Charles_Main
AR15 Owner
In order to sue Arizona over their new law Obama has been forced to bring to light the crux of the issue.
Reportedly the argument he intends to use in court is that it is the Federal Governments Job to deal with Immigration and border security, and Arizona law infringes on that power. Not only is this argument not likely to win, it brings to light two important facts.
First that it is the Federal Governments duty to protect Arizona's border with Mexico, A job most agree that they are not doing.
Second is that the fact that he has to resort to that argument is just proof that there is nothing in the law itself that is in anyway unconstitutional or that would infringe on civil rights. If there was they would use that as an argument as well but instead will focus only on the fact that it might infringe on federal power.
Of course anyone who has read the law knew that already. The law in effect only allows Arizona law enforcement to enforce standing Federal Immigration law, and in fact has more safe guards against profiling built into it than the Federal Law does. That is also why the Obama admins intended argument that the law infringes on federal power will fail before an unbiased court. Precedent is expected to dictate that Arizona has every right to empower its own law enforcement to uphold federal law in this case.
Obama really needs to think things through. This law suit will fail and he is going to come off looking like and ass. After telling how horrible the law is he might well end up with a supreme court ruling that not only upholds the law but states that the Arizona law has more safe guards against profiling and civil rights violation than current federal law even has.
Reportedly the argument he intends to use in court is that it is the Federal Governments Job to deal with Immigration and border security, and Arizona law infringes on that power. Not only is this argument not likely to win, it brings to light two important facts.
First that it is the Federal Governments duty to protect Arizona's border with Mexico, A job most agree that they are not doing.
Second is that the fact that he has to resort to that argument is just proof that there is nothing in the law itself that is in anyway unconstitutional or that would infringe on civil rights. If there was they would use that as an argument as well but instead will focus only on the fact that it might infringe on federal power.
Of course anyone who has read the law knew that already. The law in effect only allows Arizona law enforcement to enforce standing Federal Immigration law, and in fact has more safe guards against profiling built into it than the Federal Law does. That is also why the Obama admins intended argument that the law infringes on federal power will fail before an unbiased court. Precedent is expected to dictate that Arizona has every right to empower its own law enforcement to uphold federal law in this case.
Obama really needs to think things through. This law suit will fail and he is going to come off looking like and ass. After telling how horrible the law is he might well end up with a supreme court ruling that not only upholds the law but states that the Arizona law has more safe guards against profiling and civil rights violation than current federal law even has.