Posted on 07/29/2010 8:27:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A federal judge in Arizona on Wednesday broadly vindicated the Obama administration’s high-stakes move to challenge that state’s tough immigration law and to assert the primary authority of the federal government over state lawmakers in immigration matters.
The ruling by Judge Susan R. Bolton, in a lawsuit against Arizona brought on July 6 by the Justice Department, blocked central provisions of the law from taking effect while she finishes hearing the case.
But in taking the forceful step of holding up a statute even before it was put into practice, Judge Bolton previewed her opinions on the case, indicating that the federal government was likely to win in the end on the main points.
The decision by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to throw the federal government’s weight against Arizona, on an issue that has aroused passions among state residents, has irritated many state governors, and nine states filed papers supporting Arizona in the court case.
But Judge Bolton found that the law was on the side of the Justice Department in its argument that many provisions of the Arizona statute would interfere with federal law and policy.
Gov. Jan Brewer said the state would appeal the decision.
Although Judge Bolton’s ruling is not final, it seems likely to halt, at least temporarily, an expanding movement by states to combat illegal immigration by making it a state crime to be an immigrant without legal documents and by imposing new requirements on state and local police officers to enforce immigration law.
“This is a warning to any other jurisdiction” considering a similar law, said Thomas A. Saenz, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund , which brought a separate suit against the law that is also before Judge Bolton.
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These leftists don’t seem to realize that the more they “crack down” on conservatives
the closer they push us to the brink of actually “doing something” about it.
Not sure I would consider it a warning to red states alone. We’re pretty much screwed equally everywhere (except Chicago)
That is not what the AZ law states. It is NOT a crime to be an immigrant without legal documents. It is a crime to be in the US illegally.
I'd suggest an entirely new law. Arizona police should maintain custody of all persons detained (different from merely questioned) or arrested until their identity has been verified through valid government documents. With no reference to illegal immigrants, and the same standards for all persons who are detained, who could possibly object?
And other states also have similar laws. Is Oklahoma a “blue state”.
Question: Why can’t Arizona request a jury-trial over the legality of this law?
You've only won the battle, NOT the war
The slimes finally hit the nail on the head.
How else does one explain 0b0z0 ignoring the same law in RI that he sued AZ for?
The judge’s ruling had nothing to do with the merits of the case or the Arizona law. It merely left things as they are until she could hear the case. This author doesn’t know what she’s talking about.
Our problem with “those socialist people” are not going to be solved by the legislature or in a courtroom. It is abundantly clear that the tree of liberty is in desperate need of watering.
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