Politico: Scalia takes swipe at Obama immigration action

[Patricia M. McBride]

Well, it is tit for tat.  Obama insulted these folks and he tried to threaten them; however, I don't think the court is easily threatened out of doing their job exactly as they see it.  So, now, Justice Scalia (God bless him) has had something to say in his discussion about the Arizona law, and this is worth reading, because from where I am sitting he hit the nail on the head (and made me a fan of his!).

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Scalia said the Framers would've 'rushed to the exits' at Obama's immigration  ideas. | AP Photo

By JENNIFER  EPSTEIN | 6/25/12 11:29 AM EDT Updated: 6/25/12  11:57 AM EDT

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia suggested Monday that the Framers of the  Constitution would have “rushed to the exits” if presented with the idea behind  President Barack Obama’s recent decision not to enforce certain  immigration laws.

The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down most of the key provisions of  Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law “boggles the mind” in light of the Obama  policy shift, Scalia added.

Speaking in dissent of most of the court’s rulings on Arizona’s immigration  law, Scalia took a clear swipe in his remarks at the Obama administration’s new  policy ending deportations of many young adults brought into the country  illegally — which was not part of the Arizona case.

“The president has said that the new program is ‘the right thing to do’ in  light of Congress’s failure to pass the administration’s proposed revision of  the immigration laws,” Scalia said. “Perhaps it is, though Arizona might not think so.”

Scalia asked whether states would have entered into the union had the  Constitution included a clause enacting immigration laws but stipulating that  the president had a choice on whether to enforce them. Delegates would have “rushed to the exits” at Independence Hall.

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