Charles Krauthammer: Supreme Court Won't Uphold Ruling On AZ Law

Charles Krauthammer: I think, for now, this is a very sweeping, but quite temporary victory for the opponents of the Arizona law. And the reason I think it's a temporary one is I cannot see the Supreme Court ultimately upholding this ruling. There's a fundamental contradiction in the middle of it, pointed out by, among others, former prosecutor Andy McCarthy, who makes this case. The judge's argument is that the Arizona law is inconsistent with the federal law and therefore has to be enjoined against. The problem is, she is confusing the idea of the law and the federal enforcement of the law. So that her argument essentially is: Because the Arizona law--which, incidentally is drawn up to be entirely consistent with the federal law; it practically duplicates its language--because the Arizona law is contradicting the federal enforcement of the law, which is essentially not enforcement, therefore it is inconsistent with the law and has to be struck down. So, enforcing the federal law on behalf of the states is illegal because it goes against what the feds are doing, which is not enforcement. It is nuts. It does not hold up, and I think when it ends up in the Supreme Court, it's going to be struck down.