Originally Posted by Quentin

The real problem with SB 1070 is the lack of specific statutory definitions for some of the key terms found in the text of the statute.

I give the law about three months of active enforcement before it will be applied in a way that results in a flurry of lawsuits that will ultimately cost our state millions more dollars to defend (just what our broke ass state needs, right?).

My prediction is that the eventual case will not have anything to do with racial profiling, and whole lot to do with the statutory definitions of "reasonable suspicion" and "state agency."

Something that gets glossed over a lot in the reporting about this law is that the word "agency" has a very broad meaning, which makes it very possible that we'll see employees of the state who have nothing at all to do with law enforcement being sued for failing to adhere to the revised section 11-1051.

But hey... it's all good. We loves us some unnecessary, expensive, time-consuming civil litigation here in Arizona, after all. ;-)