WASHINGTON - July 27, 2011 - In 2007, the state of Arizona passed the Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA). The law penalizes businesses that knowingly hire illegal aliens. Penalties can range from fines up to and including the revocation of the firm’s business license.
Of course all the liberals in Arizona and the federal government were outraged that Arizona would take such a measure to defend its borders and citizens’ rights to jobs that were being stolen by hundreds of thousands of illegals. LAWA was challenged on the basis of constitutionality and whether or not the states have a right to establish their own immigration laws.
Our Founding Fathers did their best to limit the role and power of the federal government while retaining most of the rights of government for the states. In 2008, two lower courts both ruled that LAWA was constitutional, but its opponents continued to fight it and pressed on to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Today, in what is sure to be a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s law. Justice and Obama appointee, Sonia Sotomayor, voted against the Arizona law, and Obama’s other appointee, Elena Kagan, recused herself from the Court’s hearing on the matter. However, in a vote of 5-3, the Court upheld LAWA as being constitutional.
This case has tremendous implication for the illegitimate Obama regime’s plans to overhaul immigration laws and allow nearly 15 million illegals to suddenly become citizens and have the right vote, just in time for the 2012 elections. This decision paves the way for many states to pass more immigration laws, which could include the denial of citizenship and the right vote in that state.
This will also have a strong impact on the challenges pending against Arizona’s SB70 immigration bill, which passed last year and caused so much controversy among illegals and liberals. This law is being challenged by the illegitimate Obama regime, but in light of today’s decision, it might be prudent for Obama to save taxpayer dollars and drop its challenge.
For once in a long long time, we can take our hats off to the U.S. Supreme Court, for issuing a ruling that actually defends the Constitution, the way they are required by law to do.
