Around the time in June when a crucial U.S. Supreme Court ruling is expected on ObamaCare, the high court also is likely to rule on Arizona’s sensible law against illegal immigration.
If the justices strike down ObamaCare but uphold the Arizona law, it would be a double-whammy defeat for the Obama administration, which is unconstitutionally expanding the reach of government through ObamaCare while ironically abandoning the federal government’s clear constitutional duty to protect the United States from illegal immigration.
The red tape, job destruction and budget-busting costs built into ObamaCare are amply documented. And those colossal weaknesses are not lost on the voting public: Of nearly 100 Rasmussen Reports surveys of likely voters since the 2010 law was enacted, only one found less than 50 percent support for repealing ObamaCare. The latest survey, at the end of April, showed 55 percent support for repeal compared with only 36 percent of likely voters who want to keep the law. Meanwhile, 56 percent justifiably believe ObamaCare will drive up medical costs. It is hardly surprising that the passage of ObamaCare is widely believed to have been a — if not the — key cause of Democrats’ historic losses in the 2010 elections.
And what of Arizona’s immigration law, on which states including Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina have roughly patterned laws of their own, only to see them blocked by activist courts?
Well, consider for yourself how “mean” the Arizona law is. Among the issues the Supreme Court is considering is a provision calling for immigration status to be checked when officers lawfully stop someone and have reasonable suspicion that the person is an illegal immigrant. In a state such as Arizona, which is overrun by illegal aliens who consume taxpayer-funded benefits such as uncompensated medical care, it’s hard not to see the wisdom of using a legal stop as a means to ensure that someone is in this country lawfully.