America has arrived at a dangerous, unprecedented moment: an Administration is attacking a state that is simply trying to help the federal government restore the rule of law. In addition to partisan mischarac¬terizations of S.B. 1070, observes Professor Kris Kobach, the Eric Holder Justice Department launched an unprece¬dented and unwarranted lawsuit that has shattered the balance between the federal government and the states, as well as the balance between executive and congressional power, through its distortion of preemption doctrine. A federal district judge has already embraced the Justice Department’s argument without any evident awareness of how the argument breaches constitutional boundaries. Consequently, concludes Kobach, America’s only hope is that the appellate courts will realize just what is at stake, and uphold S.B. 1070 on constitutional grounds.
of you will and for him to just blow me off constantly and continuously is wrong, and then they want to spin it, that it was a terrible law that we signed, senate bill 1070 and it mirrored federal law so now i m a racist and a bigot. shannon: i remember covering that when it was argued at the supreme court. there were some pretty rowdy crowds and i remember you being escorted through that and obviously emotional on both sides. i want to read something in reaction to who happened back in 2012. bob of cbs evening news said it s just another sign of the growing incivility and vulgarity, your picture there of you talking with president obama. the new york times talking about nancy pelosi, democrats saw a powerful woman scolding the president. quick final word from you on a comparison between these two.
this is where the system you should the supremacy clause. this is the prime role for enforcement of the immigration laws, and now they re actually going to be enforced. you have the border patrol agents, and then you have ice enforcement officers. they re the ones who are charged largely who work in partnership for those local municipalities and sheriff s offices, across the country who choose to engage with the 287 g enforcement program. however, it even in arizona we had the widely debated senate bill 1070. it even said there that our requirement was simply to call ice or the border patrol and see what action that they wanted to take. now the president is given very clear direction that there will be no longer any catch and relea release. when they apprehend somebody, they don t just give them an nta, a no to appear, and they show up in court 30 days later and they ll be held in custody
measure. however, cathy harris of the center for arizona policy is defending the bill she authored. i don t buy the arguments on the economic impact. i believe, again, this is about protecting people of all faith, protecting religious beliefs, and the politics, the outcry against the bill, has nothing to do with the actual merits of the bill and merits of the bill. it s simply a political tactic the last few days. joining me life, legislative and politics reporter for the arizona republic newspaper. thank you so much for joining us. and to be here. this comes, of course, four years after arizona passed the controversial immigration law, that caused protests and was struck down by the supreme court in 2012. here we are now, though, getting some information that jan brewer could be ready to veto this. what are you hearing there? the signs would point to that if the governor were to veto this, she d have broad, broad support to do so, and as you ve