Posted on 07/03/2010 11:30:03 AM PDT by SandRat
judge considering the five lawsuits challenging Arizona's immigration enforcement law is trying to avoid being buried by legal paperwork.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton has imposed limits on so-called "friend of the court" briefs filed by groups that aren't plaintiffs or defendants in the case.
Bolton's order lifts a requirement for the state to respond to all briefs and imposes size limits on new briefs being filed.
She says the many briefs being filed in the case (in her words) "may well jeopardize the court's ability to rule" by July 29 on a request to prohibit the law from taking effect that date.
But Bolton also says there's an interest in having the court hear views of interested parties that file briefs of reasonable length.
AZ SB-1070 gos to court Ping
I would love to be wrong but I see no way in hell that this is not going to end up in front of the Supreme Court.
College research paper ping!!!!111
`sigh...90% of all legislation seems to go to court. The unelected courts are NOT the place to overturn a political decision and nullify the will of the people.
A court overturned California Prop 187, making a mockery of the process.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_187_%281994%29
You are correct. actgually it must end up with SCOTUS for it to be settled
and IIRC it was carefully written to withstand Supreme Court scrutiny.
The sooner it gets there the sooner this gets settled and other states can pass their own laws.
bye bye illegals
I bet the brief from Mexico got in before the cutoff. Any takers?
What would these liars, cheats and thieves do IF Arizona had just passed the Calderon Mexican Immigration Law? Why waste words, just pass Mexican Immigration Law and be done with this mass insanity?
What you say is technically true, but from the article:
But Bolton also says there's an interest in having the court hear views of interested parties that file briefs of reasonable length.
IOW, Bolton is saying she intends to read every one. She's a liberal judge in the Clinton tradition (she's lying), and she can be counted upon to read the views from the left. The beauty of this is we'll never know what she read or didn't read.
I'll say it again, though: My money is on her issuing an injunction before the 29th, then tossing the law. She may just toss the law before the 29th. Either way, there won't be any enforcement of this law...Bolton and Obama stand in the doorway.
Was Mexico’s written in Spanish? Hope so.
Hah! Good question there, shalom!
Ping!
More on Judge Bolton’s ruling re: friend of the court briefs.
Bolton is a slick-willy appointee.
Yep. Appointed by Zipper Clin-Toon
Think of the way Clinton and his friends are dissing Obama, Bolton may not rule the way we think. Hilary as President would want the credit for an amnesty,not secure an Obama second term.
or... be able to say she went aginst the Chicago Mob and Secured the Border supporting SB-1070.
That could happen but I believe their power structure is the destruction of the United States, of course they could pretend to enforce our laws.
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