Surviving the Obama Assault on the Rule of Law

Heritage "But no amount of pause by states and localities could ever possibly satisfy the Obama administration, its amnesty allies, and activist judges like Bolton. In a textbook case of judicial activism, Judge Bolton rewrote the Arizona law to her own needs, invented her own facts and ignored clear federal law. President Jimmy Carter appointee and immigration law professor at Yale Law School Peter Schuck told The New York Times: “She rushed to judgment in a way I can only assume reflects a lot of pressure from the federal government to get this case resolved quickly.” "

On Arizona and Immigration: Judge Ignores Rule of Law "Arizona should continue its court fight to implement all of the provisions of the Arizona law. The chances are very good as this case works its way up through the courts and eventually to the U.S. Supreme Court, that Arizona will win in the end. It is a battle well worth fighting and it is one that other states should join, particularly in the face of this administration’s refusal to take the steps necessary to secure our borders and protect our national security. In fact, if other states participate in this battle in other federal circuits, it is highly likely that they will get rulings directly conflicting with Judge Bolton’s erroneous decision. The Justice Department should be forced to fight as many states as possible on this issue."

81 Members of Congress Support AZ Law "The immigration issue is also before the Supreme Court. We intend to file an amicus brief with the high court in support of a 2007 immigration law enacted by Arizona - a case that will be heard next term by the high court. This is a very important issue. We will keep you posted as developments unfold." , Jay Sekulow,ACLJ, July 21

Detaining Arizona "The judge twists facts and logic to support the Justice Department’s claim that the state law preempts the federal immigration scheme. To do so, she accepts Justice’s implicit argument that it’s not the letter of the federal law that matters, but what parts of the law the executive decides to enforce. If her reasoning stands, we will basically cut Congress out of immigration policy and the states out of enforcement. Instead, our immigration system will entirely depend on executive discretion at a time when the executive has little interest in enforcing the law." National Review Online.

Andy McCarthy on the Arizona Immigration Decision : "The Arizona law is completely consistent with federal law. The judge, however, twisted to(sic) concept of federal law into federal enforcement practices (or, as it happens, lack thereof). In effect, the court is saying that if the feds refuse to enforce the law the states can't do it either because doing so would transgress the federal policy of non-enforcement ... which is nuts."Emphasis added.

 What Judge Bolton’s Injunction Doesn’t Say "The real threat posed by S.B. 1070 was that it would disrupt the de facto amnesty that the executive branch has accorded to the vast majority of illegal aliens. It would start to implement congressional mandates and the public will that the immigration laws be enforced. For that reason, it had to be stopped." Heather Mac Donald, via Neal Boortz.

Obama's Empty Gestures on Israel

Ed Lasky  "Martin Indyk, America's former Ambassador to Israel, pulls back the curtain and reveals that Obama's recent show of courtesy towards our ally Israel is just for domestic policy purposes. In a Q and A, Indyk, who is an Obama supporter and a sympathizer with J Street (a lobby that wants to pressure Israel and admits to having the " President's back"), is asked about Obama's recent outreach towards Israel -- a stark departure from The President's behavior since assuming office."

Federal judge issues injunction against parts of Arizona's immigration law

American Thinker "If this decree is allowed to stand, then I demand that Florida become a "sanctuary state" in regards to drilling for oil. Why not? We could be richer than Kuwait in a matter of months! Scofflaws are to be held in a higher esteem by judges than those who would dare to enforce the laws.

"We have just witnessed dyslexic liberal logic at its finest folks. Judge Bolton has decided that actual enforcement of federal laws somehow interferes with the federal government's prerogative to ignore federal law."

The DISCLOSE Act is just another example of the Democratic majority’s endless hide-and-seek hypocrisy.

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE  "GOP senator Mitch McConnell put it more starkly during Tuesday’s debate before the Senate cloture vote on the bill: The DISCLOSE Act, he said, is a “transparent attempt to rig the fall elections.” At bottom, McConnell diagnosed correctly, this is a jobs-protection bill for entrenched incumbents more interested in protecting their hides than protecting the Constitution. While the cloture vote fell three votes short of the needed 60 on Tuesday, Schumer vowed to resurrect the issue “again and again and again until we pass it.”" Michelle Malkin

Obama's appearance on 'The View' cements his status as celebrity

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American Thinker   "Allow me to make two very important observations: First, Barrack(sic) Obama ran for president as a celebrity and was covered by most media as a celebrity. And second, John McCain ran for president as a politician and was covered by all media as a politician. While McCain was campaigning as a politician for a public office, Obama was on tour seeking status for a position, which necessarily goes with being a celebrity. And remember, celebrity status and position trumps a politician and public office almost every time!"  Neil Braithwaite

With Friends Like These, Who Needs Keith Olbermann?

Ann Coulter "It's like watching Hitler hysterically denounce Poland for being mean to Nazi Germany while Polish TV commentators defend Poland by saying, "There are mistakes on both sides." "....
"We also have evidence of liberals' proclivity for violence in the form of mountains of arrest records. Liberal protesters at the 2008 Republican National Convention were arrested for smashing police cars, slashing tires, breaking store windows, and for possessing Molotov cocktails, napalm bombs and assorted firearms. (If only they could muster up that kind of fighting spirit on foreign battlefields.)
"There were no arrests of conservatives at the Democratic National Convention."

Wikileaks: Enemies of the State

Big Hollywood "Look, we don’t need him to tell us that war sucks. No one wants to see our troops or innocent civilians dead. But we fight to eradicate an evil- and in this case it’s an evil that this douchebag is helping. Remember that the U.S. doesn’t send suicide bombers into crowded restaurants, or behead journalists, or fly planes into buildings. We are waging a war against scum – and yet Julie chooses to thwart us instead.
"It makes me wonder that if Julie had secret documents that harmed our enemies – would he share those?"

Arizona Boycott Flops, Stats Show

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion "Arizona's tourism industry has a target on its back, but the widespread boycotts over the state's immigration law might not be hitting the mark. Recent data compiled by a market research group show hotel bookings across the state -- as well as in tourism hot spots Phoenix and Scottsdale -- have been on the rise the past two months. The numbers could dispel warnings from local officials that Arizona stands to lose a fortune and dampen the chances that cities and organizations will be able to compel the state to reverse its immigration law by choking its economy with a sanctions-style business boycott."

Obama's Terror Pal Rashid Khalidi Calls for Funding for Next Jihad War Convoy Flotilla, "Audacity of Hope"

Atlas Shrugs  “Rashid Khalidi... reportedly has signed an appeal for funds to outfit a ship–to be named The Audacity of Hope–that will challenge the Israeli blockade of Gaza in September or October."....
"Just before Khalidi moved to Columbia, at a dinner honoring Khalidi, Obama saluted the rabidly anti-Israel professor for “offer[ing] constant reminders to me of my own blind spots and my own biases.” "

From Rev. Wright to the Sherrod Affair

Victor Davis Hanson "Does anyone grasp that this obsession with racial identity in an increasingly multiracial society is outright insanity, both politically and culturally? It is not as if we should be so bored with war, recession, national security leaks, and a world on the brink to turn to race relations.

"Let me go back a few months, and elaborate how we got here in just 18 months to national hysteria that now breaks out at any given moment over any given otherwise minor incident."

 Race Bait Reality Check "Last week, Obama surrogates at the National Association to Agitate Colored People (NAACP) took over the effort to stir that pot. The NAACP calculus is simple: If they can coerce the Tea Party into defending itself against spurious charges of racism, they distract the movement from focusing on the abject failure of Barack Obama's policies."

The New Racial Mess   "The more the president appeals to his base in racial terms, the more his appointees identify themselves as members of a particular tribe, and the more political issues are framed by racial divisions, so all the more such racial obsession creates a backlash among the racially diverse American people.
"America has largely moved beyond race. Tragically, our president and a host of his supportive special interests have not."  Victor Davis Hanson

Eat the Rich, Exalt the Bum!

Jason Mattera "The left’s idea is trickle-down, too, though. It just uses the brute force of government to command where the trickling down is going to occur. There’s no such thing as bottom up prosperity. If you think there is, go to the very bottom of the bottom—your local smelly bum—and see how many jobs he can provide you and your family."

Democrats Target Free Speech in Senate Vote Tuesday

Human Events "Democrats are likely to desert the sinking DISCLOSE Act ship after Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced late Monday she would not vote for cloture on the bill which needs 60 votes to sidestep committee and go directly to the floor for debate."