7/6/10: Obama Declares War on Arizona (Officially)

It has been rumored for some time now, but the Obama administration has officially sued to block the new Arizona immigration law. Hey, at least they waited until after the Fourth of July to declare war on another red state:

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Arizona's new law targeting illegal immigrants, setting the stage for a clash between the federal government and the state over the nation's toughest immigration crackdown.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Phoenix argues that Arizona's law requiring state and local police to question and possibly arrest illegal immigrants during the enforcement of other laws such as traffic violations usurps federal authority.

Source: Yahoo News via Drudge Report

Does this mean Janet Napolitano and Eric Holder have finally read the law? Probably not, because all Arizonans want is for the federal government to do their job by enforcing existing immigration law. Instead, we get a lawsuit. Great...