What the SB1070 ruling looks like to me.

You all get a bonus blog today. The Bonus is all about yesterday's activities in the Supreme Court. O.K. so the Supreme Court has made a decision about the Arizona SB1070 law. Oddly enough BOTH sides are calling it a win. So let’s all review this and see what WE think. Democrats claim that it is obviously a win for them because 3 out of 4 of the points in the law were struck down as unconstitutional or at least an overreach by the state into the area that the Federal government is responsible for. On the other hand the republican side is saying that they win because the most important part of the law, the part they have been most criticized for and they have stood by most staunchly, is the part that they upheld as legal and constitutional. Interestingly, one of the judges who was in favor of the whole law being upheld, or at least most of it, stood up and berated Obama, after the decision, for failing to uphold the law as he is required to. Among the comments he made he alluded to the point that it is the failure of the federal government to uphold the laws that leads to the beleaguered states feeling they have to take matters into their own hands. This makes me think that he is pointing out that the states are basically making a vote of no confidence in the federal government because the feds are basically sitting on their thumbs and denying the problem. Interestingly that is exactly the point that Arizonans have been shouting out about during this whole process. But there is, what I believe to be, an even more telling pair of points. First is the fact that in the past few days and weeks Obama has seen fit to grant a blanket amnesty to illegal aliens (which proves to those concerned about it that this administration is ignoring the laws). Second, immediately after the Supreme Court’s ruling, Obama went as far as telling INS they are not to accept calls from Arizona law enforcement regarding Illegal aliens. (that was the one point the Supreme court pretty much upheld that AZ Law enforcement could ask for proof of citizenship.) So the Supreme court upheld the legality and the first thing Obama does is basically to say “I do not care what they said, I want MY wishes to be followed.” And so once again he flaunts his “power” and finds a way to go around the ruling that he does not like. I guess that means that both sides did get a win of sorts. The conservatives got vindication in the court of the land. But, on the other hand, Obama can simply disregard it, as he has done so many other laws before, thereby making a mockery of the law and still leaving the LEGAL citizens of this country in the dust.