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Obama Cracks Down

By W. James Antle, III on 6.21.10 @ 6:09AM

On Arizona, not illegal immigration.

The sweet nothings Hillary Clinton whispered into the ears of foreign television audiences went stateside on Friday, as America media outlets began confirming what the secretary of state first told an Ecuadoran news channel: the Obama administration is planning a lawsuit against Arizona's new immigration law.

Publicly, Obama administration lawyers will only admit that a thorough "review" of SB 1070 is ongoing. But the toothpaste is out of the tube. Officials in Eric Holder's Justice Department are quietly giving word that it is a matter of when, not if, they will seek to subvert Arizona's attempt to protect its people from porous borders.

On cue, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard -- the Democratic gubernatorial candidate -- dropped his promised "vigorous legal defense" of the law. Goddard opposed the statute and had been sparring with Gov. Jan Brewer, his likely Republican opponent in the general election, about how it will be defended.

According to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, Americans side with Arizona by a 58 percent to 41 percent margin. In late May, Quinnipiac put the numbers at 51 percent to 31 percent. CBS found that 52 percent think the Arizona law is "about right" while only 28 percent believe it "goes too far." Another 17 percent said it doesn't go far enough. The breakdown among Democrats was 46 percent "just right," 40 percent "too far," and 10 percent "not far enough."

These numbers come in spite of a very public campaign to boycott Arizona and label the new law a tool of racists, Nazis, and Communists. "While opinions on immigration are complex," Atlantic blogger Chris Good notes cautiously, "it's reasonable to wonder if the administration's decision to sue Arizona will turn out to be an unpopular move."

So reasonable, in fact, that the administration went all the way to Ecuador to find a suitable launch pad for its Arizona trial balloon -- and these are people who are as adept at fencing themselves off from public opinion as they are incompetent at fencing off the border. Let us hope that the Justice Department's legal case is based on something more substantial than the secretary of state's disinformation.

"President Obama has spoken out against the law because he thinks that the federal government should be determining immigration policy," said Mrs. Clinton. But Arizona did not create new immigration violations out of thin air. It took what were already federal crimes and made them state ones too, while giving local police a reasonable opportunity to enforce them. In other words, Arizona followed the federal government's immigration policy.

Even the state's enforcement role is limited. Arizona can't deport anyone. It can only refer the people it believes are illegal immigrants to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The federal government remains the ultimate arbiter of who is in the country illegally and still sets immigration policy.

The federal government's bipartisan dereliction of duty on this front is precisely what prompted Arizona to act in the first place. Washington has failed to effectively enforce its own immigration laws, either at the border or in the workplace. It has allowed Arizona's illegal population to explode from 300,000 to 560,000 in less than a decade. The feds only partially completed a security fence, actually diverting inflows into Arizona and making it the entry point for more than half the country's illegal immigrants.

When Arizonans tried to do something about it, John Morton, Obama's head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (which is under the jurisdiction of Homeland Security), said his agency might not process suspected illegal immigrants referred to it under SB 1070. Now, after the president made some obligatory pro-enforcement noises in a White House meeting with Governor Brewer, the Obama Justice Department seeks to have liberal judges overturn the whole thing.

Arizona had already revised the law to address concerns that Hispanic Americans might be racially profiled. It has already passed a series of other tough enforcement measures which may have helped reduce its illegal population by 18 percent between 2008 and 2009, compared to 7 percent nationally. But the Obama administration will not give the latest Arizona law a chance to work or even show that it can be implemented fairly.

Up until now, the political class's biggest contribution to controlling illegal immigration has been wrecking the American economy to the point that many illegal immigrants have decided they are better off at home. No word on where Arizonans are supposed to go now that the Obama administration has decided they cannot protect themselves from a constitutionally indifferent federal government's manifest immigration failures.

About the Author

W. James Antle, III is associate editor of The American Spectator. You can follow him on Twitter at http://Twitter.com/Jimantle.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (124) | Leave a comment

Shamus| 6.21.10 @ 6:32AM

There appears to be no legal basis to challenge the Arizona law. The wording of the statute matches federal law. And federal law does not precluding the states from enforcing a ban on illegal immigration. As such, this looks more like a political gesture than a real legal challenge.

Alan Brooks| 6.21.10 @ 8:44AM

Arizona is a pro-business state; if business wants cheap labor, they will maneuver to get it from illegals-- otherwise businesses have to invest more in automation.

Tim*| 6.21.10 @ 8:57AM

" The mission of American unions may have been to improve the working situation for American workers but the BUSINESS is union dues.

About the only kind of growth in the union business for a long time has been in unionizing foreign workers. The unions made especially strong in-roads among illegal workers. Thanks to a loophole in the 1986 law that made it illegal to hire an illegal alien, it is perfectly legal for a union to provide membership to an illegal alien. But the unions are hopeful that they will be able to get union dues out of a lot more of the 8 million illegal aliens if an amnesty can be secured for them. "

AMENBRO| 6.21.10 @ 9:22AM

Your observation barely scratches the surface. Demographically ARIZONA MANUFACTURING hasn't a ghost of chance in entering into even the final 10 of reason creating & exacerbating the illegal border problems sir.

Arizona Manufacturing jobs illegals may seek, first off LEFT THESE SHORES YEARS AGO, EMPHASIS YEARS AGO.

AZ mfg base is historically HI TECH AL; a far cry from what illegal aliens are even qualified much less looking for as they trode across the DESERT in AZ.

Chain Migration, as in ILLEGALS JOINING UP WITH OTHER SETTLED ILLEGALS IN JOB RICH ILLEGAL FRIENDLY geographic locations create the opportunities in AZ for illegals to disperse NATiONALLY into other areas of the countrys AL. Why do you think the AZ authorities busted the stuffins outta so called chauffeur services in AZ recently. EXACTLY WHAT THE NEW LAWS SEEK TO DISRUPT AL.

Arizona's major employment sectors for close to 50 years are aerospace, electronics and semi conductor manufacturing. Import export Arizona economic substitution strategies have created many service sector jobs in tourism Al, but mining and agriculture, key objectives for many extremely unskilled illegal aliens contribute but are low on the rung of opportunities these people cross for to begin with.

Simple demographics and Geospatial interaction,
More than half of all illegal immigration into the U.S. comes through Arizona.

The rate or Velocity that ILLEGALs are crossing the border into AZ exceeds even a ROBUST Manufacturing MA & PA, FORD, NICHE or MASS Assemble line ability to even begin to sustain the numbers AL.

MANUFACTURING BUSINESS could practically fire every single indigenous AMERICAN and still couldn't employ them all.

Automation, please do some homework.

Alan Brooks| 6.21.10 @ 10:09AM

AMENBRO,
If they all stayed in AZ, you would be correct; but as you mention, illegals disperse.
I feel guilty, we whites must have hurt you blacks very badly to make you write in this jivey, bro-in-the 'Hood way. Are you trying to prove your black manhood by posting these messages?
Well, we can tell you ARE tough by the way you write!

Alan Brooks| 6.21.10 @ 10:18AM

...you don't understand how it is regional? that AZ's difficulties can't be separated from N. Mexico's, CA , etc? that illegal workers can drift?

Alan Brooks| 6.21.10 @ 10:28AM

"AZ mfg base is historically HI TECH AL; a far cry from what illegal aliens are even qualified much less looking for as they trode across the DESERT in AZ."

Here you make sense, then you go the other way in denying that illegals are a cheap alternative to certain automation. But it isn't what you write, it is how you write that is confusing; you use higher case FAR too much; you repeat my name many times.

AMENBRO| 6.21.10 @ 10:28AM

"Simple demographics and Geospatial interaction,
More than half of all illegal immigration into the U.S. comes through Arizona. Lacking in "

READING COMPREHENSION problem, DYSLEXIA MEB-BBe

I bet OBAMA HAS some tuition money somewhere for folks like you Alan. They might question your racial sensibilities however. ITSSS, as in MONTY PYTHON,,,just too good.

You apologize for US HONKIES LLLLMMMFFFAAAOOOO.

AMENBRO| 6.21.10 @ 10:18AM

Asinine lack of a responsive excuse for your dipshitted attitude and lack of knowledge.

I jive ass condescendingly respond in that fashion for the specious stupidity folks like yo foist upon the board.

ALAN I'm a WHITEBOY alway have been and always wiill.

LAUGH MY HAIRY HINNIE TO DEATH YIPPIE AY KAYE AYE MF,,WE EXPOSE THe RACIST INHERENT IN FOLKS LIKE YOU . HIGH FIVE STUPID

Alan Brooks| 6.21.10 @ 10:30AM

What are you saying? racist towards latinos-- that isn't the case.

Alan Brooks| 6.21.10 @ 10:38AM

"I'm a WHITEBOY alway have been and always wiill."

Who suggested you might want to change your race someday? I still don't get what you want to say: we appear (it is hard to tell with you) to agree that illegals often disperse after they enter AZ; but after that it is v. difficult to understand your message. Are you saying replacing some unskilled labor via automation is not desirable??

Alan Brooks| 6.21.10 @ 10:42AM

"READING COMPREHENSION problem, DYSLEXIA MEB-BBe "

Your style-- not substance-- is what makes reading your comments extremely disorienting. The high case, mostly, but also your repeating several motifsunexpectedly-- including your interlocutor's name.

AMENBRO| 6.21.10 @ 11:21AM

Alan, sir, your honor, your highness if you're into the whole BREVITY THAING.

For the sake of your significant other I hope your codpiece is longer than your attention span.

DUUUDE you are making this all together too easy, if it makes you feel better I apolgize with the realization you are a product of recent public school education or you suffer from somemtimers at the least.

Remember ALAN, you started this by insulting Southerners. Can't catch don't pitch.

PEACE, LOVE, CRASH PADS & HARE KRISHNA SIR.

Warrior| 6.21.10 @ 11:07AM

Latino is not a race you jackass.

AMENBRO| 6.21.10 @ 11:14AM

Thank you Warrior.

OyVeyBro| 6.21.10 @ 1:22PM

My lawyer's tough !

Ret. Marine| 6.21.10 @ 10:26AM

More to the point, it gives his (obumblers) base something to bitch about, never mind the fact that all of these nitwits wouldn't know the law from their asses. The fact that the law Az. pushed was in fact a complete mirror of the federal law. This does not matter to the loudest squeky wheels turning in the mind mumb minds of their types. Man my grandson asked why they are against this law, my response was, they don't want laws that challange their minds, they do what they want no matter if it is against the law. Obummer, what a punk. Did you get that censors, I'm calling your punk out.

Derrick Lough| 6.23.10 @ 1:13AM

I like that comment. Agreed friend. Agreed.

Walking Horse| 6.21.10 @ 4:04PM

Let's cut to the chase. The reason Obama & Co. are in high dudgeon about Arizona has nothing to do with constitutional delegation of powers. I has everything to do with the fact that Arizona might actually *enforce* a law that is virtually identical to a Federal law that the Federal Government will not enforce.

darcy| 6.21.10 @ 4:15PM

The federal government should be sued and O impeached for failing to enforce immigration laws on the books already, for failing the government's chief function, to protect American citizens.

Meanwhile, here in soAZ, our border police departments have been put on notice by the Mexican drug cartels that our police officers are now targets of assassination -- just like the cartels are doing to law enforcement members in Mexic0.

And -- our border patrol ROE dictate that agents may not use their firearms until they have been shot at; handy info for invaders/criminals to have, who have adapted by throwing LARGE rocks and using vehicles to run down bp agents and ram their vehicles.

And when do you think CNN and cohorts will report this story?

Appleby| 6.21.10 @ 6:43AM

This is an attempt to keep the *Hispanic* vote on side; considering the precipitous fall in his ratings, King Zero can hardly afford to neglect even illegal voters who still like him.

Paul Ashley| 6.21.10 @ 7:27AM

Typical of the community-organizing Left, rather than actually solving a problem, they sue someone.

Darin| 6.21.10 @ 7:32AM

Maybe Governor Brewer can hire the New Black Panthers to provide security.

Seriously, this whole situation is nuts. Arizona is doing what the federal government refuses to do. In response, the federal government is looking to sue the state. Perhaps Arizona should counter-sue on the basis that the federal government is not performing its Constitutional mandate of "providing for the common defense" by not defending Arizona's international border.

August Hinton| 6.24.10 @ 10:11PM

I agree wholeheartedly we no longer claim to be a sovereign nation with out secured borders.To refuse to secure our borders is treason, Arizona should counter-sue on the basis that the federal government is not performing its Constitutional mandate of "providing for the common defense" by not defending Arizona's international border.
It is a no brainer our borders must be secured

JP| 6.21.10 @ 7:47AM

The President and his party can easily solve this problem -rescind and repeal those portions of our immigration and border enforcement laws they find offensive. But to do that takes courage, not to mention a bit of insanity. So the President and his party continue their absurdity of non-enforcement, harrassment of reasonable dissent, not to mention the continuation of our "open borders". Spin can only get you so far. At some point in time events catch-up.

Mick Lee| 6.21.10 @ 8:15AM

Well, Shamus, I'd like to agree with you but liberals are nothing if not imaginative. While there is no legal basis to challenge Arizona’s law that doesn't stop them from inventing one. Heaven knows what it will be but that is because such challenges make little apparent sense.

One must consider the current example of California's "Gay Marriage" amendment to the state constitution. The amendment went through the long and difficult process required just to appear on the ballot. It won approval from the majority of Californians. Yet now, that amendment to the California Constitution is being fought in court on the basis that the amendment to the constitution is unconstitional to that constitution. One can reasonable ask "isn't that what amendments do?" Don't they often take objectionable evolutions in legal developments and rectify them according to the will of a free and self-governing people?

With liberals, the argument isn't the argument. The present legal challenge to California's amendment is a "form" of an argument which is only a means to an objective. This "form of an argument" is a principle which may never have been invoked in the past and may never be invoked again. That is because consistency is found in the objective. How they get there is OK as long as they get there.

In the case of Arizona, the real of objective is not the illegals. The real goal is more voters for the Democrat Party and the illegals are the means to that end. Rights Smights. Civil rights of the illegals? They only exist at the pleasure of the Democrats. If all the illegals suddenly began to vote mostly Republican, look for the Democrats, the progressive churches, and the "pro-immigrant" organizations to turn on a dime and demand three separate fences along the border with mines fields in between. An infantry division or two wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Louis Jenkins| 6.21.10 @ 8:25AM

The Federal Gov. will not rescend the laws they have created. When have they ever done that? Rather, they will continue to add laws to the "books" and they will remain unenforced. Arizona's Governor will have to go it alone, even though she has plenty of moral support from the other states. What has my panties in a wad is the lack of Federal support for Arizona and their efforts to limit illegal immigration. If the Feds don't support Arizona then who does? Those people, brave no doubt, will have to go it alone and may very well succeed. The only way for the Feds to win their case would be if the courts are biased. God bless the soverign state of Arizona.

Bram| 6.21.10 @ 8:35AM

We desperately need a House of Repeal added to our federal government.

Bram| 6.21.10 @ 8:33AM

Does Obama realize the President is the nations chief law-enforcement officer and commander-in-chief? Not the chief legislator or tin-pot-dictator with the power to make and enforce laws as he pleases?

darcy| 6.21.10 @ 3:58PM

No.

Frank Knutson| 6.21.10 @ 11:53PM

Obviously.

August Hinton| 6.24.10 @ 10:32PM

It is my belief that President Obama has an extreme case of delusions of grandeur and does imagine himselfto be some kinda god. Proof positive without knowing as much as a recruit in the Army about the strategy of war he second guesses a four star general as how a war should be fought. He should realise it takes more than a title to be a real commander in chief. Admit he doesn't know how to win,take advice and get out of the way.

Petronius| 6.21.10 @ 8:40AM

Immigration and the law are no longer the issue. The Demoncrat left is determined to teach the world that they are God.

darcy| 6.21.10 @ 3:58PM

Yes.

southernsue| 6.21.10 @ 8:53AM

obama is at war with the american people. that is the only answer to why he is governing the way he is. remember, obama is not half american black, he is half kenyan muslim. all muslims are laughing as they pray to their allah.

pray for our country and be at the polls in november and vote out all demonrats and the republicans that vote with them.

Brian Mc| 6.21.10 @ 8:54AM

A simple news release:
From this day forward, the Federal Government will enforce it's southern border utilizing the same laws Mexico uses to enforce its southern border.

LoisC| 6.21.10 @ 8:56AM

PLEASE, can't someone find a way to impeach or in some other way get this idiot out of office. Him and his heard of Congressional sheep are a total embarrassment to America the great. The whole world is laughing at us as we try and deal with this inept pretender the useful idoits here have elected. If there is anyone in Congress with any integrity left, please impeach this guy on grounds that he hates America and is a pure Socialist. Oh and all you Socialist, get the he!l out of my country, go to Russia or Argentina where you will fit in. Bozo should be supporting Arizona, Arizona should not have to do the job the Fed is supposed to be doing, keeping America safe for AMERICANS the federal government should be keeping America safe. IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!

PJ| 6.21.10 @ 9:44AM

Take a look at this article:http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/is_obamas_bp_shakedown_an_impe.html. Food for thought!

ggoblue| 6.21.10 @ 7:40PM

once we have the house we can hold hearings into the usages of the stimulus money....there will be billions in graft there...

we might not want to impeach such a despised opponent tho...even the democrats will hate him after november....

Anthony| 6.21.10 @ 9:01AM

I wonder if Hillary read the 20 page bill, or like Holder, Napolitano, and the empty suit in chief, merely opined without knowledge, which is de rigueur with this administration.
Madame Hillary is "all in" with the anti-American left, and she has just kissed her presidential asperations good-bye.
Obama said it all weeks ago, "America is not defined by its borders".
MEMO TO OBAMA: America is not defined by its radical left, either. November is on the horizon. America's flirtation with Marxism will soon be over.
Hillary had best brush up on her cookie recipes, she'll be back in the kitchen in no time, where making a mess of things still produces good results.

David| 6.21.10 @ 9:59AM

Very simple way to get California to support Arizona's new law. Have Arizona create an amnesty program - for 30 days any illegal alien may turn themselves in. If they do so they will be given a voucher. The voucher will allow them to get a free bus ticket to San Francisco, plus a box lunch and $100. The voucher will let them avoid deportation until they are able to get on the bus. SF will suddenly have an influx of thousands of illegal aliens that they will have to support and deal with. Will the liberal citizens of this city continue to boycott Arizona or will economics cause them to pull their heads out?? Time will tell.

RichardK| 6.21.10 @ 6:33PM

David. You give Californians, especially Californians in San Francisco, way too much intellectual/economic credit. They are already 20 billion $s in the whole for the upcoming year. They have 1/2 trillion dollars in unfunded govt. pensions. What would a few more illegals cost?

UpChuck.Liberals| 6.21.10 @ 11:09PM

FYI, not all Kalifornians are Dumb$hit liberals without a brain. The 14th Amendment needs to go, it served it's purpose 100 years ago. That's step one, making it much more hazardous to cross the border would be the next one.

Frank Knutson| 6.21.10 @ 11:59PM

A Marine with orders to "Fire for effect" stationed every hundred yards along the border would be a good start.

Joe| 6.21.10 @ 10:04AM

Hillary simply continues to push the Progressive party agenda...and "immigration reform" - knowing the deleterious effects of such a move. This has been her modus for decades. She is as much a liberal, Marxist force as the good ol' president.

Barry admitted that he is probably a one-term president and this hag has already stated that she is, too. They will leave us holding the bag if we don't stand up for rational, effective laws to enforce what is ours.

I am not happy about ceding 90 miles of our border to Mexico already. To hell with Hillary.

bluecollarbytes| 6.21.10 @ 10:09AM

At least Obama has found something he's willing to fight for: the right of the Federal guvmint to force 'doing nothing' about illegal immigration, on the the rest of us.

Gill O’Teen ✝✡| 6.21.10 @ 10:12AM

Here’s an abridged version of this Arizona Law for the benefit of all those kommies in the beavisbud bureaucracy who can’t handle reading its full twenty or so pages: “Law enforcement officials of the State of Arizona, while being more careful to respect Constitutional Rights than specified by corresponding federal law, are hereby empowered to enforce said Federal Law.”

This leads me to the following questions: 1) If the courts rule in favor of the obummer dictatorship, will the Federal Law it enforces also be tossed in the trash? 2) Might this be their true objective?
Gill O’Teen ✝✡
gill.Oteen07041776@gmail.com
Go Galt!
Only 944 days to go.

Redneck53| 6.21.10 @ 10:16AM

Majority rules my butt!! Anytime the majority wins anything in this country, in favor of AZ, the marriage fight in CA, whatever, there will be a liberal minority that wants to sue to get it turned over. With the courts the way they are now, they win. America, as it was, is gone. The lunatics are running the asylum, (into 3rd qorld status).

Pointy Head| 6.21.10 @ 10:17AM

It is a Federal Offense to Hold up a Post Office or a Bank that's a member of the Federal Reserve. Nevertheless, local police have the power of arrest and state courts can try such offenders for armed robbery. Similarly the Arizona law is an example of joint jurisdiction.

Chisco| 6.21.10 @ 10:35AM

I am so hoping that this will be brought before a judge with the courage to actually slap down "the obama team", and rule that Arizona's law MIRRORS the U.S. immigration code regarding illegal immigration!!

michaelle| 6.21.10 @ 10:46AM

I hope Obamie and thugs keep finding this out until they are worn down

michigander_sandusky| 6.21.10 @ 10:48AM

Even though I support the AZ law I'm glad the Obama administration is suing. Their suit will only serve to further demonstrate to the American people how out of touch they are with commonsense and reality.

Mikee_T| 6.27.10 @ 9:35AM

Michigander....Another moron yuppie, no doubt. I'm guessing a white female too.....(primarily responsible for the Obama administration being in office, in my opinion). You won't be happy until we don't even remotely resemble this once supreme sovereign nation....you just completely contradicted yourself in one paragraph....did you vote for Obama ? I'm sure you did.....

Jim O'Brien| 6.21.10 @ 1:02PM

Barack Obama is at war:
1) He's at war against the people of Arizona, and against all the citizens of the United States, who seek to protect themselves from illegal immigrants, Mexican drug gangs, and terrorists infiltrating the U.S. via the Mexican border
2) He's at war against the people of New York, and of all the United States, who do not want non-citizen enemy combatants (the terrorists) to enjoy the rights of U.S. citizens in our courts
3) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who demand freedom to make their own medical care and health insurance decisions
4) He's at war against the people of the Gulf coast, who he has not only failed to help, but has actually hindered in their attempts to stop oil from washing up on their shores
5) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who know that radical Islamists are the murderers of thousands of American civilians and soldiers, and the murderers of thousands of Israelis, Europeans, Asians, Iraqis, and Africans, including other Muslims
6) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who know that America is an exceptional country which has defended freedom around the globe for the last 100 years
7) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who want far less government spending and substantially reduced taxes
8) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who know that the Constitution should not be violated by Congress or subjected to arbitrary changes by biased, inexperienced and incompetent judges on the Supreme Court
9) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who know that our Founders included the Bill of Rights for sound reasons, including our right to keep and bear arms, our right to our private property, and our right to free speech
10) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who know that making unilateral nuclear defense concessions to Russia and the rest of the world is a foolish and dangerous path
11) He's at war against all the people of the United States, who know that "global warming" (aka "climate change") is a hoax designed to grab political power and increase taxes
12) He's at war against all the States by seeking to burden them with Medicaid expenses in violation of their sovereign status
13) He's at war against all the people of the United States who prosper by free enterprise and personal freedom, not by union thugs, government bureaucrats, excessive controls, and violations of the Constitution
14) He's at war against all the people of the United States who know we are all created equal, but also know that in a free society we have unequal outcomes
15) He's at war against the United States and the Constitution, and therefore is a treacherous impostor

Obama lied when he swore to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution..." Obama is unfit to serve.

Spoonman| 6.21.10 @ 3:45PM

In refernce to your #4, Oblama actually wants the gulf coast states to be severaly hurt by the oil release. In fact, the worse the disaster the better for his efforts to eliminate offshore drilling, or any drilling. Its too dangerouse, too polluting, not safe enough - stop the drilling and build windmills to save the world!

darcy| 6.21.10 @ 8:42PM

This drilling moratorium is as much about shifting profits to pertrobas and George Soros as it is about anything else. Never let a crisis go to waste when leveraging it can stuff the pockets of your kingmaker.

Always, always, always, in politics, follow the money.

Mikee T| 6.27.10 @ 9:48AM

Jim O'Brien:
You have "accurately" summarized what this guy is (Obama). You are obviously a great citizen and I commend you......and agree on everything you cited here.......

Anonymous| 6.21.10 @ 1:03PM

Obamites are knee-jerk liberals. They have not even read the law or know the law, and they instinctly brand the law as racist. These people are supposed to be "enlightened." Instead of enlightening us, they shut down any debate in the name of Political Correctness. This administration is so ideological to the point of being ridiculous, and perhaps even dangerous.

Ross Wolf| 6.21.10 @ 1:38PM

Is Obama’s refusal to secure our U.S./Mexican Border from millions of invading Illegal Immigrants—by design?

Despite strong evidence that heavily armed Mexican drug cartels continuously cross Arizona’s border smuggling drugs, attack Arizona police and commit crimes that threaten all Americans, Obama has vehemently refused to protect Arizona’s border with sufficient troops. Despite millions of unemployed Americans have to compete with 12 million illegal immigrants for jobs, Obama won’t lift a finger to stop the gushing flow of Mexicans that 24/7 illegally enter the United States via Arizona. Increasingly States are moving toward bankruptcy, and can’t afford the costs of illegal immigrant medical services, education and incarceration of illegal immigrants that commit crimes? Before addressing why Obama refused to sufficiently help Arizona protect its State/U.S. border, one might ask why Obama in the midst of a financial crisis, wants to burden U.S. taxpayers by making Puerto Rico a State, often referred to as Welfare Island.

Most Americans find it unbelievable the Obama administration is filing a suit to stop Arizona’s illegal immigration bill SB 1070. But it is believable when you consider Obama’s Socialist/Marxist constituency intends to use millions of illegal immigrants to force unaffordable public services on States and U.S. Government that will financially overwhelm and cripple government infrastructures, problematically destroying the United States. American won’t die immediately, in the interim Congress to forestall an economic collapse will have to hugely raise Citizens’ taxes, ironically that will feed leftist mandates that Citizens’ share their wealth with the masses. Increasingly it appears Obama intends to force a form of Marist/socialism on Americans—even if that means destroying the U.S. economy. The longer Obama can keep the Mexican border open, millions more illegal immigrants will come to America to financially bleed U.S. Taxpayers and governments dry, politically changing the direction of America toward Socialism. If leftists succeed in spending America into bankruptcy, it is foreseeable millions of disparate Americans might accept, even welcome a hybrid form of Marxist/socialism.

Recently the Obama administration took legal steps to prevent an Arizona illegal immigration law taking affect that would criminally charge employers who knowingly hired illegal immigrants; leftists consider it collateral damage of their cause that illegal immigrants take American jobs. America’s greatest threat is not from foreign enemies, but the Marxists malignancy that is spreading—in U.S. Government. Consider what Obama has already accomplished. During the worst recession since the Great Depression Obama’s has forced (unaffordable) health insurance, new taxes and regulatory costs on U.S. Citizens and businesses that will inhibit investment and hiring of new employees for years. Obama’s forced heath insurance costs on Americans that will disqualify millions of self employed middle class home buyers qualifying for home mortgages; qualified home buyers are desperately needed in this recession to support and stabilize home values that secure trillions in bank held mortgages so banks don’t fail. Assuming obama’s intention is to help the U.S. Economy, it appears he is doing most everything one would do to destroy it.

Purpleguy| 6.21.10 @ 3:59PM

"Despite strong evidence that heavily armed Mexican drug cartels continuously cross Arizona’s border smuggling drugs, attack Arizona police and commit crimes that threaten all Americans" - would you suggest we go to war with Mexico? Perhaps we could then annex the entire country and only have to patrol the tiny little border with Guatemala then?

Occam's Tool| 6.21.10 @ 8:03PM

Dear Purpleguy:

The suggestion is that we should be as tough on Mexican illegals as Mexico is on Guatemalan illegals. That's all.

I, by the way, adopted two kids from Guatemala, who are now legally American citizens. I waited in line and filled out my paperwork. I have a lot of problems with gatecrashers, particularly with guns. I don't believe the fellow was suggesting war with Mexico; enforcing the borders properly and rigorously should be enough.

DaveS| 6.21.10 @ 8:10PM

No, not war - please, may we use Mexico's immigration law as own own?

Purpleguy| 6.22.10 @ 8:04AM

Didn't you mother ever teach you that just because "Johnny" does it, doesn't mean you have to?

Oldefarte| 6.21.10 @ 1:59PM

This Department of Injustice's action is deplorable and anti-American. Anyone capable of taking a vacation this year should consider doing so in the state of Arizona!!!!!

Steve Abrams| 6.21.10 @ 2:04PM

THE USA DOES NOT OWE A JOB TO EVERY "BEANER " WHO CAN JUMP A FENCE OR SWIM A RIVER. It does owe AMERICANS the certainty of walking American streets in safety. Obama can go to Hades. The faster the better.

Karnick| 6.21.10 @ 2:07PM

I don't really understand the furor over Arizona's immigration policy. Don't they have the right to enforce whatever laws regarding immigration, however, they want? The 14th amendment seems to make policy regarding citizenship pretty clear, and Arizona doesn't seem to be violating anyone's due process in their enforcement of this amendment.

I guess I just don't see anything Constitutionally wrong with this law. Can someone help me out here.

Purpleguy| 6.21.10 @ 3:57PM

The 14th Amendment does talk about citizens, but it also mentions all persons, without regard to citizenship.

"nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." - This is the crux of the issue ... is the law being applied equally to all persons in AZ? Does it apply equally to all blond, blue-eyed types, as well as brown skinned, young, old, male/female? It's supposed to, sure - but, just exactly how do you prove that, when the application of the law can be very subjective?

And, in addition, one provision of the law allows for an individual to report someone as illegal and if the authorities don't respond positively, they can be sued for non-action. That does smack of the Gestapo tactics of neighbors reporting neighbors, doesn't it?

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Congressional power to regulate naturalization, in Article 1, Section 8, includes the power to regulate immigration (see, for example, Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong, 426 U.S. 88 [1976]). It would not make sense to allow Congress to pass laws to determine how an immigrant becomes a naturalized resident if the Congress cannot determine how that immigrant can come into the country in the first place.

There is also an argument that immigration is an implied power of any sovereign nation, and as such, the federal government has the power to regulate immigration because the United States is a sovereign nation. While it is true that the United States is a sovereign nation, and it may be true that all sovereign nations have some powers inherent in that status, it is not necessary to determine if immigration is such a power that does not even require constitutional mention, because the Naturalization Clause handles the power.

In other words, mmigration law is the sole responsibility of the Federal Government, according to the Constitution. So what was the purpose of the law, besides political? It won't pass Constitutional scrutiny and strict constructionist theory.

Tim*| 6.21.10 @ 7:27PM

" Kris W. Kobach, a law professor who helped to draft the Arizona statute, plausibly contends that the Arizona law does not contravene the preemption doctrine because it provides for "concurrent" enforcement of federal law. Kobach has explained that the framers of the legislation were keenly aware of the preemption doctrine and took pains to craft it in a manner that would insulate it from a preemption challenge. In particular, the statute declares that it "shall be implemented in a manner consistent with federal laws regulating immigration."

Tim*| 6.21.10 @ 7:29PM

" In its most recent decision on preemption, Levine v. Wyeth (2009), the Court declared that "[w]e start with the assumption that the historic police powers of the States were not to be superceded by the Federal Act unless that was the clear and manifest purpose of Congress." Every state has an inherent "police power," which allows the state to legislate for the health, safety, morals, and welfare of its people.

In enacting its immigration statute, the Arizona legislature was exercising its police power in a reasonable attempt to protect its citizens from the many baneful effects of illegal immigration. In particular, the legislation should help to ameliorate crime, protect the natural environment, ease the ravages of the recession, promote social stability, and encourage respect for the rule of law. "

Purpleguy| 6.22.10 @ 8:02AM

"In particular, the legislation should help to ameliorate crime, protect the natural environment, ease the ravages of the recession, promote social stability, and encourage respect for the rule of law. " - are you sure you're not a closet liberal?

darcy| 6.21.10 @ 8:36PM

Sovereign this and sovereign that. The PEOPLE are sovereign -- the state has ZERO power not granted it by the consent of the governed.

We shall see who is sovereign.

Kickstand| 6.24.10 @ 3:01PM

immigration law defines who and under what circumstances someone may enter this country. The border patrol's duty is to enforce those laws. After someone circumvents the law and the border patrol they become common criminals.
Arizona has every constitutional right to arrest criminals in their jurisdiction.
They then turn them over to ICE to again adjudicate the immigration statues.
Where in the constitution does it say a state may not arrest criminals.
I would suggest, before deciding constitutional law, it might behove you to read it.

Steve Abrams| 6.21.10 @ 2:10PM

PS...If I see another Mexican wave his national flag on American soil...I'm gonna puke. If your 756066 square mile TOILET/HOME is sooo great, then swim-the-Rio/jump-the-fence... back there ASAP.

Ronald Howard| 6.21.10 @ 2:16PM

Most Americans have no idea what is taking place in Arizona. Americans living in this state, within 60 to 80 miles of the Arizona/Mexican border, have for years now been terrorized and have pleaded for help to stop the daily invasion of illegal border crossers. The people living in the southern part of this American state are living in a war zone. Most of them live in rural areas, small ranches and isolated homes. The illegal's and drug smugglers are using these areas as highways.
One rancher testifed at a senate hearing that 300 to 1,200 people A DAY come across his ranch, vandalizing his property, stealing his vehicles, cutting his fences and destroying the habitat with their trails and layups. In the last two months he has found 17 dead bodies and two Koran bibles. However, as outrageous as those problems are they pale in comparison with the murders by these illegal's. Rancher Rob Krantz, murdered by the drug cartels, Border Patrol agents shot and wounded and shot and killed. Another rancher testified that drugs are brought across his ranch in a military operation. A point man with an AK-47 type weapon goes in front. 1/2 mile back are more guards fully armed with automatic weapons. 1/2 mile behind them are the drug carriers behind them more guards with automatic weapons. These people are violent and they will kill anyone who gets in their way.
It unbelievable that our Government continues to let these conditions exist. Now the President promises to send 1,200 National Guard troopers to the border. What a great guy. That works out to about 1 trooper every mile and a half. Yeah right that one really works! What about the Border Patrol? The Border Patrol is not on this border. They have set up 60 miles away with check points that do nothing to stop the invasion. The Border Patrol is undermanned and undergunned. They run around trying to catch the illegal's, if they do, all that happens most of the time is that the illegal's are taken back across the border so they can try again.
Federal prisons have over 35% illegal's and 20% of Arizona's prisons are filled with illegal's. In the last few years 80% of our law enforcement officers killed or wounded have been by illegal's.
The majority of people coming over recently are people we should be worried about. The ranchers
testified the people they now seeing are not the same as people in the past, those looking for work. We know the coyotes will bring over anyone who has the money to pay. Can anyone say terrorist? Count on it, these bastards have already brought terrorists the United States. The lame stream media has distorted what SB 1070 will do. SB 1070 is built on Federal law and in fact isn't even as strict as the Federal law. It will give law enforcement the ability, when there is probable cause, to determine if a person is here legally. Federal law is very clear. If you are in this country on a VISA, you must have your papers on you at all times. In Arizona all you need to show you are legal citizen is a drivers license, MVD identification card, Native American Card or a military I.D. card. Anyone needs these documents to vote, get a hunting or fishing license etc. So nothing has been added to the Federal law. No one is going to be stopped walking down the street or going with the kids to get an ice cream (take note Mr. President). The Progressives who are currently in power in D.C. are angry because we dare to try to do something to protect our citizens. Our current President and his Administration lie like hell and tell us they want to protect the border and have a reformed immigration policy. They don't. What they want is open borders and ammnesty They are pimping for the Hispanic vote, which they believe they will
get with that policy. In the mean time Americans are being terrorized, the border is wide open, our schools and hospitals are spending more money than they can afford, Arizona like most states and our Country is broke, our prisons are full of illegal's and all this bunch of incompetent boobs in D.C. can think to do is sue Arizona for trying to protect itself. God help and bless this country, the current administration will not.

wolf| 6.21.10 @ 2:17PM

the number "12 million" illegal aliens seems to be decreasing .. i have seen 11 million and in some reports as low as 10 million...

perhaps this will be easier to pass amnesty for 10 million and the voters will except that number rather than the REAL number of over 20 million and counting...and then the real number will be at least millions higher as our "new" citizens will then bring their families to their new home

Purpleguy| 6.21.10 @ 2:24PM

"Americans side with Arizona by a 58 percent to 41 percent margin" -- so now we're running the country by polls, is it? Wasn't the BIG deal about GW that he wasn't checking the polls before he made decisions?

Now, all of a sudden because it's Obama, the polls matter?

PurpleLips| 6.21.10 @ 3:50PM

It only matters at election time. Our Kenyan President has this nasty habit of supporting laws that 60% of Americans hate. Of course, he didn't run on that platform. But then again, 30% of the voters would have voted for him even he admitted to consuming a pound of blow on a daily basis. South Carolina's primary was a good example of that.

Tim*| 6.21.10 @ 4:03PM

Yeah , polls matter.
That's why Democrat Candidates are runnin' away from Obama now.

Oldefarte| 6.22.10 @ 11:04AM

No, NITWIT, the polls don't matter...BUT THE LAW DOES. The government has a FIDUCIARY DUTY to ENFORCE THE LAWS. If you or YA BOY disagrees with said laws, then get off your lazy backside and have the LEGISLATIVE branch of the government amend or change the disagreed with law[s]!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mikee_T| 6.27.10 @ 10:01AM

Purpleguy:
Stop cutting and pasting constitutional text, you don't understand it and you interpret it like the moron in the white house. A radical left wing lawyer / organizer that is suddenly commander in chief. God help us all....Polls merely show the majority and what they want. Period... I'm guessing you work for a non profit that administers hundreds of entitlement programs through tax payer funded grants.......atrocious...absolutely atrocious....

Maggie Art| 6.21.10 @ 2:57PM

This site empathizes the danger of third world population growth to our future and urges action, particularly from young Americans. As a long-time student of this problem in California, I present facts and quotes with a new slant. Did you know that Senator Dianne Feinstein testified before the Judiciary Committe in 1995 that California "is an immigration disaster"?

Maggie Art| 6.21.10 @ 2:59PM

The website is BillionAmericans.com

That's where we are headed by 2100

Purple Lips| 6.21.10 @ 3:58PM

Maggie,
Let's face it, American women don't do Motherhood anymore. Like everything else, we outsource that problem to foreigners. We can't even count on Catholics anymore. They are about as sterile as the Protestants.

You want to keep America WASPish, stay home and have babies -lots of them. Throw your birth control pills out the window and have sex for WASPdom. The 3rd World still knows how to have children (just go to Yemen), and they know how to cross a river.

darcy| 6.21.10 @ 8:30PM

Motherhood is not a "problem." I know countless women actively engaged in the pursuit. True, motherhood is disparaged in our mass culture outlets; but let me tell you this: we are a force to be reckoned with, for we are the ones molding the next generation -- and they will NOT be commie-compliant.

gearjammer| 6.21.10 @ 3:36PM

I live in a zip code that gives Obama 98 per cent approval I am sure. At my super market I rub elbows with the Brown University crowd, RISD, our rich professional democrats, a lot of true believer middle class democrat types and so on. There is a large display of Arizona Iced Tea in front of the cash out lines. I make a great show of stocking up each time I am in the market. I get a lot of nasty looks and frowns but not in any direct sense, maybe because I am a pretty rugged fella and wear an ARMY tank top most of the time. I am waiting for somebody to make my day and berate me for my consumer choice. Until then, Arizona Iced Tea , muchos, Nantucket Nectars, nada.

Purpleguy| 6.21.10 @ 3:41PM

Except that Arizona Tea doesn't come from Arizona...

Purple Lips| 6.21.10 @ 3:53PM

You are correct. Arizona Tea is brewed in Brooklyn -probably by a bunch of illegal... I mean undocumented aliens. Heck, I bet the bottles were manufactured in China, and the marketing was done in Bombay. Does it really matter whether it is call Arizona or Calcutta Tea? Heck, most of the world's tea comes from India.

FTM| 6.21.10 @ 4:05PM

I have a job in a tier I automotive plastic injection molding plant. In order to be hired in this plant I had to show two of three pieces of identification proving that I am an American citizen. I had to show a birth certificate, a drivers licence or a passport, two of the three. I had to furnish to the employer two of three of these formal identification documents. Two, count 'em out of three.

I am told that employers are required by federal law to verify the citizenship status of a potential employee before hiring that employee. Now, if that's the case then how is it that an illegal can get a job anywhere? If that's the case then when the Immigration folks show up at a business and bust their hourly labor for being illegal then how is it that the owners and managers of the businesses aren't hauled off to jail?

This is the law isn't it?

Don't try hiding behind political party either because the Republican party is every bit as guilty as the Democrat party on this issue.

Now, if according to the law I have to prove my citizenship status before a company can legally hire me then how the hell is it that the Commander-In-Chief, the President of the United States of America doesn't have to prove his citizenship? How can that be?

The good thing about the ultimate disintegration of the United States is that all this crap won't matter any more. No more cops, no more judges or jails, no more do-gooders trying to tell me what I should do next. No more idiot lawyers, no more idiot juries. No more idiotic jury duty. No more bungling, dishonest, double speaking politicians. All we will have to do is to wait around for a couple of months for all the gub'ment dependant freeloaders and the civil service, political class and the ivory tower elites to starve to death and then we can set ourselves about rebuilding the country.

Montana| 6.21.10 @ 5:01PM

The Tea Bag Party are just “haters not debaters” or as others have dubbed them “screamers not dreamers”, with their failed attempts at stopping Healthcare reform, they say they respect the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence but they do not mind passing laws, through weak Governors (no one voted for this crazy) who only cares about getting elected Governor, on the backs of undocumented workers, that will not pass Constitution muster.

Brewer signed into law;

1. S.B. 1070,
2. No permit conceal weapons law,
3. The famous Birthers law,
4. Banning Ethnic studies law,

5. Could she be behind the Mural in Prescott, Arizona, ordered to be whiten,
6. On deck to pass, no citizenship to babies born to undocumented workers,

7. If she can read she should look up Arizona’s House Bill 2779 from two years ago (which was un-constitution and failed when legally challenged),
8. The boycotted Martin Luther King Day, what idiots don’t want another holiday? Yes, you guessed it Arizona.

Well Arizona, you can boycott new holidays and keep passing crazy laws and the rest of us will continue to challenged them in a court of law and continue to add cities to our Boycott of your state.

I real cannot believe anything that comes out of Brewer’s mouth, in an interview she first said her father had died in Germany fighting the Nazi in World War II (war ended 1945) but of course we find out the truth that father was never in Germany and died in California in 1955. But we are suppose to believe everything else she says, right! No one voted for you for Governor, yet you keep listening to the tiny brains of the crazies and signing into law everything that comes into their feeble minds, it only make you look dumb, stupid or racist, or maybe all three.

As for the Tea Bag Party, their phony patriotism is sickening; they are just racists going by another name. We all know you are just itching to put a sheet on their head? Let’s face it the Republicans had eight years to deal with health care, immigration, energy (remember Cheney’s secret meetings with oil companies where loosening regulation and oversight were sealed), climate change and financial oversight and governance and they failed. It appears that the Republican Party is only good at starting wars (two in eight years, with fat contracts to friends of Cheney/Bush) but not at winning wars as seen by the continuing line of body bags that keep coming home. The Republicans party will continue turned inward to their old fashion obstructionist party (and their Confederacy appreciation roots) because they continue to allow a small portions (but very loud portion) of their party of “birthers, baggers and blowhards” to rule their party. I will admit that this fringe is very good at playing “Follow the Leader” by listening to their dullard leaders, Beck, Hedgecock, Hannity, O’Reilly, Rush, Savage, Sarah Bailin, Orly Taitz, Victoria Jackson, Michele Bachmann and the rest of the Blowhards and acting as ill programmed robots (they have already acted against doctors that perform abortions).

The Birthers and the Tea Bag party crowd think they can scare, intimidate and force others to go along with them by comments like “This time we came unarmed”, let me tell you something not all ex-military join the fringe militia crazies who don’t pay taxes and run around with face paint in the parks playing commando, the majority are mature and understand that the world is more complicated and grey than the black and white that these simpleton make it out to be and that my friend is the point. The world is complicated and people like Hamilton, Lincoln, and Roosevelt believed that we should use government a little to increase social mobility, now it’s about dancing around the claim of government is the problem. The sainted Reagan passed the biggest tax increase in American history and as a result federal employment increased, but facts are lost when mired in mysticism and superstition. For a party that gave us Abraham Lincoln, it is tragic that the ranks are filled with too many empty suits and the crazy Birthers who have not learned that the way our courts work is that you get a competent lawyer, verifiable facts and present them to a judge, if the facts are real and not half baked internet lies, then, and only then, do you proceed to trial. The Birthers seem to be having a problem with their so called “Internet facts”. Let’s face it no one will take the Birthers seriously until they win a case, but until then, you will continue to appear dumb, crazy or racist, or maybe all three. I heard that Orly Taitz now wants to investigate the “Republican 2009 Summer of Love” list: Assemblyman, Michael D. Duvall (CA), Senator John Ensign (NV), Senator Paul Stanley (TN), Governor Mark Stanford (SC), Board of Ed Chair, and Kristin Maguire AKA Bridget Keeney (SC), she wants to re-establish a family values party, that is like saying that the Catholic Church cares about the welling being of children in their care, too late for that. Yee Haw!

Tim*| 6.21.10 @ 5:33PM

Apparently , Montana is upset .

WAKE UP| 6.21.10 @ 9:04PM

No so upset that didn't forget to trot out "racist', instead of THINKING.

patriot| 6.25.10 @ 8:56PM

can you really be this stupid ? what are you ,black or brown? this sure doesn't sound like a true American,more like a TRAITOR!!!! America first ,illegals never!

Mikee_T| 6.27.10 @ 10:18AM

Montana:
The dems controlled both houses of congress for the latter part of George Bush's presidency. The dems pushed the banks to allow all those poor unfortunate minorites to have a home...boo hoo...now we have economic disaster....call a spade a spade...I really have to restrain myself from writing some nasty things here... A nation of entitlement programs, big government coupled with corrupt unions (international by the way) will not help us grow..... The private sector is starving and I'm guessing you have either a govvy job or work for a non profit (which is the same thing, basically)......You're a moron !

Pete| 6.21.10 @ 5:26PM

Oilbama lied, the Gulf (and 11 men) died.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion.....gn-change/

Tim*| 6.21.10 @ 5:29PM

The Federal Government has Failed to do it's Constitutional Duty to protect Our Sovereign Borders from Illegal Invaders.

This is a Winning Issue , as polls demonstrate.

The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates .

134 Days To November 2nd.

Chris| 6.21.10 @ 5:43PM

I HAVE ONE WORD: UNEMPLOYMENT!!!!!!
Arizona has big concerns: its states and cities are insolvent, it has high social service expenses because of uncontrolled immigration, it has high kidnappings and organized crime from drug cartels, as well as high unemployment.

BUT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS DEALING WITH 3 YEARS OF 10-20% UNEMPLYMENT.

AND HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT MEANS THE AMERICAN VOTING PUBLIC WANTS THEIR JOBS SECURE FIRST AND THEIR UNEMPLOYED THE FIRST TO BE HIRED.

The liberals and democrats are obviously looking to create a hispanic caucus to dominate the electorate and that might work if the economy were on better footings but to push immigration during 10%-10% unemployment is to go against nearly the entire american public.

I just do not see how Obama or any democrat can be re-elected.

WAKE UP| 6.21.10 @ 9:02PM

Yep, let's sue Arizona. That'll bring the nation together. And America wants TWO MORE YEARS of this bullshit ?

Yah Bedaba| 6.21.10 @ 10:15PM

Peebo is goin down! Totally f'n ineligible to be Pres, wait till the republican leadership finds the noose around their necks too - Oh yeah, failing to uphold the oath is self conviction baby and - you can fill in the blanks on the rest of the gangs out come.

jstwndring| 6.22.10 @ 12:53AM

Correct me if i'm wrong, but, isn't it the authority of the legislative branch (state, fed) to create law? As long as that law doesn't violate the Constitutional Rights of U.S. citizens, can that law be overturned? Since when did we become a nation ruled by judges? I'll tell you when, Roe-v-Wade. Does anyone know why we revolted against England in the first place? They had been ruling over us with tyrannical judges. Guess what? They're back.

Osamas Pajamas| 6.22.10 @ 1:46AM

OhBummer is dumber than he thinks he is. Give AZ Governor Jan Brewer a microphone and 5 minutes later, OhBummer's hair will be on fire. What a jerk he is --- what a complete jerk.

Marc Jeric| 6.22.10 @ 2:18AM

No Sir - Abu Hussein al-Mombassa (or whichever Kenyan hellhole that Muslim was born in) is not a jerk: he is a revolutionary marxist unst0ppable, as you can see, in communizing America. Already nationalized are automobile companies, many banks, mortgage companies, with insurance and hospital companies coming in shortly; with the cap & trade scam he will nationalize oil & gas companies, coal mines, electric utilities, and all high energy using industries - aluminum smelters, steel mills, glass factories, trucking companies...
We are too late; after the phony election in 2012 (thanks to ACORN, SEIU, AFSCME, NEA, AFL-CIO) and following the amnesty of 20 million Mexican Indians he will be proclaimed in 2016 the President for life.

Mike_T| 6.27.10 @ 10:22AM

"Shecky" Obama, as Mark Levin calls him. A classic example of a flat out "statist"......period amen.......

Marc Jeric| 6.22.10 @ 2:09AM

Six yeras ago here in Nevada Harry Reid got elected by a majority of 560 votes (against Ensign). These votes were provided by the Culinary Union whose members are by large majority illegal aliens from Mexico; the union card is accepted by the casinos which "rely" on the union to verify the status of its members. The union was so happy with its "success" that it plastered big signs all over Las Vegas to that effect.
Why hasn't the ICE and/or FBI ever checked the union books? Speaking Spanish (I lived and worked 6 years in Mexico and Spain) I heard one worker instructing a new arrival how to become legal: "Just go the union building over there and they will give you papers to work here". This happened in the back of the Stratosphere Casino during a break - and one could see the Culinary Union headquarters building some 80 yards away.

Yosemeti Sam| 6.22.10 @ 2:37AM

" Obama Cracks Down ...."

Yeah - BHO, he the valiant baby ass kicker!

Or is it BHO the 'alleged' youth-time crack user/pusher whos' capitalistic experience thereby is now being brought to bear?

And yet, and yet - the circumlocutionary
dufus senator McGoo remains stridently mute
to the barrage of thunder and noise from Arizonas' extrajudicial Leftoid juries howling about a protective law strictly designed for Arizonan legal citizens: their lives, limbs and properties.

A law not to be confused with the ensconced snobbish privileges Leftoids demand for themselves in their purple enclaves.

Flipside| 6.22.10 @ 5:58AM

Being a liberal means there are no rules or laws. It means they can do what they want whenever they want. The gov. will just find a liberal judge that will provide cover and then lie their way to pass an amnesty program. With RINO's like, McCain, Snowe, Collins, Graham, Brown, liberals will get what they want, they always do. Otherwise they'll astroturf with union protests, take over gov. buildings, march the streets blocking traffic and commerce and show up at the homes of the opposition to harass and intimidate these people. But no it's the tea party and those old gray haired grannies that are so violent, mean and dangerous.

Purpleguy| 6.22.10 @ 8:00AM

How retarded can you be? Libertarianism, which you obviously confuse with Liberalism is much more likely to espouse belief in no or few laws. The rest is the same old boring Republican talking points.

Flipside| 6.22.10 @ 10:49AM

Purplegay, what is you major malfunction? Libertarianism? Retarded? Back at you punk. Open your eyes and read the current events.
These aren't talking points these are facts. Get your facts straight then come back and talk to me. Your leader and liberals in congress do whatever they want. Scam trillion dollar stimulus -Rahmed- through, which didn't create any jobs. Lying about the jobs they created, in fake zip codes published on their gov. website. Payoffs to unions and broke states. Illegal takeover of GM. Shutting down dealerships in GOP areas. Healthcare take over, forced mandate, bribes, kickbacks, union exemptions to pass the thing. Union thugs taking bus trips to the homes of wall street executives...why didn't they go to the homes of Frank and Dobbs they were the fools that caused the mortgage crash. Union thugs bused in showing up at the home, physically on the property, of a BofA executive..protesting what ? that they don't want to pay the 110MIL they owe to the bank. Firing of Ad General because he was investigating illegal payments and cooking of the books, by the Dem. mayor of Sacramento, a person friend of Obama and fundraiser...for what, the WH said the Ad Gen. was old and crazy....right. A liberal judge got the WH off the hook on that one, for now. All the programs,( drone attacks, wire tapping, etc.), that Bush put in place and blasted by liberals, esp. Obama. All of them still in place. More drone missions. Closing Gitmo. Never going to happen. Telling the world that KSM is guilty but but wanting to give him a fair trial in NYC, never going to happen. Suing AZ for mirroring and enforcing the current FED law on illegal immigration. The BP shake down, with no legal backing. Blanco, Rahm, Jesse Jr and the selling of Obama's senate seat... you think Obama had nothing to do with that? The illegal bribing of Administration jobs for two senator hopefuls in CO and PA so they would back out of their primaries. Please, go back to your Berkley tree house for a cold glass of purple Kool Aid.

Mikee_T| 6.27.10 @ 10:30AM

Purpleguy:
I get it now......you are scared to death to go out and compete for work based on ability. I totally get it now.....must "stack the deck" for people like you ......you must be a real "affirmative action" backer as well......god bless us all.......let's keep rewarding people for mediocrity...let's keep holding back qualified individuals for jobs so that "quotas" are met. You think this is the american way ? It isn't.......but what does it matter ? It's racial and social unrest coming to a head and you know what ? White males are sick and tired of it......we aren't taking this crap any more.......I did my time.....52 years old and a victim of "affirmative action" in New Jersey....The party is over if we can stop the illegal contigent (and ultimately straight left wing dem vote) before it's too late pal........Weep in November because it will be a monumental loss for leftists like you.......enjoy it while it lasts except I really don't get what you're so happy about unless of course you work for governenment or an arm of government like a non profit or huge union......makes me sick !!!!

jstwndring| 6.22.10 @ 1:18PM

Seriously, though, do the courts have the authority to overturn law that does not violate the Constitution? Everyone assumes that they do. But do they? My contention is that they do not. They are overstepping their authority when they try. It is the legislature that writes law, not the judiciary.

My point is that the courts can go ahead and make all the noise they want, but they cannot stop any state from writing/creating law. If we listened to the courts back in 1857 (Dred Scott), then slavery would still be legal. In that decision the U.S. Supreme Court upheld slavery. President Lincoln and Congress went ahead and ignored their ruling. If the Supreme Court is the "supreme law of the land" as we are taught, then why do we no longer have slavery? It is because the courts are not law, and do not rule us. No one can stop Arizona from writing and passing any law as long as no-one's civil liberties are being denied--and no, illegal immigrants do not have a claim on our civil liberties.

John II| 6.22.10 @ 9:34PM

If I may be allowed a final word on this thread, listen closely to how the Obamanation plays the McChrystal tune. When Constitutional order suits these bastards, they turn momentarily into strict constructionists.

But, politically, it's a lose-lose situation for the Professor. He has to show how tough he is in effecting his mealy-souled foreign policy. Looking forward to TAS's next postings.

Patriot1954| 6.24.10 @ 2:20PM

I believe that obama wants to destroy the united states and make it all a minority country until the time they can kill,breed the white race into history.I say to the people of the great state of ARIZONA,and all american citizens to work together and patrol the borders. If you see illegals make them happy to run back to mexico,and if they have weapons or drugs ,kill them where they stand,that will stop alot of them from comming here.Then take the mexican people living in our cities ,legal or illegal and if they are cought with weapons or drugs,send them home on the next bus and let them know if they are caught here again,they will be old when they get out of prison.Last but not least,BP do what you feel is the best thing to do when you are threatened by an illegal,deadly force if you have to,dont wait until they wound or kill a person,dont worry about odumma or holder,we the people will stand behind you all the way!Arizona will protect you. God Bless America!

David Ben-Ariel| 6.24.10 @ 2:22PM

Let Arizona shut the president usurper up real fast with the legitimate question, "Where's the birth certificate?" He wouldn't want the publicity that exposes him as a fraud and foreigner.

ONTIME| 6.24.10 @ 3:30PM

Deemers are consistent in actions and thought, you can count on them to do the wrong thing and most of the time it is intentional because it is going to benefit them. They are the Jackass party and here is another case where this particualr obstinance is associated with ignorance, Barry s bound and determined to again "do the wrong thing" to benefit the Deemers and it is almost certain that the state of AZ will deal him a well deserved slap in the head when the court ruling is passed down.
Consistency of ignorgant planning and circumstance, the oil spill, the lifting of a unwise moratorium, the C&T CO2 joke, the infamous backroom unread health care scam, which more states are going to got to court on soon or go broke trying to accomodate this stupidity, TARP Theft. You know that after the houses are reorganized that investigations to find out who this money went to and who recieved it are going to blossom like flowers on a spring plum tree. Oh, Barry if you fear confinement don't think you will be in that cell alone.