Romney may soon be feeling the Arizona heat
By Kathleen Parker, WashPost, Published: June 26
As the Supreme Court rules this week on a variety of volatile issues, the question has come up: Is Barack Obama really running against the high court?
It might seem so on the surface, especially given the potential fallout, should the justices overturn portions or all of the Affordable Care Act.
Instead, the justices have caused problems for Mitt Romney.
Monday’s ruling on Arizona’s immigration law is a case in point. Although the majority ruled against some parts of the law, including a provision that would have made failure to carry registration documents a state misdemeanor, the court left in place other provisions that may raise antipathy toward Republicans to new levels.
One among them allows state law enforcement officers to determine whether someone they stop, detain or arrest for some other reason is in the country legally. The obvious concern is that enforcement would lead to racial profiling. And of course it will because we can be pretty certain that Caucasians pulled over for, say, speeding won’t be required to produce proof of citizenship.
(More here.)
As the Supreme Court rules this week on a variety of volatile issues, the question has come up: Is Barack Obama really running against the high court?
It might seem so on the surface, especially given the potential fallout, should the justices overturn portions or all of the Affordable Care Act.
Instead, the justices have caused problems for Mitt Romney.
Monday’s ruling on Arizona’s immigration law is a case in point. Although the majority ruled against some parts of the law, including a provision that would have made failure to carry registration documents a state misdemeanor, the court left in place other provisions that may raise antipathy toward Republicans to new levels.
One among them allows state law enforcement officers to determine whether someone they stop, detain or arrest for some other reason is in the country legally. The obvious concern is that enforcement would lead to racial profiling. And of course it will because we can be pretty certain that Caucasians pulled over for, say, speeding won’t be required to produce proof of citizenship.
(More here.)
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