November is Just Around the Corner

Applying truly weird logic, Judge Susan Bolton handed the Obama administration a victory on Arizona's SB 1070.  Or did she?  No doubt that Obama, along with various drug lords and human smugglers, is dancing the happy dance tonight.  Americans have died and will continue to die because Obama cares not what happens to them.  But clearly, Obama has a blind spot when it comes to the will of the people.  People support Arizona and will not soon forget that it was Obama who favored illegals over citizens.  November is right around the corner.

Judge Bolton ruled that it is just too gosh darn hard for the Obama administration to enforce federal immigration law and that is unfair for those big meanies in Arizona to try to force them to.  She accepted the argument that this administration is just too incompetent to do their job.  Well, so be it.  In the real world, where we little taxpayers live, incompetence is dealt with swiftly and decisively.  November is right around the corner.

Note to Republicans:  all indications are that you will be given another opportunity to prove your competence this November.  How you handle the opportunity will be graded on a pass or fail basis.  There will be no grading "on the curve".  You will be given one chance to do the people's business.  Don't forget, November is always just around the corner.

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When the Feds Fail, States Step In

Glenn Reynolds makes an interesting argument:

ARIZONA’S IMMIGRATION BILL: I think that Krauthammer is right that it’s a response to the federal government’s failures, and I also agree with people who say it’s likely trumped by the Supremacy Clause — Congress has plenary authority over immigration, and though it’s not entirely settled — is there a “dormant immigration clause?” — that’s the way to bet. But it occurs to me in light of Krauthammer’s comments that there’s another clause in the Constitution that may be relevant: Article IV Section 4:

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.

Were I representing Arizona, I’d argue that the federal government is in default on its “protection against invasion” responsibility, and that this empowers the state to resort to self-help. Not sure how that would play out, but it would make an interesting law review article. And a fun oral argument

.The problem is that the government has not done their job. In fact, the government seems more inclined to take up endeavors that are not its job, say, health care, than those functions that fall under its authority. This puts states in a vise. Few people support the notion that someone should be pulled over, let along arrested, for “driving while brown” but the federal government’s lackadaisical approach to border security has forced Arizona in to that position.

Arizona, home to an estimated 460,000 illegal aliens, has a total population of approximately 6.5 million according to the most recent estimates available. This works out to approximately one of every fourteen people in the state being there illegally. In addition to the strain that illegal immigration has put on Arizona’s schools and social services, crime committed by illegals is on the rise. Unfortunately, the powers that be in Washington, including former Arizona governor and current head of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, have turned their backs on states suffering under the burden of illegal immigration. Arizona has simply decided that if the federal government will not do its job then the state will fill the void.

The current immigration reform bill making its way through Congress offers nothing more than the same old “get out of jail free card” type legislation that we seen in the past. Offering amnesty every few years is not reform. It is a worn out excuse to ignore a problem that is not going away. Until the federal government takes its obligations to its citizens seriously the states will be forced to take their own measures. If these measures seem draconian, place the blame at the federal level where it belongs.

How To Solve The Problem Of Illegal: Make Them Legal

Via Memeorandum:

The "You lie!" that was heard around the world started a ball rolling that hasn't stopped yet. The President claimed that illegals wouldn't be covered under ObamaCare. Rep. Wilson knew that on four separate occasions Republicans had introduced measures that would ensure that illegals would receive healthcare paid for by American taxpayers and four times they were shot down. Lo and behold, two days after Wilson's "outburst" the illegal loophole was closed.

Now what does the President, who sympathizes with illegals who are in this country illegally suggest?

Mr. Obama added, "If anything, this debate underscores the necessity of
passing comprehensive immigration reform and resolving the issue of 12
million undocumented people living and working in this country once and for
all." (emphasis mine)

Well there you go. Let's give them amnesty, make them legal and then we can cover them. Unbelievable.