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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2010 32 Comments

Gloria Allred is doing more to drive illegal immigrants underground and to target Latinos for racial profiling than anything the State of Arizona has even thought of doing.Allred dropped a late-September surprise on Meg Whitman based on the allegation that Whitman did not do enough...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2010 3 Comments

Around the time of the ruling in U.S. v. Arizona, I received several e-mails and comments from readers wondering why the District Court had jurisdiction, in light of Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution (emphasis mine):...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 17, 2010 9 Comments

Looks like Republican opposition researchers finally are getting their act together in countering the Reid campaign machine, as they unearthed video of Harry Reid forcefully arguing against birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens in 1993.I posted extensively on Reid's non-apology apology the other day.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqyeb-5ZfEc?fs=1]Update:...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2010 9 Comments

Greg Sargent at The Washington Post posts a partial transcript provided by the Reid campaign of a speech Reid gave on the floor of the Senate in 2006 allegedly apologizing for Reid's 1993 proposal to exclude the children of illegal aliens from birthright citizenship.Sargent treats...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2010 2 Comments

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the State of Arizona's motion to expedite the appeal from the preliminary injunction enjoining key provisions of S.B. 1070. (h/t Michelle Malkin) The Department of Justice has objected to an expedited briefing schedule.The case now will be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2010 4 Comments

Arizona has requested that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals set an expedited briefing schedule which would have the case fully briefed in just over one month. This is about half the time normally allotted for briefing in appeals from a preliminary injunction.The U.S. Department...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 28, 2010 33 Comments

The result of the injunction granted today by the federal court in Arizona preventing the key provisions of S.B. 1070 from taking effect is not just the maintenance of the status quo.At a legal level, it is true that nothing has changed. S.B. 1070...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 27, 2010 1 Comment

I have enjoyed chronicling the many not too big to fail boycotts which have taken place in the past 18 months that I've been blogging, including (but not limited to):California, Utah, and Mormons in general because of Prop 8Connecticut because of Joe LiebermanThe Susan G....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 23, 2010 16 Comments

Based on reports of the hearing before the federal District Court Judge yesterday, it appears that the provision of the Arizona immigration law requiring law enforcement to verify immigration status is likely to survive, while other aspects creating independent state criminal sanctions will not.This outcome...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2010 1 Comment

The State of Arizona has filed its opposition to the lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice seeking an injunction preventing Arizona S.B. 1070 from taking effect on July 29.The hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction is set for July 22 at 1:30 p.m.Here...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2010 5 Comments

There has been quite a buzz regarding the failure of the Obama administration to challenge a 2008 Rhode Island Executive Order which accomplished much of what Arizona seeks to accomplish through S.B. 1070.The signing statement of the Governor, as well as the Order itself, set...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2010 18 Comments

Rhode Island is the new Arizona. No, actually, Arizona is the new Rhode Island.Despite the failure of the Rhode Island legislature to pass an Arizona-like immigration bill, Rhode Island already has implemented the critical piece of the Arizona law, checking the immigration status of people...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2010 25 Comments

Here is a copy of the Complaint just filed by the United States against Arizona seeking to invalidate S.B 1070, the Arizona immigration bill. Copies also of the Civil Cover Sheet, Summons to the the State of Arizona, and Summons to Gov. Jan Brewer.The U.S....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 12, 2010 3 Comments

Predictions sometimes do come true. Just not this time.Someone must be very disappointed. You know who you are. I bet you think this post is about you, don't you, don't you? Hispanic Voters' Preferences Unchanged Post-Arizona LawHispanic voters nationwide haven't shifted their congressional voting preferences...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 30, 2010 16 Comments

The Gail Collins, in an otherwise humorous column Alabama Goes Viral, plays a sleight of hand when quoting the now famous television advertisement by Dale Peterson, running for Alabama Agricultural Commissioner.Here is Collins' description (emphasis mine):This is the start of Peterson’s campaign ad. He rides...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2010 17 Comments

Literally. Mexico told Obama what to do with the national guard troops Obama just ordered to the border.Not kidding. Mexico told Obama what to do with the national guard troops Obama just ordered to the border.You may not understand. Mexico did not make a profane...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 25, 2010 4 Comments

A bill introduced by Democratic Deputy Majority Leader Peter Palumbo in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, similar to the Arizona immigration law, will not be permitted to go to a committee hearing, much less a vote:House Speaker Gordon D. Fox decided Monday that Rep....

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