Please don’t tell the clueless and “Mr. I won’t do my job and represent the State of Arizona when sued” Attorney General Terry Goddard of Arizona, but Professor Ilya Shapiro of the George Washington University Law School explains why he thinks Arizona’s immigration law, SB 1070, is constitutional.  He says:

“First, the Arizona law — which I’ve actually read, unlike the attorney general and the secretary of homeland security – is carefully crafted so as not to go beyond the scope of federal law and so, as Dan alludes in his thoughtful podcast (drawing on discussions with Roger), is probably constitutional.  Here are the key things it does:”

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