("Let Arizona's Law Stand")
Is this the best we can do? Under Mr.
Spiro's hypothesis we should allow deeply offensive, unconstitutional
legislation to obtain the Supreme Court's seal of approval just so its
proponents can later be ridiculed for the embarrassing backlash. Is that
an actual theory of governing?
If this were followed to its logical conclusion, it would be best if
the Democrats stopped opposing the ludicrous and destructive positions
of the Republicans. Let health care reform wither on the vine, stop
trying to regulate the banking industry, don't push for environmental
sanity. If the inmates run the asylum, so Mr. Spiro seems to be
advocating, then eventually they will self destruct.
Such is not a path I am comfortable taking. There may be significant
backlash from foreign investment if they have legitimate fear of the
impact of these anti-immigration laws on their people (although I
personally doubt that this would occur). And yes, migrant workers who
are not showing up for work on the farms have, and will, create a
backlash from their potential employers. But that is little reason, and
scant justification for permitting laws such as the one in Arizona to
withstand judicial review.
Our country will not be improved in our eyes, and in the eyes of the
world that is watching, by such action. It is critical that, at each
and every opportunity, we strike down legislation that would diminish
and disgrace us. Otherwise, one day we may forget how and why we
permitted these laws to remain, and only be left with their devastating
results.
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