Republican Congressmen Offer Amendments to Prohibit Justice Department From Prosecuting Federal SB1070 Suit

Congress has not passed an actual budget in some time, so in its place they pass a Continuing Resolution which provides a mechanism to fund the federal government. This year the GOP has pledged to drastically reduce spending and have released a list of amendments that they have proposed to the CR.

Earlier today, NDN highlighted some proposed cuts from the GOP in appropriations for Border Security, now we are going to turn our attention to the Amendments proposed to the CR.  The full list can be seen here.

Two amendments are worth highlighting, as they both seek to stop the federal government from engaging in the current lawsuit with the State of Arizona over SB1070.

Amendment No. 199—Rep. Poe (R-TX):  The amendment would prohibit the use of funds made available by this Act to be used by the Department of Justice, or any other Agency, to litigate the continuation of the case Untied States of America v. The State of Arizona and Janice K. Brewer regarding Arizona law S.B. 1070.

The other amendment seeks to prohibit any funding provided in the CR be used by the federal government in any lawsuit pertaining to Arizona's immigrant law SB1070:

Amendment No. 445—Rep. Kinzinger (R-IL):  The amendment would prohibit funds made available by this Act to be used to participate in any lawsuit that seeks to invalidate certain provisions of the Arizona Revised Statutes amended by Arizona Senate Bill 1070.

The Judicial branch of the government was separated from the Executive and Legislative for a reason.... The Judicial branch is meant to operate independently from the other two.

For a party that took great pains to read the entire Constitution on the House Floor the importance of the  separation of the Legislative and Judicial branch should be clear. Whatever certain Congressional members may think of the current lawsuit between Arizona and the federal government, the judicial process should be allowed to take its due course.