The Cellar

The Cellar (http://cellar.org/index.php)
-   Current Events (http://cellar.org/forumdisplay.php?f=4)
-   -   Judge rules on Arizona immigration law (http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=23253)

Shawnee123 08-04-2010 04:46 PM

MOM!

Madam I'm Adam.

Happy Monkey 08-04-2010 04:50 PM

Here's another instance:
Quote:

A federal judge in California on Wednesday overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage, saying the voter-approved rule violated the constitutional rights of gays and lesbians.
This case works much better with the civil-rights-reminiscent "x delayed is x denied" framework. But again, it is within the judge's purview to stay the decision until the appeals are worked through. And, as it just makes sense to do so, he did.

xoxoxoBruce 08-04-2010 05:04 PM

Who's fucking whom, is hardly the same as releasing criminals from jail.

Happy Monkey 08-04-2010 05:21 PM

NPR may have been incorrect - I'm not sure a stay has been granted. There are conflicting reports, apparently.

classicman 08-04-2010 05:22 PM

Quote:

A federal judge in California
That right there is the problem

Cloud 08-04-2010 05:26 PM

Arizona is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the 9th Circuit of the US District Court. The seat of the 9th Circuit is in San Francisco. Ergo, the judge was in California. It's the only place the action could be heard.

Happy Monkey 08-04-2010 05:28 PM

Note - my most recent quote is a different (California) case, not the Arizona one. But your logic applies equally well.

Cloud 08-04-2010 05:31 PM

ah, I see.

Happy Monkey 08-04-2010 05:43 PM

According to this liveblog, there is a temporary stay, until a hearing can be held on whether to continue the stay.

classicman 08-04-2010 06:14 PM

I was joking. CA - REALLY LIBERAL ... oh nevermind...




Note to self -
< don't forget the smilie>

Cloud 08-04-2010 06:47 PM

ah, humor. I think I've heard of it!

classicman 08-04-2010 06:48 PM

The explanation was WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too long.
When that id the case the joke is ruined ... if it was ever funny at all.

classicman 08-04-2010 07:00 PM

Anyway - since we're on the subject ...
I find it interesting that a Bush appointed Judge who is openly gay decided on the case.
Many do not believe that influenced his decision.

TheMercenary 08-05-2010 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 674545)
I was joking. CA - REALLY LIBERAL ... oh nevermind...

You mean that example of an economic Liberal powerhouse? They are doing great aren't they?

Lamplighter 08-06-2010 01:34 AM

1 Attachment(s)
I found several political cartoons about the AZ law here, but this one seemed to fit another current thread

classicman 08-08-2010 10:35 PM

I'm not sure what to make of this. The article does raise some good points and questions.

Across Texas, 60,000 babies of noncitizens get U.S. birthright

Oh and it discusses the applicability of the 14th amendment as well.

classicman 09-02-2010 12:49 PM

The help promised by the feds has finally arrived... sorta
CNSNews
Quote:

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said requests by Arizona law enforcement personnel and Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) for 3,000 National Guard troops along the state’s border with Mexico have been answered so far with 1 percent of that number deployed there this week.

“We have a whopping 30 [National Guard troops] this week that are showing up,” Babeu told CNSNews.com. “It’s less than a half-hearted measure designed to fail.”

But the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has placed 15 signs along a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 8 that links San Diego with Phoenix and Tucson warning travelers of drug cartels and human trafficking operations.
Quote:

The Obama administration has said it will deploy National Guard troops to the southern border incrementally to eventually have 1,500 troops in place. In addition, $600 million in “emergency border protection funding” was approved in legislation the president signed into law in August.

Babeu said the warning signs are 70 to 80 miles from the border and just 30 miles from Phoenix, the fifth largest city in the United States.

Redux 09-02-2010 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 680102)
The help promised by the feds has finally arrived... sorta
CNSNews

Maybe you should ask WHY more funding hasnt arrived?

Could it be because McCain and Kyle (and the Senate Republicans) would not sign-on to the appropriation bill for additional funding (whining that it wasnt enough, despite the fact that the fy 10 funding request plus the supplemental was a significant increase over the previous years) and demanded more to fight the "crisis on the Arizona border that was out of control."

Or that the funding bill that did finally pass in Aug was a bill some here ridiculed because it was after the Senate adjourned and was "passed by unanimous consent" with only two Democrats in the chamber at the time.

Curious people ask WHY.....instead of stopping when they find an article that they think supports a pre-conceived position. Something you do all the time.

My advice. Change your signature, dude. Sagan doesnt really fit you.

This is more appropriate for you:
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
- Abe Lincoln
When all one does (again and again and again with links that never tell the full story) is open one's mouth to find fault and never attempts to understand WHY, one could reasonably be called a fool.

classicman 09-02-2010 06:53 PM

Ya know. I removed everyone from my ignore list a week or so ago. I thought things had cooled to the point of civility. I was wrong.
Apparently we cannot coexist here. You obviously cannot help yourself.

I've tried. I completely ignored you and your lapdog shaw and a couple others for the good of the whole. You, and she, however find yourselves unable to do so.

I asked you nicely and not so nicely not to communicate with me - again for the good of the cellar. Not for me or you. I couldn't give a shit about you and you likewise about me.

Why is it that you have to start shit and try to tell me how to live my life what my sig should or shouldn't be and make completely unnecessary personal attacks at me - Especially after this.

Why couldn't you? Are you inherently incapable of leaving me alone? Seriously - Why is that you cannot just stay out of my life.
Why is it that you cannot help yourself? Do you have no self control? Are you so brainwashed in your beliefs that you feel compelled to try and control other people and their opinions thoughts and actions? Why would you prefer to start slinging shit on the board - again?

And for the rest of you who let posts by both of them go completely unchallenged over the past month or so... Why? You all spoke up when others did it. Whats the difference?

Happy Monkey 09-02-2010 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 680199)
Why couldn't you? Are you inherently incapable of leaving me alone? Seriously - Why is that you cannot just stay out of my life.

He responded to one of your posts. Your life remains stayed out of.

classicman 09-02-2010 07:23 PM

I'm a little surprised at you HM. Although you and I have disagreed quite a bit and have differing views, I've always respected your opinion and your position - till that post.
Nitpicking on an expression is lower than I really thought you would go.

Redux 09-02-2010 07:25 PM

If what I observed is wrong -- that day after day, you post links that find fault with Obama, Democrats, Global Warming, Mexicans, Muslims and yet, never tell the full story, but you add a baseless or sarcastic remark as if your link is factual....then I will apologize.

You want examples? Most recently, the fact is that you posted racially charged remarks because you were completely ignorant of how the ethics process works in the House.

On the funding of national guard troops on the border...again, you are ignorant of the facts as to why there has not been funding....yet you offer another sarcastic remark.

Try relying less on half-truths and misrepresentation of the facts and we can get along just fine.

classicman 09-02-2010 07:39 PM

Lets try again. I am no longer interested in getting along with you. You burned that bridge long ago. I do not like you nor am I interested in anything you have to say. All you do is parrot the party line. I can get that anywhere. Your constant regurgitation of the same is of no value whatsoever.

Redux 09-02-2010 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 680218)
Lets try again. I am no longer interested in getting along with you. You burned that bridge long ago. I do not like you nor am I interested in anything you have to say. All you do is parrot the party line. I can get that anywhere. Your constant regurgitation of the same is of no value whatsoever.

Hey thats cool.

You keep posting your links that ignore context, dont provide a full picture, or misrepresent the facts.

Add your one-line commentaries...and I will point out that you dont what the fuck you are talking about.

If I point out facts about the appropriations process or the ethics process or voting rights act, or immigration statistics, etc. and you want to call it the party line, thats cool too.

Ignorance by any other name, dude....you still demonstrate consistently that you dont have a clue as to most public policy issues. Its a shame you're not willing to be more open to learning, but evidently would rather get simple pleasures in criticizing what clearly you dont understand.

Lamplighter 09-02-2010 09:44 PM

OK, it's time to Fetchez La Vache

Redux 09-02-2010 09:50 PM

Oh and your cheap shot at Shawnee, who is a lapdog to no one and a woman who thinks for herself and demonstrates character, intelligence and humor beyond your understanding, shows what little character you have.

classicman 09-02-2010 10:14 PM

Ya know refuck, you waste a lot of time and words on a well scripted insult. Just simply say fuck off. Taking up for your lapdog was expected. I'm sure I'll get tons of shit from her tomorrow as well. It just doesn't matter anymore - the two of you started it and the board will be full of shit post because you haven't the self control not to let lil ole insignificant me get to you. Pathetic.

classicman 09-02-2010 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redux (Post 680241)
~ the ethics process ~

I was responding to the author, you ass. I never called for shit. Get your facts straight.
AND as a matter of fact, I called him out on it.

Redux 09-02-2010 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 680251)
I was responding to the author, you ass. I never called for shit. Get your facts straight.
AND as a matter of fact, I called him out on it.

There are some here who dont like my posting style (no sweat off my ass) but I know and you know and many others here know that you are not the brightest bulb in the Cellar.

For a classicman, you have no class ;)

classicman 09-02-2010 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redux (Post 680261)
There are some here who dont like my posting style (no sweat off my ass) but I know and you know and many others here know that you are the brightest bulb in the Cellar.

For a classicman, you have class ;)

Ohhh lookie lookie another long winded insult. I know that you underestimate my intelligence and try to degrade me and my opinions every chance you get. It bothers the crap outta you that you cannot convince me to agree with you and your opinions.

Redux 09-02-2010 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 680262)
Ohhh lookie lookie another long winded insult. I know that you underestimate my intelligence and try to degrade me and my opinions every chance you get. It bothers the crap outta you that you cannot convince me to agree with you and your opinions.

I dont give a fuck if you agree with my opinions or not....it has no impact on whats important to me and means nothing in the grand scheme.

I just have a low tolerance for ignorance.

xoxoxoBruce 09-02-2010 11:52 PM

Knock it the fuck off. :eyebrow:

TheMercenary 09-03-2010 08:02 AM

Interesting. So why would they purposefully delay that appointment of judges to the court? [/conspiracytheory]So they can slow down the removal of illegal immigrants and grind the process to a halt?

Quote:

Obama's Justice Department has also failed to fill an eyebrow-raising number of judicial vacancies in immigration courts. As of March, one out of every six positions remained unfilled, the Center for Investigative Reporting notes. At the time, the agency had promised to hire 47 judges by Sept. 30, but only five new immigration judges have been sworn in thus far. (The empty slots are also a reminder of the glaring number of judicial vacancies that have yet to be filled in the federal courts as well.)

In the meantime, hundreds of thousands of immigrants are stuck in limbo. Some are being held in detention centers, and others are being monitored at large. It's a diverse group, on the whole: 27 percent of people in the backlog are from Mexico, 9 percent are from China, and Armenians have the longest wait time (938 days, on average). They and their families are all just waiting to hear whether they must stay or go. And both sides of the immigration debate would probably agree that the decision should come sooner than later.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezr...mmigratio.html

TheMercenary 09-03-2010 08:10 AM

So now this? are you feaking kidding me?

Quote:

ICE skirts immigration law and begins to release illegal immigrants who have already been arrested and are waiting to be deported.

A memo from released yesterday by John Morton of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), included a new policy change that could affect thousands awaiting deportation. Morton signed a memo that went out to agencies across the country stating any illegal immigrants who have been charged with deportation have their cases reviewed and be released or absolved of any legal issues with the federal government if they have not committed any serious crime.

However, there is a catch. The suspected illegal immigrants must be able to prove they are taking care of necessary paperwork with ICE and have not committed a felony crime.

The memo read in part; “This memorandum establishes ICE policy for the handling of removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) involving applications or petitions filed by, or on behalf of, aliens in removal proceedings. This policy outlines a framework for ICE to request expedited adjudication of an application or petition for an alien in removal proceedings that is pending before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services if the approval of such an application or petition would provide and immediate basis for relief to the alien. The policy will allow ICE and EOIR to address a major inefficiency in present practice and thereby avoid unnecessary delay and expenditure of resources.” Read the entire memo; http://graphics8.nytimes.com/package...immig_memo.pdf

This new policy at ICE comes as a major blow to agents who have already given ICE’s leader, Morton a vote of no confidence.

“It’s dispiriting for federal agents,” says Mark Krikorian of Center for Immigration Studies a Washington D.C. think tank.

While the majority of American’s don’t want amnesty given to those who entered the country illegally and have committed crimes just by crossing the border or overstaying visas the proverbial golden ticket.

Many contend management at ICE and the Obama White House has already begun a back-door amnesty process bypassing Congress.

“Is it an end run around Congress?” Krikorian asked. “In an informal sense, yes. This is a policy decision that is trying to make an end run around Congress. They are saying lets abuse our existing authority to create a defacto amnesty.”

classicman 09-03-2010 09:17 AM

Sorry bruce, but the fucker just keeps at it even after we agreed not to - same with shaw. They have chosen to keep doing this, not I. I will respond. Fuck them. Thats bullshit.

I upheld my part of the agreement. It is they who repeatedly did not.

classicman 09-03-2010 09:28 AM

Merc - Its the R's fault - they are holding up the nominations. Filibustering and all that.

xoxoxoBruce 09-03-2010 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 680322)
Sorry bruce, but the fucker just keeps at it even after we agreed not to - same with shaw. They have chosen to keep doing this, not I. I will respond. Fuck them. Thats bullshit.

I upheld my part of the agreement. It is they who repeatedly did not.

I agree he baited you, but you took it hook, line, and sinker. Don't.

Redux 09-03-2010 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 680349)
I agree he baited you, but you took it hook, line, and sinker. Don't.

Sure, I baited him.

But only after pointing out that he obviously didnt understand why there were so few National Guard posted to the border to-date to assist with border security -- because the Senate Republicans would not vote for the funding requested by the Administration to provide a significant number of National Guard for border security, just not the number that McCain demanded with his over-the-top rhetoric to "protect fearful Arizonans from the growing threats of violence" perpetrated by illegal immigrants.

I know he doesnt like to read the facts if it contradicts his simplistic one-line commentaries. :)

added:

More on baiting and how to respond.

UG baits me all the time. If I choose to respond, and I often do because its good for a laugh, I respond with facts and not by whining that UG is picking on me or some childish remark about blowjobs.

classicman 09-03-2010 01:05 PM

I understood perfectly why there weren't more there. The sooner you stop assuming you know what do or don't agree with or think the better everyone will be.
Don't project your biases on to me and don't offer me any more advice.
In fact, lets try this - Honor your word and don't interact with me at all.
What a concept.

Redux 09-03-2010 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 680376)
I understood perfectly why there weren't more there. The sooner you stop assuming you know what do or don't agree with or think the better everyone will be.
Don't project your biases on to me and don't offer me any more advice.
In fact, lets try this - Honor your word and don't interact with me at all.
What a concept.

Sure...you understood....right dude!

Like you understand so many other issues where you throw out your one-line commentaries following your daily links that you agree with that and find fault with policies you dont like but that never provide the full story or misrepresents the facts.
'
I will keep point out when your commentaries are inconsistent with understanding the facts.

And you can complain to Bruce that I keep picking on you.

classicman 09-03-2010 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 680376)
I understood perfectly why there weren't more there. The sooner you stop assuming you know what do or don't agree with or think the better everyone will be.
Don't project your biases on to me and don't offer me any more advice.
In fact, lets try this - Honor your word and don't interact with me at all.
What a concept.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redux (Post 680404)
Like you understand so many other issues.

Exactly.
Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 680376)
In fact, lets try this AGAIN - Honor your word and don't interact with me at all.


Redux 09-03-2010 02:31 PM

Hey...my word is to expose ignorance and you consistently make yourself a prime target.

classicman 09-03-2010 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redux (Post 680411)
Hey...my ignorance is a prime target.


Redux 09-03-2010 03:13 PM

Changing the posts of others (which you do quite frequently -- see remarks about blowjobs below) is a sure sign of intelligence of a higher order. Hey, if it makes you feel better about yourself, go for it! :D

classicman 09-03-2010 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redux (Post 680423)
Changing the intents of others (which I do quite frequently) is a sure sign of deception of a higher order.


Undertoad 09-03-2010 06:55 PM


classicman 09-04-2010 02:40 PM

I tried that - they didn't - fuck that. I'll not stand by for the BS anymore.
The time to have spoken up was when I was honoring our deal and they were not.

Undertoad 09-04-2010 03:03 PM

You mean when you removed the ignore list that you claimed to have used.

classicman 09-05-2010 10:47 PM

yup exactly. Are you now calling me a liar?

Undertoad 09-06-2010 05:46 AM

Just put back the ignore list sparky. I don't care who started it, so no whining. There's nothing anyone has done to get you to this level of butthurt, you're just too super-sensitive all the time. So buck up, ignore the haters and stop ruining threads.

classicman 09-06-2010 10:37 AM

Gotcha. That seems to be the general consensus.
Thanks.

classicman 09-09-2010 03:34 PM

And now some input from PA....
Quote:

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Hazleton, Pa., may not enforce its crackdown on illegal immigrants, dealing another blow to 4-year-old regulations that inspired similar measures around the country.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia said that Hazleton's Illegal Immigration Relief Act usurped the federal government's exclusive power to regulate immigration.
The northeastern Pennsylvania city had sought to fine landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and deny business permits to companies that give them jobs. A companion measure required prospective tenants to register with City Hall and pay for a rental permit.

Mayor Lou Barletta had pushed the measures in 2006 after two illegal immigrants were charged in a fatal shooting. The Republican mayor, now mounting his third try for Congress, argued that illegal immigrants brought drugs, crime and gangs to the city of more than 30,000 and overwhelmed police, schools and hospitals.

Hispanic groups and illegal immigrants sued to overturn the measures, and a federal judge struck them down following a trial in 2007. The laws have never been enforced.
Yahoo

This is nowhere near what AZ proposed and yet is still got squashed.

Lamplighter 09-27-2010 01:52 PM

A new sort of personality/character test...
 
NY Times article

Water Drops for Migrants: Kindness, or Offense?

Quote:

Two years ago, Daniel J. Millis was ticketed for littering after he was caught
by a federal Fish and Wildlife officer placing gallon jugs of water for passing immigrants
in the brush of this 118,000-acre preserve.

“I do extreme sports, and I know I couldn’t walk as far as they do,”
said Mr. Millis, driving through the refuge recently.
“It’s no surprise people are dying.”
Quote:

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit weighed in on Mr. Millis’s appeal this month,
ruling that it was “ambiguous as to whether purified water in a sealed bottle
intended for human consumption meets the definition of ‘garbage.’”
Voting 2-to-1, a three-judge panel overturned Mr. Millis’s conviction.
Quote:

Throughout southern Arizona, the death toll totaled 1,715 from 2002 to 2009,
with this year’s hot temperatures putting deaths at a record-breaking pace.
Quote:

But opponents say the water drops are encouraging immigrants to continue to come across the border illegally.
The critics say there ought to be Border Patrol agents stationed near the water stations
to arrest those who are crossing illegally as soon as they finish drinking.
So furious are some at the practice of aiding immigrants that they have slashed open the water jugs,
crushed them with their vehicles or simply poured the water into the desert.


xoxoxoBruce 09-27-2010 02:06 PM

He should be convicted of conspiracy.

Happy Monkey 09-27-2010 03:16 PM

Quote:

The critics say there ought to be Border Patrol agents stationed near the water stations to arrest those who are crossing illegally as soon as they finish drinking.
Why are they critics then?

glatt 09-27-2010 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey (Post 685262)
Why are they critics then?

It's in their nature. They just have to complain about something.

xoxoxoBruce 09-28-2010 12:38 AM

Because the agents aren't there to arrest them after they drink.


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:14 AM.

Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.