you can only stop and, perhaps, question roberto reveles if is pursuant to a lawful stop detention and arrest because you have reasonable suspicion that a crime is being committed. really? picking up a cactus and gardening and raking? that s not reasonable suspicion. there is no way they would go up to him. so these fears are unfounded. i m sorry, lauer, what s interesting is the aclu is a group formed mostly of lawyers. isn t there some ethical violation here under 8.4. laura: i like that. not to get too technical. 8.46 the ethics code says that lawyers cannot be involved in misrepresentation. outside of the courtroom. i mean, forget about inside of the courtroom. laura: lis, brilliant point because they are officers of the court. they have an obligation to accurately represent the law and the law says now as amended you cannot use race as a factor at all. it can t even be solely a factor. that was the language before.
yacht. obviously much different issues, but the issue of public accountability and the public trust, now with the new media fox news talk radio blogs, it s hard to escape the public s wrath and judgment on this, is it not? eventually it will catch up with you. eventually there will be a sound bite that somebody will be able to find or a record that somebody else will be able to unearth. then you have to explain yourself. 25 years ago that might not have been the case. i think you are right. and i hope this just grows. it s a new world. senator kerry, big environmentalists himself. he went to copenhagen environmental conference. he took a military jet all by himself. now this stuff comes out. laura: john, we appreciate it as always. thanks so much. straight ahead, an action packed is it legal segment. as the aclu unleashes a misinformation campaign against the arizona anti-illegal immigration law. plus, o reilly, leno, late night.
my name is roberto, i m president of the board of directors of the american civil liberties union of arizona. i m a u.s. citizen born of mexican immigrant parents. please help us defeat sb 1070. laura: joining me now from new york attorneys and fox news analysts kimberly guilfoyle and lis wiehl. okay, ladies, had this is an ad meant to pull at our heart strings because of he has a great story. he went to georgetown university. ufers air force. seems to be upstanding guy. he is, look, i can just be doing my lawn work and i guess the cops are going to pull me over and start harassing me. lis, let s start with you. is that a fair characterization of what is going to be permitted thunder new law? no, laura, absolutely not. the law is clear, black and white that an officer, a police
think a lot of people on the left agree with you. some people even on the right are agreeing with you now. my question to you is why can t the dems get more traction on this issue politically? i mean other members of your caucus, given the fact that, you know, the public opinion is where it is? well, i think when the bills start coming due for this war, when people look at the budget and we re basically putting this war on a credit card, people are going to say what are we doing? i mean, this is a war that pakistan government is helping, the afghanistan taliban. there is endless corruption in the afghanistan government. every measure that wiki leaks came forward with with their secret documents shows that the war is going very badly and you have to ask why are we still there? laura: do you think the people who leaked these documents should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law? you know, it s not for me to say. if i said anything, i would become involved in the case. i w
this should not go public like this. laura: i m glad you brought up the law and order issue. do you believe illegals should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. it s not a felony it s a misdemeanor. laura: you are basically saying they are entitled to be in utah. you shouldn t be able to publish their names because they are entitled frankly not to provide information they don t want to to authorities. is that right? no. i m saying like your forefathers they should have an opportunity to come into the country. laura: legally, right? process. they don t have that there is no legal way to come in. laura: they can petition to get that changed. the law is the law now. i just want to get back. they don t qualify. laura: i m glad you are all about law and order. if laws were violated in doing, this i agree with you. these people should be prosecuted for making the list. we have a lot of crime also being committed by people who are here illegally. i think that s ha