Thread: Arizona immigration law: Backers hopeful after court hearing

A federal judge heard a Justice Department case against the new Arizona immigration law Thursday. The questions she asked of both sides may hint at how she may rule By Lourdes Medrano, Correspondent / July 23, 2010

Phoenix
Six days before Arizona’s new immigration law is set to take effect, the fate of the controversial legislation rests with a federal judge who on Thursday heard from Obama administration lawyers seeking to stop its enactment.

.Although Judge Susan Bolton made no ruling after a 90-minute hearing in which Justice Department attorneys argued that the law interferes with federal powers, some of her remarks led backers and opponents of the law to draw their own conclusions.
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"I’m optimistically hopeful that if not all, almost all of this law is going to survive,â€

to begin to end the madness...