Gov. Jan Brewer will attend the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing in San Francisco to watch her lawyers try to convince the judges to let the state enforce its new immigration law.
"She believes very passionately that she needs to be there to represent the perspective and viewpoints of the vast majority of Arizonans who agree with the defense of the rule of law,'' said gubernatorial press aide Paul Senseman. He also said that while Brewer won't be able to speak or testify, her presence at the Nov. 1 hearing may underline for the judges hearing the case the importance of the issue to the state.
At issue is an injunction issued in July by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton against key provisions of SB 1070.
One requires police to check the immigration status of those they have stopped if there is "reasonable suspicion'' they are in the country illegally. Others placed on hold include making it a state crime for undocumented workers to seek employment in Arizona and requiring immigration status checks on everyone arrested before they can be released.
Bolton said those sections appear to be preempted by federal law. She also concluded letting Arizona enforce its own immigration law could harm both those legally in this country and the interests of the federal government.
Senseman acknowledged there will be a cost for travel for Brewer, a press aide and security detail but he said said Brewer has been ``frugal'' with her office spending.
hillstreet posted at 11:15 am on Mon, Oct 25, 2010.
Wouldn't it be nice if Jan "GED" Brewer stayed at the 9th floor long enough to actually do something useful? Nooo, let's take a vacation in SF undert the guise of concern for 1070. What good is she going to do there, she's about as dumb as a box of rocks and will understand nothing of what's transpiring before her.
Masterrogue666 posted at 12:49 am on Mon, Oct 25, 2010.
forkedlift1: As I recall, the AG stated that he did not support SB170. A MAJORITY of US citizens support SB1070, and would prefer to have someone that BELIEVES in said law support it. I lost count, how many MILLIONS has been donated in support of SB1070?
Poorman posted at 6:22 am on Sat, Oct 23, 2010.
Right on poster rrjenn, i was going to bring that up also.I don't like Brewer that much as i'm an independent voter,but Goddard is worse.
rrjenn posted at 7:14 pm on Fri, Oct 22, 2010.
IceCat, if you were paying attention you would know that the AJ is a pro illegal, open border fool who has stated he opposes SB1070.
IceCat posted at 11:13 am on Fri, Oct 22, 2010.
Poorman, if you were paying attention, the Governor in her wisdom, hire an outside law firm to handle the case instead of having the AG office defend SB1070.
Poorman posted at 8:53 am on Fri, Oct 22, 2010.
Was wondering why our Attorney General isn't there to help her,and he wants to be our Gov. YA! RIGHT!
CooperG posted at 8:13 am on Fri, Oct 22, 2010.
Spiffy, but she can't travel within Arizona to attend a candidate's debate in front of live voters. No elected official who is paid with taxpayer money should skip out on debating opponents before the voters. I wonder what she'd say if Douglas declined to debate Lincoln because of "previous engagements."