The federal government has asked a judge to throw out the state of Arizona’s lawsuit over border security, calling the suit “of a political nature” and coloring it as an attempt to spin the government’s own suit against Arizona over its controversial immigration law.Reuters reports that on Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security filed a 35-page response to Arizona’s suit, which was filed by Gov. Jan Brewer (R) in February. “Arizona repeatedly raises generalized allegations and questions of a political nature, rather than a colorable constitutional or statutory claim,” the filing said. “This court is not the proper forum in which to air such grievances.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=112498