rssJudge Ruling on SB 1070 Ruled in Previous Cases That Federal Law Trumps State Law
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 6:22 pm
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As the Justice Department prepares to argue Thursday against Arizona’s immigration law, The Associated Press takes a look into the background of the judge who will hear the case. Susan Bolton, who heard the first arguments against SB 1070 last week, is described as a “down-the-middle” judge who has been ruling on immigration cases in Arizona for a decade.
Her ruling on the DOJ suit will determine whether Arizona’s law violates the Constitution by preempting federal immigration law. The AP reports she has experience in federal-state disagreements:
Bolton has ruled in two cases unrelated to immigration that federal law trumps state law.
In 2008, Bolton threw out a claim by a woman who alleged her employer broke a federal law on overtime pay. The woman made the claim under federal law but sought more generous damages under a state law dictating when an employee is to be paid. The judge threw out her claim under state law.
Three years earlier, in a lawsuit from a woman who claimed she was harmed by taking a cold medicine, Bolton ruled that a state law immunizing drug makers from most punitive damages in product liability cases was superseded by federal law.
The Obama administration hopes Bolton will prevent the law from going into effect July 29, but the judge said last week she could not promise a ruling before then.
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“In one instance, Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent urged his colleagues to deflect attention from Obama’s relationship with Wright by changing the subject. Pick one of Obama’s conservative critics, Ackerman wrote, “Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares — and call them racists.”
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Comment posted July 27, 2010 @ 1:08 am
If this judge is worth her salt she will allow the law to take effect July 29. The federal government does not protect the American people. “We the people … ” has gone to hell in a hand basket. Each state needs to take up immigration and rid our country of the illegals. The federal government sees the illegals as a means to get extra tax money for the cities, counties and states. They do not consider what the illegals cost the American tax payers. SOMEONE NEEDS TO STAND UP FOR AMERICA AND IT WILL ONLY BE THE INDIVIDUAL STATES.
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