Arizona Governor Vetoes Birther and Guns on Campus Bills

She probably made the right call on both of these:

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed two controversial bills passed by both the Arizona Senate and House -- the guns on campus bill and the 'birther' bill.

Guns on Campus Bill: SB 1467

- Would've allowed guns to be carried on public rights of way at public university and community college campuses
- Applies only to "rights of way" -- not inside classrooms
- University presidents opposed the bill
- Student support was mixed

"This bill was very sloppily written and drafted... and we can't even find out a definition, what is a right of way? It just wasn't defined to be able to tell the courts or the policeman how they are going to enforce a law like that," Governor Brewer told us. ...

 'Birther' Bill: HB 2177

- Would've required President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove they are U.S. citizens before their names can appear on the state's ballot
- Arizona would've become the first state to require such proof
- 13 other states have considered similar proposals this year. The proposals were defeated in Arkansas, Connecticut, Maine and Montana

As for her decision to veto this bill, Gov. Brewer said in part: "I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for President of the greatest and most powerful nation on earth to submit their 'early baptismal or circumcision certificates'… this is a bridge too far. This measure creates significant new problems while failing to do anything constructive for Arizona."

If you're going to allow guns on campus, something that I approve of if the person carrying has a concealed weapon permit, it doesn't make sense to allow them everywhere by the classroom. The classroom is exactly where they need to be since that's where a shooting by a would-be killer is likely to occur.

As far as the Birther thing goes, I'm surprised there's no mechanism at the national level to verify that someone seeking the presidency meets the Constitutional requirements. That's where this needs to be addressed, not at the individual state level.

There's another issue with the Birther bill - it would basically make the Secretary of State in Arizona the ultimate arbiter of who does or doesn't get on the ballot.  We know that George Soros and his minions have run a program to get lefties elected as Secretaries of State around the country because they have a lot of control when it comes to elections.  Laws like this could come back to bite Republicans should a Soros-inspired Secretary of State arbitrarily decide to exclude a GOP candidate from the ballot.