Rhetoric vs. reality: Prop. 122 aims to counter federal laws
The grandiose rhetoric of Proposition 122 doesn’t match its actual language. The measure seeks to restrict the use of state resources to enforce federal laws deemed unconstitutional. But it appears to authorize lawmakers and voters to do only what can be done already.
Sound and fury signifying…
For all the claims that Prop 122 will liberate Arizona from the federal government and the counterclaims that it will lead the state into a purgatory of sorts that would hamper the enforcement of federal laws, some legal experts say the constitutional amendment would have effectively no effect on anything at all.