Posted on 06/05/2010 6:36:35 PM PDT by SandRat
About a half-dozen civil rights groups have asked a federal court to block Arizona from implementing its new law cracking down on illegal immigration until a ruling is made on its constitutionality.
The groups' late Friday filing argues that delaying the scheduled July 29 implementation of the law would discourage other states from enacting similar legislation until the constitutionality issue is resolved.
Other states including Texas, Utah and Minnesota have talked about passing laws similar to Arizona's, which requires police enforcing other laws to check immigration status if they suspect someone is in the country illegally.
The groups that made the Friday's filing are the same ones that filed a lawsuit challenging the law, saying it invites the racial profiling. Supporters of the law say it will combat illegal immigration.
Border Ping
This law mirrors a federal law!!! ....difference is the federal law is not being enforced!~!!
What can possibly be unonstitutional about protecting our borders?
Mexico sure does a good job of protection theirs”.
This is why the commie piggies are so hysterical about this bill.
The courts need to stay the hell out of this and let the grownups run this show.
OK, delay it, that way we can profile (as in the federal law). By the time the courts get around to the case we’ll have all the illegals deported.
The court is the US District Court for the District of AZ.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Arizona
Decisions at that level are appealed to the 9th Circuit in California.
Does this work on the healthcare fraud?
Might
They are throwing sand at gears totally encased in a cover that keeps them clean and well functioning.
Their standard abuse of the law tactics will be thwarted by the law
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