Hahaha - Looks like the RW wackos in charge in Az don't have the votes to change the 14th amendment.

[jillan]

Even with their huge wins in November, they still can't do it.

PHOENIX — The Arizona lawmaker who proposed a challenge to automatic U.S. citizenship for children of illegal immigrants called off a scheduled vote on his measure Monday because he didn't have enough votes to get it out of committee ....

...The Arizona Senate judiciary committee heard three hours of testimony from legal scholars, immigrant rights activists and business lobbyists on Monday.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41462336/ns/us_news-life/

What a relief to know there is still some sanity in this state.

Doesn't mean Russell Pearce will give up trying, tho.

[lonestarnot]

1. Alright now!

[jillan]

4. I know - I'm Shocked!

[Joanne98]

2. They're going to try and take it to the supreme court.

[jillan]

3. Lol - they can't even get it out of committee - a committee dominated by SB1070 worshipers.

[gratuitous]

5. I'd hate to posit saner heads prevailing

But maybe (maybe, maybe, maybe) someone decided that there might be something more important for the legislature to attend to than a clearly unconstitutional bit of tantrum-throwing. Okay, it's a long shot, but it could happen.

[marybourg]

6. No. Instead they're trying for nullification:

http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2011/02/04/20110204arizona-limits-federal-government-authority.html#comments

The lunatics are truly in charge of the asylum in this state.

[bluestate10]

7. Good news. Maybe the big push-back is starting in Arizona. nt

[PBS Poll-435]

8. I sure hope so. nt

[Manifestor_of_Light]

9. They don't have jurisdiction.

they don't understand that you cannot just grab jurisdiction of citizenship. That's Federal.

[Hosnon]

12. Right. The Court would never even get to the merits. nt.

[spanone]

10. the loonies get all the media

[Hosnon]

11. The Arizona state legislature thinks it can single-handedly repeal

the 14th Amendment?

I lament the decline in the number of lawyer-legislators nationwide.

[Canuckistanian]

13. They can't do it with ONE legislature

To repeal, they need ANOTHER amendment - and that means 3/4 of ALL state legislatures -right?