The Augusta Chronicle
The Obama administration has wailed for weeks and weeks now about how the Arizona illegal immigration law will lead to racist arrests and mass civil rights violations.
An ill-fitting suit
Oddly enough, though, when it came time to actually make a legal case in its lawsuit against the state, the administration focused on other arguments. Hmm. Wonder why.
Could it be that the administration has finally read the Arizona law? And that it's become clear the administration has no case -- that the Arizona law actually does more to protect against civil rights violations than the existing federal law it mostly parallels?
Instead, the administration is hanging its hat on the argument that the state has infringed on a federal responsibility.
We can't wait for that testimony! We want to hear all about how the federal government has lived up to its obligations.
As a sovereign state, and as a free people, Arizona and its residents have a God-given right to protect themselves against such things as illegal immigration. The federal government is trying to stop the state from protecting itself, while passing down the costs of illegal immigration -- estimated by one watchdog organization to be $113 billion a year nationally, $2.6 billion in Arizona alone.
Meanwhile, "sanctuary city" policies -- in which municipalities openly invite federal law-breaking by promising not to report illegal aliens -- are tacitly approved by this and prior administrations.
We have a question that we hope the court answers in the course of this lawsuit: Does this or any other presidential administration have the right to ignore certain laws and enforce others? Or are acts of Congress binding on them?
By its tolerance of sanctuary policies and its lawsuit against those who would actually attempt to enforce the law, the Obama administration is arguably acting outside the U.S. Constitution.
Now, that's a lawsuit we'd like to see.
Lawmakers in Oklahoma, Utah and South Carolina next year could pass legislation similar to Arizona's. What will Mr. Obama do then? Sue them all?
It's an unseemly and frightening development -- the federal government that was created by the states turning around and attempting to subjugate them to the federal will at the point of a legal bayonet.
We don't think Mr. Obama has a prayer in this case. But if he should somehow win, we wonder if the union itself has one.
Could it be that the administration has finally read the Arizona law? And that it's become clear the administration has no case -- that the Arizona law actually does more to protect against civil rights violations than the existing federal law it mostly parallels?
Instead, the administration is hanging its hat on the argument that the state has infringed on a federal responsibility.
We can't wait for that testimony! We want to hear all about how the federal government has lived up to its obligations.
As a sovereign state, and as a free people, Arizona and its residents have a God-given right to protect themselves against such things as illegal immigration. The federal government is trying to stop the state from protecting itself, while passing down the costs of illegal immigration -- estimated by one watchdog organization to be $113 billion a year nationally, $2.6 billion in Arizona alone.
Meanwhile, "sanctuary city" policies -- in which municipalities openly invite federal law-breaking by promising not to report illegal aliens -- are tacitly approved by this and prior administrations.
We have a question that we hope the court answers in the course of this lawsuit: Does this or any other presidential administration have the right to ignore certain laws and enforce others? Or are acts of Congress binding on them?
By its tolerance of sanctuary policies and its lawsuit against those who would actually attempt to enforce the law, the Obama administration is arguably acting outside the U.S. Constitution.
Now, that's a lawsuit we'd like to see.
Lawmakers in Oklahoma, Utah and South Carolina next year could pass legislation similar to Arizona's. What will Mr. Obama do then? Sue them all?
It's an unseemly and frightening development -- the federal government that was created by the states turning around and attempting to subjugate them to the federal will at the point of a legal bayonet.
We don't think Mr. Obama has a prayer in this case. But if he should somehow win, we wonder if the union itself has one.
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Anonymous
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07/09/10 at 02:30 PM
Everyone knows that oblama's ultimate goal is grant amnesty to the 12 million illegals that already here, which would translate to an additional 12 million democrat voters, literally overnight. No matter the drain on our already strained resources these parasites are and will be. More entitlement, government dependant leeches as if we didnt have enough. But as obama knows, these are the people who vote the socialist, the "liberal elite" like him, into office. It is a ---- shame the slippery slope this country is going. Much of the damage will prove to be unreversible.
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agree 100%
on
07/09/10 at 08:08 PM
How many of you democratic liberals still support the "MAN", and use that term loosely,that you voted in to office? He sounded good in begining with all that "ITS TIME FOR CHANGE" bull s*#t! Well now your CHANGE is coming. Abandone Ship, We're going Down!!!
#1.1.1
Anonymous
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07/13/10 at 08:47 AM
The ship has been sinking for a long time. And we are fighting and blaming eachother the whole way down. Time to get some buckets and go to work.
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Sheila Tolley
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07/09/10 at 05:12 PM
Yep, obama's slimy slope is as slippery as the Gulf coastline. obama's will be harder to cap with even uglier results. obama and BP suck. I am tight with my capital letters, as some will consider them as signs of respect. I only use caps in one case since one sucks more than the other.
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Huh?
on
07/10/10 at 07:22 AM
I didn't know that! An instantaneous transition from illegal to voter. Who wrote that fairy tale you obviouslu been reading? Rather than allow the law to run its course, albeit awfully slowly, you'd rather cast slurs about something you don't know a damn thing about other than what you've heard from like-minded .... people. when the smoke clears away from this issue and actions have been taken is the time to gripe and bellyache about what you can't control
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Concord Resident
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07/13/10 at 12:55 PM
You seem to be the one in need of an education. If those illegal aliens are granted amnesty and become part of our great nation they WILL have the right to vote. Who do you think they'll vote for?
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Anonymous
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07/15/10 at 01:04 PM
They're not illegal aliens, they're undocumented democrats.
#3.2
Sheila Tolley
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07/13/10 at 05:23 PM
Get your counterfeit green card renewed before you leave for Arizona. Oh, I forgot...you are one of those Illegal Chicken Mexicanos...afraid of Arizona. It is the United State right now...does that scare the burritos out of you? All of our states may wise up then it is back to Mexico with the likes of you and hopefully back to Kenya with your old buddy. adios amigos! The Frito Bandito was not really not meant to be a Super Hero. You hitched your taco cart to the wrong fantasy...but so did many American voters. C'mon 2012...we want change.
#4
Huh?
on
07/14/10 at 07:17 AM
C'mon ,Sheila, you and me goin to Arizona. quit shavin your chin, dress normal, and don't bring shoes. You'll fit right in. With your carping and trashmouthing you'd be a big hit in Nogales. The migra would have you on the bus back to ol' Mexico just for bein you.
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