To keep with the ever so thin thread of conversation we have going in the last few posts (Repubocrisy) I wanted to talk about the DOJ challenge to the new Arizona law.
First as noted in an NPR story today Republicans have been trying for years to prevent immigrants from entering the country (if only they got the irony) and every time they try it the Supreme Court shoots down their efforts as unconstitutional. This case will be no different.
Second, in a giant case of Repubocrisy, Republicans are going to be up in arms that the DOJ is challenging the Arizona law. I have heard many times that the only reason this law is being put in place is because of the failures of the federal government (it should be noted that Republicans were in charge of the Congress for much of the aughts and made no major changes to these failing laws). I have also heard that Republicans (other than Lindsey Graham at times) have been completely uninterested in working on immigration reform. Unfortunately for supporters of the Arizona law you can't complain about the federal government for failing to act on one hand and then blindly support the very guys who are the cause of this failing to act.
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