Texas Lawyer Admits to Court That ‘Maybe’ State Went ‘Too Far’ With Immigration Law ( www.thedailybeast.com )

Telorand , 2 months ago

He also acknowledged that lawmakers who crafted the legislation tried to go “up to the line” on previous Supreme Court precedent on state immigration powers and no further. (A 2012 landmark Supreme Court decision shot down an Arizona immigration law that tried to give state and local authorities power over immigration enforcement.)

“Now, to be fair, maybe Texas went too far,” Nielson said, according to CNN.

This is basically admitting to the federal appeals court that the law is poorly crafted and unjust.

The lawyer later explained that if the federal appeals court finds parts of S.B. 4 invalid, it should “sever” those parts instead of blocking the entire law.

Oh, so now the judiciary is supposed to play at being legislators? Here’s an idea: maybe the fucking Texas Congress should stop being assholes and do it right the first time. Instead of trying to toe the line to be as maximally cruel as they can, they should try some empathy.

But who am I kidding? This is the party that tossed out the case against Paxton, thinks human rights are political chess pieces you can sacrifice, and supports rapists and criminals like Donald Trump.