Judge Strikes Down Arizona Immigration Law, Not Shocking

So the judge struck down the most important parts of this law, the parts that allow police to stop and check the immigration status of suspected illegals.

Here are a few articles from the WSJ and the LA Times.  This should not come as a shock to anyone that supports the rule of law here in the States.  The Constitution clearly prohibits the states from passing immigration laws.  To pass this law and pay for the AG to take it to court is an unbelievable waste of the taxpayers money.

There’s a serious disconnect in the Republican/Conservative Party now.  They claim to want to reduce the government involvement in everyday life and cut government spending and waste, but they pass laws the interfere with people’s lives.  They claim that the government is a horrible steward of your tax dollars, which it certainly can be, but then they spend thousands of dollars chasing frivolous lawsuits and clogging the courts.  Any reasonable constitutional scholar, no matter their ideology, could have saved a bunch of time and money by explaining the federal system of government.

The details of this law are unimportant, as are the underlying goals of the Arizona government.  The only important consideration for the judge was “Is this a constitutional law?”.  Short answer: No.

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