Preston fails to present evidence that the headline issue of her piece, that this ruling will curb efforts by other states, is actually true. All she has supporting this claim is a statement from an 1070 opponent from the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (see quotes). Otherwise it's a decent piece with good context.

The article's tone is part editorial, part news, and this creates a lack of clarity. It would have been much stronger if it focused solely on analyzing Judge Bolton's ruling, through the decision's wording and outside legal scholars like immigration law professor Peter Schuck at Yale, who is mentioned once briefly but whose comment alludes to a larger, more significant picture.

Julia Preston, seems to be patting the judge on the back, while slapping the rights of the states in the face. This could backfire on the Obama political machine in a very bad way, since the border wars get bloodier by the day, and our Federal Government continues to sit on it's hands while catering to the Hispanic community. Most Mexican Americans that I know feel that illegals should be returned to their own country. They are tired of supporting illegals and criminals, as most of ... More »