A great development. But don't let the euphoria of the ruling diminish your awareness that even as I write this, obama and AG Holder are busily working avenues around the SCOTUS decision.
AZ WILL BE PUNISHED in some way, some form of retribution is coming they're way and relatively quickly. We might hear that obama will be closing all military bases that exist there OR federal funds previously being allocated to AZ for whatever will be severely reduced. Those are just possibilities, I have no intimate knowledge of what they might be planning.
SCOTUS itself now is in the cross-hairs of retribution from this sordid administration.
You've been warned.
BREAKING -Supremes torpedo Obama's Arizona lawsuit on illegal aliens.In a definite setback for President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder! YES!
Cat
2011/05/26 19:27:24
Gov. Brewer and
Arizona won the first case on illegal alien laws passed in her state on Thursday
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PLEASE RAVE MY POLL IF YOU AGREE WITH MY PHOTOS! THEY ARE MY OPINION! Cat
In
a definite setback for President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder,
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that individual states have the right to
revoke the licenses of businesses that know they are employing illegal
aliens. This case is seen as a preview of another case involving Arizona and
illegal aliens expected to go before the nation's highest court.
The
justices -- in a 5-3 decision -- upheld Arizona's 2007 law, asserting that the
state is well within its rights to enforce such an immigration law under a 1986
federal immigration reform measure that was passed during the Reagan
Administration as part of a limited amnesty deal made with Democratic
lawmakers.
This
ruling -- a disappointment for Obama in a week filled with disappointments --
comes amid a Department of Justice lawsuit against another Arizona law that took
effect last July and which makes it a crime to be in the state, which borders
Mexico, without proper immigration papers.
"While
Obama is backtracking from one miscalculation after another, this ruling may
provide other U.S. states the legal means to pass laws to protect their
residents from adverse effects of illegal immigration," said former law
enforcement officer Mike Snopes.
In
today's decision, the court cited the Reagan Administration's federal
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, which preempts state or local law
imposing civil or criminal sanctions other than through licensing and similar
laws on firms that employ, recruit, or refer unauthorized aliens for
employment.
The
law reserves to the states the authority to impose sanctions on employers hiring
[illegal] workers, through licensing and similar laws.
Chief
Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion: "It uses the federal
government's own definition of 'unauthorized alien,' it relies solely on the
federal government's own determination of who is an unauthorized alien, and it
requires Arizona employers to use the federal government's own system for
checking employee status."
Despite
President Obama's frequent verbal attacks against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
that organization backed the lawsuit filed to invalidate the Arizona law in the
courts.
Only
eight justices ruled in this case since Justice Elena Kagan recused herself from
the case because the government made filings against Arizona when she was
solicitor general at the Justice Department.
Roberts
was joined in the majority by conservative Justices Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito
and Clarence Thomas, and by Justice Anthony Kennedy, who is seen as a swing
vote. Left-leaning Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia
Sotomayor dissented.
The
Obama Justice Department has filed a separate suit against Arizona in hopes of
blocking the 2010 law, which requires local police who are not federal agents
responsible for immigration matters to determine whether people are in the
country illegally during arrests or routine traffic stops.
Arizona's laws
were slammed by Obama's administration as abusive and divisive.
Jim
Kouri, CPP, formerly Fifth Vice-President, is currently a Board Member of the
National Association of Chiefs of Police, an editor for ConservativeBase.com,
and he's a columnist for Examiner.com. In addition, he's a blogger for the
Cheyenne, Wyoming Fox News Radio affiliate KGAB (www.kgab.com). Kouri also serves as political
advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty.He's
former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed
"Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he
served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of
security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug
Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country.
Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police,
Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer and columnist for
AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by
AXcessNews.Com. Kouri appears regularly as on-air commentator for over 100 TV
and radio news and talk shows including Fox News Channel, Oprah, McLaughlin
Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, etc.
Top Opinion
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CUDDLY BUT STILL CRABBY 2011/05/26 19:32:59
We're talking about human beings and families looking for a better life, not criminals breaking into people's houses. Sure there are some criminals among them, but most of these people are attracted by America's promises of a better life and better opportunities and they want the best for themselves as well as their families.
You honestly want to force people back into a place with bad sanitation, unclean water and an unhealthy style of living?
Therefore they are illegal, criminal invaders.
and for the DEPORT THEM CROWD.........whats the cost of that???? and be sure to add no less than nine ZERO'S, add your stupid FENCE IDEA ADD three more ZERO'S
We are being overrun. We are being forced to pay for the care and feeding of these crimnals and their anchor babies, and we are being ounished for this generosity to the criminal illegals by rewarding them with JOBS we desperately need for our own people.
Stop the invasion, harass your sheriffs and police to investigate all illegals. Call the fire marshall when more then one family lives in a dwelling. Do all you can to NOT support businesses that hire illegals. Call contractors and tell them they will never get the job unless they are hiring ONLY Americans, do everything you can to make the illegals uncomfortable in your area. That is about all you can do other then call the WH, congress and local governments and demand they do something.
They've even got their own Spanish language TV network.
Are you anywhere near Whitney in Oxfordshire? One of my grandads was from there.