Attorney General Eric Holder applied his great legal mind to say that the Justice Department is considering a suit to enjoin enforcement of the new Arizona law regarding illegal immigration since the "law may be subject to abuse." I do not know why, but I actually thought that Holder went to law school and practiced law. I guess I am wrong. A law is not unconstitutional if it may be subject to abuse. That standard would make every law unconstitutional. For example, a law that makes robbery a crime could be abused if the police were to stop every fifth person they saw and arrest him or her for robbery. That police action would be wrong and improper, but it would not make the robbery statute unconstitutional.
The truth is that Holder well knows this fact. Right now, the chief lawyer of the United States is more interested in being a demagogue who panders to the Democratic base rather than to uphold his oath as an attorney and as Attorney General. Sad, isn't it? Of course, Holder is the same guy who was so successful closing Guantanamo, commencing the civilian trial for Khalid Sheik Muhammed, etc. What more could one expect from Obama's chief lawyer.
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