And I have to admit I didn't listen to him.
Rush will be back tomorrow.
Meantime, there's a whole host of stuff to talk about - gay marriage bill passed in New York (which I applaud), parts of George's illegal immigration law struck down (and sadly but typically, the headline says "Immigration law", it's only when you read the article that they clarify that - of ocurse - it's illegal immigration they're trying to defeat!!!!
Federal judge blocks parts of Georgia's new immigration law, Alabama's similar
MONTGOMERY -- A federal judge in Atlanta has blocked parts of Georgia's new illegal immigration law that is similar to Alabama's new law.
Southern Poverty Law Center attorney Sam Brooke said he received notification of the judge's ruling on the Georgia law about 1:30 p.m. today. He called the Georgia decision "a landmark ruling."
Attorneys were still reading details this afternoon, but Brooke said Alabama and Georgia laws contain the same sections enabling law officers to ask people for papers proving they are in the country legally. [Well, gee, what's wrong with that. If you're driving a car you have to show a license, if you want to buy liquor you have to buy a license. There's so many illegals in the country, it's only common sense to ask people of Hispanic or Latino appearance (and for that matter Asian appearance - since Asiam illegal immigration is also a big problem which we never hear about - they are brought in for the sex trade) to prove they are in the country legal.
If our Hispanic and Latino citizens and legal immigrants don't like it - they should be aware if there weren't so many illegals in the country, they would get the respect they deserve!]
Alabama's law includes a requirement that schools check the birth country of new students and the birth country of the student's parents, something no other state requires. Brooke said requiring the information on students "is clearly a federal law."
Brooke said the SPLC, American Civil Liberties Union, Federation for Immigration Law Reform, the Asian Justice Coalition and other groups will sue to block Alabama's law as well.
House Majority Leader Micky Hammon, R-Decatur, the primary sponsor of Alabama's law, said he expected groups like SPLC and ACLU to sue to block Alabama's law.
"They sue everybody," he said.
When the Legislature debated Hammon's bill, he said he felt confident Alabama's law would stand up to court challenge. The same consultant who helped draft Alabama's law also wrote illegal immigration laws for Arizona, Georgia, Utah, all of which have had parts struck down by federal courts. South Carolina will soon join the group.
That state's governor is expected to sign an immigration bill into law today.
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