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Arizona's response to Federal Law Suit
(obviously, the State attorney Gen was well prepared for the Fed's preemption argument)here is a choice point dripping with legal sarcasm
Plaintiffs assert that SB 1070 conflicts with "federal government interests." Compl. ¶¶ 144-46. However, the question in any implied conflict preemption analysis is whether the state law "stands as an obstacle to the accomplishment ... of the full purposes and objectives of Congress."29 SB 1070 is not only consistent with federal objectives, but it expressly (and in effect) serves to reinforce existing federal laws. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1304(e), 1306(a), 1324(a)(1)(A), 1324a. In the words of Judge Learned Hand, "it would be unreasonable to suppose that [the federal government's] purpose was to deny itself any help that the states may allow." Posted by: lord garth 2010-07-07 |
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