Roy Beck from Numbers USA, obviously not a disinterested commenter, weighs in on today's ruling:
In his dissent, Justice Scalia was much more specific, citing the Obama
administration’s announcement just two weeks ago that it would refuse to
enforce the law against illegal aliens who would benefit from the DREAM
Act amnesty that Congress has rejected three times.
"After this case was argued and while it was under consideration,"
Scalia wrote, "the Secretary of Homeland Security announced a program
exempting from immigration enforcement some 1.4 million illegal
immigrants under the age of 30.
"The president said at a news conference that the new program is 'the
right thing to do' in light of Congress’s failure to pass the
Administration’s proposed revision of the Immigration Act. Perhaps it
is, though Arizona may not think so. But to say, as the Court (majority)
does, that Arizona contradicts federal by enforcing application of the
Immigration Act that the President declines to enforce boggles the
mind."
As if to underscore Scalia’s assessment of the current administration as
a nullifier of congressionally-passed laws, Homeland Security Secretary
Janet Napolitano only hours after the ruling, announced that she would
suspend yet another enforcement required under federal immigration laws.
Because the Court ruling will result in a lot more illegal aliens being
brought to the attention of the feds, she said, her department will
suspend the 287(g) program in Arizona, and pledged that nothing in the
ruling will interfere with the administrative amnesty announced last
week.
Only hours after the ruling...which says in effect--Screw the Congress, screw the States and their prerogatives, screw the Constitution, screw the Rule of Law, and screw you if you disagree with us.
If we don't like some provision of the law, we'll just ignore it!
Screw you!
(By the way, we'll always enforce the collection of taxes...)
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