United States v. Arizona — How 'Bout United States v. Rhode Island?

NRO Online ^ | July 7, 2010 | Andy McCarthy

[SloopJohnB]

Well whaddya know? It turns out that Rhode Island has long been carrying out the procedures at issue in the Arizona immigration statute: As a matter of routine, RI state police check immigration status at traffic stops whenever there is reasonable suspicion to do so, and they report all illegals to the feds for deportation. Besides the usual profiling blather, critics have trotted out the now familiar saw that such procedures hamstring police because they make immigrants afraid to cooperate. But it turns out that it’s the Rhode Island police who insist on enforcing the law. As Cornell law prof William Jacobson details at Legal Insurrection, Colonel Brendan P. Doherty, the state police commander, “refuses to hide from the issue,” explaining, ”I would feel that I’m derelict in my duties to look the other way.”

[SloopJohnB]

Another classic! De Canas v. Bica (1976): States may enact legislation to discourage illegal immigration within their jurisdictions. Horrors! Profiling?

[nuconvert]

The gov. or RI was on Fox a week or 2 ago. I don’t understand why nobody has picked up on this - not even Fox

[RC2]

OK.....if the police can’t ask for verification of citizenship and they have no license or any other identification, the police should hold them and turn them over to ICE...........all of them. Arizona should be able to pass a law stating that if a person is not a legal citizen of the United States, they cannot be a citizen, or resident, of the State of Arizona and must leave.

[I see my hands]

[NEMDF]

Maybe Jan Brewer can turn this into some kind of discrimination suit against the feds?

[agere_contra]

Equal Rights for Arizona!

[ml/nj]

There's quite a few folks here who don't seem to mind that it some time ago it was the President v. the Carolinas, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, et al. Americas chickens comin' home to roost.

ML/NJ

[Logical me]

Our communists leader King Obama just used AZ to prove he is America's confirmed dictator. Watch out now, this rotten piece of corruption will hit us with the final blows. November won't mean much.

[Publius6961]

I certainly hope appeals are in the pipeline.
This is not over by a long shot.

I want to hear from the Supreme Court before I panic.

[Lucky9teen]

States should enact legislation to discourage Washington (the fed gov’t) within their jurisdictions.

[SloopJohnB]

== I want to hear from the Supreme Court before I panic.==

Did you miss my post #1 and their ruling in article?

[FReepaholic]

...United States v. Arizona — How 'Bout United States v. Rhode Island?...

Because it's not a crisis in Rhode Island. The Alinsky radicals in the White House don't see the opportunity in RI as they do in AZ.

[dumpthelibs]

I have been predicting that the Democreeps and Obummer will simultaneously a.) work to have amnesty declared for illegals, b.) work to remove the electoral college to make it mob vote, and c.) if the aforementioned don't work in their favor, contrive a “national security event” thereby declaring martial law and voiding this and future elections. Stock up on essentials and ammo. It's going to be a long siege.

[Waco]

Getin to where 0’b don’t know which foot to shuffle first??

[Mojave]

How about United States v. Sanctuary Cities?

[JSDude1]

WE NEED A NATIONAL RALLY FOR THE 1070 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT LAW THIS SATURDAY..or soon.

[SunkenCiv]

It turns out that Rhode Island has long been carrying out the procedures at issue in the Arizona immigration statute: As a matter of routine, RI state police check immigration status at traffic stops whenever there is reasonable suspicion to do so, and they report all illegals to the feds for deportation. Besides the usual profiling blather, critics have trotted out the now familiar saw that such procedures hamstring police because they make immigrants afraid to cooperate. But it turns out that it’s the Rhode Island police who insist on enforcing the law.

Thanks SloopJohnB.

• Ariz. Gov (Brewer) Calls Ruling "Temporary Bump" (Will Appeal)
• Judge Blocks Parts Of Arizona Immigration Law
• Permits not required to carry concealed weapon after Thursday (AZ)
• Arizona Hotels Thriving Despite Boycotts Over Immigration Law
• Is AZ's immigration law already success? Rush to get out before law takes effect-Proof of concept
• Arizona Hotels Thriving Despite Boycotts Over Immigration Law
• Hizbullah Possible Culprit in Juarez Car Bomb
• Collecting rainwater now illegal in many states as Big Government claims ownership over our water
• Arizona immigration law and Federalist number 27(Alexander Hamilton hits one out of the Park)
• Gov. Brewer in Front Row of Court for SB1070 Hearing (Breaking Updates in thread as reported)

[thecodont]

Because it's not a crisis in Rhode Island. The Alinsky radicals in the White House don't see the opportunity in RI as they do in AZ.

RI could be a stealth case! So small, so easily overlooked....

"Poor little Rhode Island / The smallest of the Forty-eight
"You've got no prairie moon / For which coyotes croon
"But I still think that you're great!"
-- Sammy Cahn

[oyez]

Over the next two months things are going to be kicked up a notch or two.

[Jet Jaguar]

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