From the Arizona Daily Sun:
PHOENIX — A federal judge has allowed challengers to the state’s major law aimed at illegal immigrants to see what groups advocating its passage were advising legislators.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton rejected arguments by attorneys for the Federation for American Immigration Reform and the Immigration Reform Law Institute that the emails, letters and memos they sent to lawmakers who crafted and supported SB1070 are private. Bolton also said that communications from legislators to either group also cannot be shielded.
The ruling is a significant victory for those who have been working since the law was enacted in 2010 to have it — and especially its “papers please” provision — declared unconstitutional.
That’s because the lawsuit is based in part on claims that the Legislature acted in a way to purposely discriminate against Hispanics and other minorities, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Victor Viramontes of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund said those communications could prove that the real intent was racial bias and not simply a bid to help the federal government enforce laws aimed at illegal immigration.
http://azdailysun.com/...
Wowee - 2014 is shaping up to be a good year. You just know there's some incriminating stuff in those emails - otherwise, why would these groups be fighting so hard to keep them from public view?