In article >,
George Leppla > wrote:

> The problem with the Arizona law as it was ORIGINALLY written was that
> the police had the authority to stop anyone at any time to ask them to
> prove citizen ship. After the hue and cry came about, the law was
> changed to where now a cop can ask for proof of citizenship in the
> course of investigating another crime.

I am glad that they made that change. Even I would not go along with
the original!

>
> People were upset that the ORIGINAL law gave the ability to police to
> make random stops on anyone and everyone to make them prove their
> citizenship. I was born in this country, not Russia. I don't need any
> "papers" to walk down the street minding my own business and if I'm not
> in the act or under reasonable suspicion of breaking the law, being
> stopped by the authorities to "show my papers" is a violation of my
> constitutional rights against unlawful search and seizure.

Absolutely. And the Supreme Court would never uphold that kind of law.
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