Posts Tagged ‘SB1070’
UA Dining Services violates card standards, student »
A new policy UA Dining Services is attempting to implement violates credit card company requirements, infringes upon student privacy rights, and encourages students to decrease the security of their purchases as well as their protections in the case of fraudulent charges -- all in an attempt to generate more captive business for on-campus [...]
Today in “good ideas” »
If Brewer can pull this much money for the sake of defending SB1070, imagine what would happen if we just eliminated the DOD budget and instead relied on private donations courtesy of Timothy Mellon's bulging man-purse. Hell, why stop there-- eliminate taxes altogether! We're defending freedom, people! Lawyers defending the state's new [...]
ASUA Meeting, 8 September 2010 »
At today’s Senate meeting (agenda here), the Senate approved $2,974.30 in allocated funds and approved a statement of clarification regarding their earlier resolution on Senate Bill 1070. This was also the Senate’s first meeting live-streaming their meeting on ASUA’s main page. More details of today’s twelve-minute meeting below the fold. [...]
ABOR Meeting, 6 Aug 2010: “Not even close” »
Prison stripes, strategic task forces, and accusations of Nazism – just another meeting of the Arizona Board of Regents. The relative highlights of this month's meeting are as follows: As Becky Pallack reported, students appeared before the Board of Regents yesterday afternoon: "Glen Grunberger and Daniela Ugaz from UA Against SB1070 [...]
SB1070 Injunction Analysis »
The gloves are off and the appeal has been filed. This shit's never going to end. In the meantime, Judge Bolton's opinion! It's worth reading in full, but here are a few highlights: 1.“A plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must establish that he is likely to succeed on the merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in [...]
Breaking News: Judge Bolton Blocks “most »
Via the WSJ: PHOENIX—A judge has blocked the most controversial sections of Arizona's new immigration law from taking effect Thursday, handing a major legal victory to opponents of the crackdown. The law will still take effect Thursday, but without many of the provisions that angered opponents—including sections that required officers to [...]
Post SB1070 Injunction Hearing Round-Up »
Judge Bolton takes no prisoners: She pointed out police "arrest" people all the time for minor crimes, issue them a citation and let them go about their business. Bolton said this provision of SB 1070 would appear to require police to hold people for some extra period of time beyond what is necessary to cite and release. Bouma said lawmakers [...]
SB1070 Injunction Hearing »
Via Laurie Roberts: Main points of the Fed's argument for injunction: 1. That S.B. 1070 undermines the federal government’s control over immigration enforcement and policy. “S.B. 1070 seeks to override and would impair the ability of DHS to execute the federal enforcement priority to locate, detain, prosecute and remove violent [...]
Assorted SB1070 Links »
Unless US District Judge Susan "Not related to the awful singer-songwriter" Bolton rules in favor of the Fed in tomorrow's injunction hearing, SB1070 is due to come into effect on the 29th. Here's the latest: -The AZ Daily Star has a summary of the main players and a compilation of the key documents -On the subject of Judge Bolton, according [...]
SB1070 Cont: Immigration Status Referral »
From article 8 of the immigration bill: Any person who is arrested shall have the person’s immigration status determined before the person is released. The person’s immigration status shall be verified with the federal government pursuant to 8 USC 1373(c). According to the SB1070 public information center, this provision can be read in [...]
SB1070 Federal Challenge: Will it Work? »
According to an interview with Temple University Law Professor Peter Spiro in the WSJ, it could go either way: And it’s not a slam dunk for the federal government, by a long shot. There are major question marks on where the law stands on this. The last time the Supreme Court looked at this issue was in 1976 , and the Supreme Court in [...]
SB1070 Cont: Reasonable Suspicion »
In the original bill text (prior to amendment by the House), the state Senate determined that a law enforcement official, if he had reasonable suspicion that an individual was here unlawfully, could inquire about that individual's immigration status during any lawful contact. Of course, this drew immediate concern because, well, no one really knew [...]