Michael Bryan By Jenn Ward Connerly considers his plans to buy elections, one state at a time. Proposition 107 is bad news for equal opportunity in Arizona. But, Ward Connerly, no friend to diversity efforts, has dedicated himself to pushing this effort through in November. His American Civil Rights Initiative (ACRI) worked with State Senator Russell Pearce and … Read more
By Michael Bryan In the last post I discussed the general concept of preemption in the DOJ suit to enjoin the enforcement of SB1070 and how SB1070 falls afoul of field preemption. In this post I will discuss the various specific ways the Feds' brief claims that SB1070 conflicts with federal law and is therefore … Read more
By Michael Bryan In my last post I promised to attempt to explain the issues raised in the SB1070 suit. The heart of the argument in the Fed's brief seeking an injunction of enforcement of SB1070 is that Arizona's legislation is preempted by federal immigration law. What is preemption? Preemption is a doctrine designed to … Read more
By Michael Bryan Apparently unlike many of the folks in the media who now are opining about the Fed's suit enjoining enforcement of SB1070 (judging solely from the lack any apparent factual basis for many of the opinions on display), I have actually read the complaint and the brief. I am now working my way … Read more
By Michael Bryan On Friday night you decide to drive to the grocery store to get some arugula for your dinner salad. Your spouse was supposed to buy some at AJ’s while shopping yesterday, but it got left off the list and the damn salad just doesn’t work without a bitter green base. So you … Read more