all right, casey wyan, joining us tonight with the latest in all of this. casey, thank you very much. we are going to take a quick break and be back with a lot more after this including lebron james are we going to lebron james now? okay. this its the story as you know. everybody is buzzing about. can you even remember when there has been so much drama over a sports superstar. well tonight. lebron james, king of the basketball court will finally answer what all nba diehards want to hear where is he going to play. will it be with his hometown cleveland cavaliers? or will he wind up in new york or chicago or miami? yes he is talented but lebron is a commodity. wherever he winds up the money will flow. cnn contributor max kellerman in new york one of cities contending for the prize. joining us right now, max, what is going on there? you know, i got to tell you the truth. there are excited knicks fans here. i think the last 24-hour, or
his opposition to sb 1070 is based on several broad constitutional arguments. one is that the law violates the 14th amendment, which guarantees minorities full rights as u.s. citizens. the other claim is that the law conflicts with what s known as the supremacy clause of the constitution. he argue sths that it gives the federal government, not state and local police forces authority over immigration laws. he also says that the law is having a chilling effect on his first amendment rights to speak out against it. tj? well, casey, what does, i guess this also has to be kind of torn. because this is an officer of the law who wants to uphold the law, of course, but he s been asked to uphold a law that he doesn t quite frankly believe in. right, and officer salgado said he s in a dilemma and plans to not enforce the law because he believes it s unconstitutional. here s the dilemma, he said that could subject him to discipline from his employer, the phoenix
haven t even ruled on. she also makes the argument that state and local police departments all over the country are already helping the federal government enforce immigration laws. she says that the clause of the constitution that the plaintiffs are referring to, only involves regulation of immigration, not enforcement. so that is her basic argument. she wants these suits thrown out. last thing, casey, wants them thrown out. when could we expect some kind of word? could a judge today say, hey, i ll throw it out and this will be the end of this one? what s the next step? it s possible. but that s not what the attorneys expect. because there are so many other lawsuits pending. there are six other lawsuits pending in this kiss, including the big one filed last week by the obama administration. that suit and a couple of others are scheduled to be heard next week. all of these lawsuits are seeking at least a temporary injunction against the enforcement of this law before it takes effect
about arizona s controversial immigration law. you have been hearing about this for quite sometime. there has been impassioned debate on both sides of this issue. people saying and really just getting fired up in this country about this law. some say it will be discriminatory. others say, hey, this is just a upholding the law and doing what the dpg will not do. all of that passionate debate now. moves to another place. we re going to court now. this is the first of these challenges that are going to be going to be heard in front of a judge. now this one involves a phoenix police officer who is suing over this particular law. our casey wyan is joining us from los angeles about this case. hello to you, what is the basis? we know so many lawsuits out there. but what s the basis of this one, the first we re seeing go to court, which is starting right now. yeah, this one is very interesting and very complicated, tj. the plaintiff in this case, the first one is a phoenix police officer who
for us every step of the way. casey, thank you so much. to our viewers here, it s happening right now. this suit, the judge is expected at this moment, top of the hour, was supposed to start hearing from both sides in this particular case. this is one of several that are coming down the pike. seven altogether, but this is the first to go to court. our thelma gutierrez is in phoenix where the hearing is supposed to be getting under way. she s monitoring what s happening in the courtroom. earlier, she met with marlin martin escobar, someone else who has filed suit against this immigration law. here s his story. i have to do my job. i have to serve and protect. it s not often a police officer speaks out publicly against the laws he s sworn to uphold. but officer martin escobar, a naturalized citizen and a 15-year veteran of the tucson police department says he can no longer remain silent.