Brewer condemns report to UN mentioning Ariz. law

Brewer condemns report to UN mentioning Ariz. law

Governor Brewer is right, it is unprecedented for the U.S. Federal government to tell the UN to "review" states laws. The US Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The UN has no jurisdiction here. President O'bama was wrong in presenting a state's case for them to review.

From Yahoo News:

PHOENIX – Arizona

Gov. Jan Brewer demanded Friday that a reference to the state's controversial immigration law be removed from a State Department report to the United Nations' human rights commissioner.

The U.S. included its legal challenge to the law on a list of ways the federal government is protecting human rights.

In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Brewer says it is "downright offensive" that a state law would be included in the report, which was drafted as part of a UN review of human rights in all member nations every four years.

"The idea of our own American government submitting the duly enacted laws of a state of the United States to 'review' by the United Nations is internationalism run amok and unconstitutional," Brewer wrote.

Arizona's law generally requires police officer enforcing other laws to investigate the immigration status of people they suspect are illegal immigrants.

Critics say it would lead officers to target Hispanics. Supporters, including Brewer, say the law prohibits racial profiling and other human rights abuses...

"A recent Arizona law, S.B. 1070, has generated significant attention and debate at home and around the world," the report says. "The issue is being addressed in a court action that argues that the federal government has the authority to set and enforce immigration law. That action is ongoing; parts of the law are currently enjoined."

Remember, too, that Clinton criticized Arizona's law in a foreign policy speech in South America, and Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner caused quite a stir with his comments to China about it. He echoed other top Obama administration officials in describing the law as a gateway to "racial profiling".

I have to wonder what President O'bama's true political aspirations are. I get the feeling he's focused on something he deems better than the US presidency for his future. He seems to have no regard a second term.

Secretaries-General of the UN?

He will be leaving office on January 20th 2013...Unless he pulls a Sara Palin and quits early to pursue a "higher calling"... President of the world, maybe...

We'll see.