For a nation, state, county or city to exist, there must be order. For order to exist, there must be rule of law. For law to be effective, there must be consistent enforcement.
The state of Arizona recognizes its obligation to maintain that order, thus the state created a law for its specific need in maintaining that order. But the federal government, even though it has previously failed to do its assigned constitutional duty and provide that order for the state through effective border security measures, will not allow the state to keep its own house in order. So it brings a lawsuit against the state of Arizona.
When Arizona loses the lawsuit and is forbidden to act in its own security behalf, will the federal government step up and enforce federal border security law that is already in place and on the books? Based on past performance, it is not likely. Not at all.
Ray Slack
Salt Lake City