1.  Breitbart:  “DOJ, Arizona officials meet over immigration law”

2.  Arizona Republic:  “Brewer criticizes Obama administration, wants meeting”

3.  Arizona Republic:  “Goddard tells Justice Dept. he will defend Ariz. immigration law”

4.  Pajama Media:  “Will the AZ Immigration Law Make the Job of Police Harder?”

5.  Michelle Malkin:  “Obama’s border Kabuki: Don’t believe the hype; Update: Meddling Mexico dictates how U.S. should use its National Guard”

6.  Phoenix New Times:  “Terry Goddard to Eric Holder: Don’t Sue Us Over SB 1070, Pretty-Please“

Here is today’s multiple choice question.  After refusing to defend Arizona’s immigration law from numerous lawsuits that seek to overturn the law, why did Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard warn tell the U.S. Justice Department today that if the U.S. sues to overturn Arizona’s immigration law, he will defend it:

1. He believes in duty, honor & country.
2. He reread his oath of office that says, “I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the State of Arizona, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and defend them against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of Attorney General according to the best of my ability, so help me God.”
3. His opposition to Arizona’s immigration law that is supported by a large majority of Arizonans is causing his poll numbers for Governor to drop while his prospective opponent’s poll numbers sky-rocket.
4. He and his cracker-jack team of U.S. constitutional lawyers have re-reviewed the law after discovering that twenty states and many constitutional scholars believe the law is unconstitutional.  Oops, never mind.  I was confused for a minute there about another job representing Arizona in court that the Arizona AG refused to do.  Terry still refuses to represent Arizona in overturning Obamacare.  See “Arizona Attorney General Won’t Challenge Obamacare.”
5. Now that he successfully sued to get rich white women into the men’s grill at Phoenix Country Club he is looking for another big case to add to his resume.  See the Settlement Agreement.
6. The Arizona legislature passed House Bill 2162 signed into law by Governor Brewer, which law orders the Attorney General to do his job and defend Arizona’s immigration law.
7. All of the above.

See “Arizona Legislature Orders Attorney General Terry Goddard to Do His Job & Represent Arizona,” “Goddard: Feds should not sue Arizona” and “Goddard tells Justice Dept. he will defend Ariz. immigration law.”

1.  Arizona Republic:  “Fla. legislator backs Arizona-style immigration law”

2.  Arizona Republic:  “Schools: Immigrant families leaving Arizona because of new immigration law”

3.  Boston Globe:   “Mass. Senate passes crackdown on illegal immigrants”

“the Massachusetts Senate passed a far-reaching crackdown this afternoon on illegal immigrants and those who would hire them, going further, senators said, than any immigration bill proposed over the past five years.”

4.  Breitbart:  “Democrats stop bid to send 6,000 troops to border”

5.  Verum Serum:  “AZ State Legislators Team Up With Mexican Counterparts To Challenge SB 1070 in International Court”

“To reverse the effects of SB-1070, legislators in Mexico and the U.S. (EU) have agreed to submit an appeal to the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), since this initiative criminalises migration with racial profiling in the state of Arizona. . . .It looks to me like this action may have violated the oath of office required of all elected officials in AZ.

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the State of Arizona, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and defend them against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of ______________ according to the best of my ability, so help me God (or so I do affirm).”

6.  Investors Business Daily:  “Confessor-In-Chief Now Blames States That Simply Enforce Law”

“the president still should side with states that want to enforce federal laws rather than with foreign nations that seek to circumvent them.”

7.  The Volokh Conspiracy:  “Bringing a case against Arizona before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights”

8.  Phoenix Business Journal:  “Donations pour in for border protection.”

9.  My Way:  “Obama on Arizona: Presidents don’t do boycotts”

10.  Arizona Republic:  “Students, families prepare to leave Arizona because of SB 1070”

11.  Denver Post:  “Additional troops won’t secure Mexican border”

12.  Phoenix Business Journal:  “League of Arizona Cities and Towns pleads against further boycotts”

13.  Phoenix Business Journal:  “Report: Border regs diminishing tourism” – between U.S. and Canada.  Tougher regs do not apply to our southern border with Mexico.

1.  Investors Business Daily:  “Border Charade”

“According to the Center for Immigration Studies, illegal immigrants make up 9% of the Arizona population, but they are responsible for 22% of the state’s felonies . . . . Arizona is now the kidnapping capital of the United States, and Phoenix has the second-largest kidnapping problem in the world, just behind Mexico City.”

2.  Washington Post:  “Inaction trumps problem-solving when immigration is involved”

3.  Breitbart:  “US troops won’t be used to stop illegal immigration”

4.  Boston Globe:  “Candidates urge illegal immigrant crackdown”

5.  Fox News:  “Feds Issue Terror Watch for the Texas/Mexico Border”

6.  NBC DFW:  “Still No Word on Troops to Texas-Mexico Border”

7.  Investors Business Daily:  “Jobs A Factor In Immigration Debate”

8.  Boston Herald:  “Crash test for dummies”

“Michael Moran of Brighton is a staunch supporter of the ‘sanctuary’ approach to illegal immigration we have here in Massachusetts. . . .

[Isaias Naranjo, an illegal Mexican immigrant] was driving 60 mph when he slammed his car into Moran’s . Naranjo was also drunk, driving without a license and – in an only-in-Massachusetts twist – was wearing a ‘Mexican costume’ at the time. . . . . ‘Nothing is going to happen to me, man,’ Naranjo told the cops.  That’s because he was ‘going back to my home country, Mexico.’  Massachusetts judges aren’t allowed to consider his immigration status in setting bail. Which means he could be out on the streets and back in his ‘home country’ by the weekend.

9.  My Fox Boston:  “Rep. hit by illegal immigrant talks about crash” Listen and watch this video in which Massachusetts state representative Mike Moran says he is “pro illegal immigrant” despite being rear-ended by a drunk illegal Mexican immigrant driving without a license and no insurance who totaled the representative’s car.

“State police were unable to notify immigration authorities that Naranjo might be illegal. due to a 2007 order that strips them of immigration enforcement powers.”

10.  Arizona Republic:  “Justice Dept. poised to challenge Ariz. immigration law”

11.  Arizona Republic:  “Mexico harasses immigrants as it criticizes Arizona immigration law”

12.  Arizona Republic:  “Phoenix loses suppliers convention over new immigration law“