Cassi Creek: The
Supreme Court, in a mostly rational decision, smacked the hands of the Arizona
legislators who presumed to place the state above the federal government
concerning immigration policies. The
court affirmed that immigration policies are the concern of the nation, not 50
little satrapies displaying 50 different degrees of bigotry. Arizona’s attempts to deny Latinos entry to
their state, beyond that number necessary for manual labor and housemaid
duties, were soundly rebuked by the Justices.
Once again,
the actions of bigots and racists are being whitewashed under the cloak of evil
invisibility that is commonly referred to as “states’ rights.” Dating back to before the nation was formalized;
there has been a continual struggle between those of us who favor a strong
federal government, and those who are more at home with the idea of 50
independent satrapies with 50 different immigration, education, and other policies
that may often be at odds to the federal position. The states commonly referred to as “red
states,” including those of the old confederacy; seem to demand a return to the
society and culture that was the antebellum South.
Justice
Scalia made a statement intimating that if Obama administration policies had
been in effect in 1858, Arizona would not have joined the U.S. Mr. Justice Scalia would have been quite
content in a United States that was badly fragmented and at war with itself.
Such lack of central authority and oversight makes it much less difficult to
engage in graft and other illegal means of increasing one’s wealth while
blocking the development of a viable middle class.
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