administration when they were pushing for the contempt vote on harriet miers and josh bolton said the committee wasn t entitled to that information because it wasn t essential to their legislative function. there is no real theory there has been any serious coverup. most of the theories i think bored on outlandish. i think there is almost a zero chance the committee will win this in court. i will point out as a matter of record. i m 2-0 on where the courts were going to go. i didn t give a showed yesterday on where the supreme court was going to go. by the way, section 2b of the immigration act was declared constitutional. here is the problem. you have got a situation where the reaction by the republicans in the house is legitimate my view because a letter was
a police officer stops someone for a lawful reason, he have they have to have probable cause to stop someone, someone, when t happens you have a situation if there is probable cause they can check and ask for identification, whether it s papers, and make a call to immigration to make sure the person here legally. that was the controversy. that was what president obama was talking about when he did his press conferences. and the supreme court said that provision was cops substitution natural and not preempted by legislation. and the provisions declared unconstitutional were the minor issues. that was employment, documentation for employment and reporting. minor provisions overall. clearly i agree with the justice, i wish the entire law was upheld at constitutional. i believe that arizona has the right to defend their citizens. they have the right under section 2b and that s what the supreme court said is constitutional. let me go to two things.
a police officer stops someone for a lawful reason, he have they have to have probable cause to stop someone, someone, when t happens you have a situation if there is probable cause they can check and ask for identification, whether it s papers, and make a call to immigration to make sure the person here legally. that was the controversy. that was what president obama was talking about when he did his press conferences. and the supreme court said that provision was cops substitution natural and not preempted by legislation. and the provisions declared unconstitutional were the minor issues. that was employment, documentation for employment and reporting. minor provisions overall. clearly i agree with the justice, i wish the entire law was upheld at constitutional. i believe that arizona has the right to defend their citizens. they have the right under section 2b and that s what the supreme court said is constitutional. let me go to two things.
people thought the whole bill would be the whole statute would be upheld. in fact, the major provisions, three of the four provisions were struck down and on the fourth one which is one we focus on, because it is important, particularly to everyone but for latinos in particular, the section 2b, one that s still problematic but the supreme court seemed to open the door wide open for follow-up legal challenges. so i feel that we re well positioned to move forward and challenge that, but for us, it was troubling that they didn t really take that provision also and move forward on it in the same way they did with the others. overall it was a good decision. when you look at the show me your papers provision, the one you re referring to, they basically said it s okay, they were very specific, it s okay if you hold someone whom you ve stopped and check their status, but not if you hold them longer than you otherwise would have. so they played out the parameters.
in other words, ask for your green card, say, during a traffic stop. if they reasonably suspect that you re in the country illegally. that court left that part stand, but left it open for challenge once the law actually goes into effect. the white house first expressed concern the ruling keeps the cloud of suspension over people who look like foreigners. then late today went further. saying the federal government would not become a willing partner in arizona s efforts to arrest undocumented people. as for governor romney, he said in a statement, this i believe that each state has the duty and the right to secure our borders and preserve the rule of law, particularly when the federal government has failed to meet its responsibilities. nothing really specific. and keeping them honest, nothing on the campaign plane, which was heading to arizona. he stayed in the front of the plane away from the press. he let a staffer handle reporters who were trying to get some answers. liste