At home recovering from getting my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday sitting on the couch, and on TV this was one of several stories being run. I’m late to the ball game, but I think I have a pretty good excuse.
From The Washington Times:
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who has been critical of Arizona’s new immigration law, said Thursday he hasn’t yet read the law and is going by what he’s read in newspapers or seen on television.
Mr. Holder is conducting a review of the law, at President Obama’s request, to see if the federal government should challenge it in court. He said he expects he will read the law by the time his staff briefs him on their conclusions.
"I’ve just expressed concerns on the basis of what I’ve heard about the law. But I’m not in a position to say at this point, not having read the law, not having had the chance to interact with people are doing the review, exactly what my position is," Mr. Holder told the House Judiciary Committee.
This weekend Mr. Holder told NBC’s "Meet the Press" program that the Arizona law "has the possibility of leading to racial profiling." He had earlier called the law’s passage "unfortunate," and questioned whether the law was unconstitutional because it tried to assume powers that may be reserved for the federal government.
Rep. Ted Poe, who had questioned Mr. Holder about the law, wondered how he could have those opinions if he hadn’t yet read the legislation.
"It’s hard for me to understand how you would have concerns about something being unconstitutional if you haven’t even read the law," the Texas Republican told the attorney general.
When I first wrote about this story I made sure to read the law first. One would think before the United States Attorney General would go running off at the mouth and questioning the constitutionality of the law he’d do the same.
I guess that is expecting too much.