By Michael Bryan Senator Kyl opened his mouth and allowed this to crawl out regarding the SB1070 ruling: “I personally believe it was politically motivated,” Kyl told Fox. “Yes, it will be appealed, perhaps it’ll eventually end up in the U.S. Supreme Court, but it would be much preferable if the federal government just did … Read more
by David Safier The question needs to be asked. Did Judge Bolton read SB1070? The reason I ask is, we've been told over and over, if you just read the bill, you'll see it's nothing more than a mirror of federal law and it absolutely, no-doubt-about-it prohibits racial profiling. So I guess the judge didn't … Read more
By Michael Bryan With Judge Bolton's ruling enjoining enforcement of the core provisions of SB1070, the battle to stop Arizona from becoming a mini-sovreign (a tyrannical one) for the purposes of immigration is won, but the political and legal war between two visions of American immigration policy is just warming up. However, it is … Read more
by David Safier Jonathan Paton usually comes off as somewhat intelligent or witty or humble in his releases. But the injunction stopping key parts of SB1070 from going into effect is clearly no time for intelligence or wit. It's a time for outrage! It's a time to promote fear! It's a time to say we … Read more
by David Safier On his CNN show, Rick Sanchez made the same point I made yesterday while he was talking with Ed Henry, then Henry contradicted it. Sanchez was 100% right. Henry was 100% wrong. But Henry got the last word. Sanchez said, and I'm paraphrasing, Look, people underestimate the goodness of Americans. A CNN … Read more