Bachmann, Kline among 66 GOPers filing brief in support of Arizona immigration law
Friday, September 03, 2010 at 1:00 pm
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Michele Bachmann, John Kline
Reps. Michele Bachmann and John Kline are among 66 Republican congressional members who signed an amicus brief urging an appeals court to uphold Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB 1070. The brief, dated yesterday and filed by the American Center for Law & Justice and the Immigration Reform Law Institute, charges that the “constitutional principles of federalism and separation of powers” are “jeopardized by the Administration’s attack against” the law. On July 29 — the day before the law was to take effect — U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton struck down parts of it as unconstitutional.
“It is clear the Arizona law that regulates immigration was put in place to protect its citizens and we’re hopeful the federal appeals court will take the action necessary to clear the way for this vital measure to be implemented in its entirety,” wrote ACLJ’s Jay Sekulow in a blog post today. “It’s also clear that the federal district court erred in its decision by failing to protect Arizona’s constitutional right to protect its borders and its citizens. This case certainly highlights the importance of the separation of powers and we’re confident that ultimately the federal government’s lawsuit will be viewed exactly as it should: a constitutional overreach.”
The amicus brief asks the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to “reverse the district court’s decision and order that the Administration’s motion for a preliminary and permanent injunction be denied.”
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Comment posted September 6, 2010 @ 5:20 pm
Republicans are media whores who are not concern with “constitutional principles”, federalism or separation of powers. In fact, they are more concerned with restricting our Constitutional Rights in exchange for profits through ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council). ALEC is a conservative lobbying orgnization that is behind SB-1070 in Arizona.
http://www.alecwatch.org/report.html
In 1984, the private confinement industry began hiring lobbyists to push through legislation that would secure a growing population in prison institutions. According to a report by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the number of inmates has quadrupled in 25-years. The national prison population went from 585,084 prisoners in 1987 to 2,304,115 by 2008; in addition, a BJS report released Feb. 28, 2008, indicates that the United States has the highest rate of documented incarceration in the world.
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Local Arizona journalists have uncovered proof of a conspiracy that is turning the state into a prison state. Behind closed doors, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has been making private prison deals with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) that will generate thousands of new jobs and increase federal funding. Arizona Senator Russell Pearce runs an extention of ALEC, the lobbying firm that represent private prisons: the deputy chief of staff was a lobbyist for CCA; and his wife is still lobbying for CCA.
READ THIS
OpEdNews: “How Private Prison Corporations Hope Arizona’s SB1070 Will Lead to Internment Camps for Illegals”
By Kevin Gosztola – August 13, 2010
http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Private-Prison-Corpora-by-Kevin-Gosztola-100813-585.html
Comment posted September 8, 2010 @ 2:37 am
By my reading of SB1070, I do not see much that directly challenges the Constitution – mostly just limiting sentencing to the most extreme penalties allowed, potential bill of attainder problems, and interfering with foreign relations. Other constitutional violations are more subtle.
Mostly, though, the problems fall in the shoot-foot/spite-face category.
Among other things, it requires giving illegal immigration cases higher priority than even rape, murder, and terrorism.
It also partially revokes “Governmental Tort Immunity” for the state – a dangerous precedent to set.
It eliminates the possibility of humanitarian leniency,
It has loopholes that enable harassment,
Republicans have set the bar a bit low for what constitutes a good law. Again.
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