I lived in Nebraska, I'd be collecting rotten tomatoes in your honor!
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