FRACK!
sounds like obama and pals are still judge shopping.
I just figured out how we can get around this. She says illegals have to be turned over to the feds to have their status determined, how about if we turn them over to the federal court in San Francisco. We’ll just drive them over and let them figure it out.
What a bunch of BS. If I am in any other country and encounter law enforcement, I better have my passport on me. At all times. Period.
....so I guess this means that any US citizen who is stopped by a traffic cop can tell him...I don’t have to show you my license and registration ...or proof of insurance....because a federal judge say’s you have no right to ask me for information as to my legal residency.
Arizona should ignore this idiot judge’s ruling.....the democrats ignore laws they don’t like all the time.
Whatever happened to the concept of the majority rules in this country? One jackass judge can wipe out the will of the people. It’s wrong.
Sounds like the judge has given the citizens of Arizona the ability to do the job that the federal government won’t do.
The ruling came just as police were making last-minute preparations to begin enforcement of the law at 12:01 a.m. Thursday and protesters were planning a large demonstrations to speak out against the measure. At least one group planned to block access to federal offices, daring officers to ask them their immigration status.
The volume of the protests will be likely be turned down a few notches because of the ruling by Bolton, a Clinton appointee who suddenly became a crucial figure in the immigration debate when she was assigned the seven lawsuits filed against the Arizona law.
Lawyers for the state contend the law was a constitutionally sound attempt by Arizona — the busiest illegal gateway into the country — to assist federal immigration agents and lessen border woes such as the heavy costs for educating, jailing and providing health care for illegal immigrants.
The opponents argued the law will lead to racial profiling, conflict with federal immigration law and distract local police from fighting more serious crimes. The U.S. Justice Department, civil rights groups and a Phoenix police officer had asked the judge for an injunction to prevent the law from being enforced.
“There is a substantial likelihood that officers will wrongfully arrest legal resident aliens under the new (law),” Bolton ruled. “By enforcing this statute, Arizona would impose a ‘distinct, unusual and extraordinary’ burden on legal resident aliens that only the federal government has the authority to impose.”
The law was signed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer in April and immediately revived the national debate on immigration, making it a hot-button issue in the midterm elections.
The law has inspired rallies in Arizona and elsewhere by advocates on both sides of the immigration debate. Some opponents have advocated a tourism boycott of Arizona.
It also led an unknown number of illegal immigrants to leave Arizona for other American states or their home countries.
Federal authorities who are trying to overturn the law have argued that letting the Arizona law stand would create a patchwork of immigration laws nationwide that would needlessly complicate the foreign relations of the United States. Federal lawyers said the law is disrupting U.S. relations with Mexico and other countries and would burden the agency that responds to immigration-status inquiries.
Brewer’s lawyers said Arizona shouldn’t have to suffer from America’s broken immigration system when it has 15,000 police officers who can arrest illegal immigrants.
I truly fell sympathy for fellow Freepers who have faith in our legal system. I understand your shock and disappointment. Most of you will forget about this and go on with your life you hold so precious. Some may realize that we are not a free or fair society any longer...that we need to take action to stop and disassemble the corruption that has taken over our government. Does anyone really think the Republican party under John Boehner or Mitch McConnell will impeach corrupt liberal judges? Or, remove the protections from unions? Or, do those things necessary to dismantle the democrat party tyranny? Get past the fear and the anguish and become determined...
Can't we all plead "racial" discrimination
One question I have: How much of this idiot’s decision was coached by the WH?
Don’t we American citizens who fly back into the US from Mexico, now have to have a valid passport?
I can’t wait to see the warped reasoning in the injunction.
Nothing like sitting on the fence when rendering a legal decision.
Rush correctly stated that this throws all federal laws into chaos, since this judge is questioning the ability of police to enforce accepted federal laws. Kidnapping, interstate corruption cases, regular police officers will no longer be able to enforce any federal laws if this is ruled justified.
My, my, the can of worms the left is willing to open...
I say, enforce the law as written anyway. Let the judge come to Arizona and try to stop it.
this ruling will not help the Rats in November