Two Challenges to Arizona Law Abandoned

Looks like some of the fervor of the opposition to the Arizona immigration law is waning:

The two proposed referendum drives challenging Arizona's new sweeping law targeting illegal immigration are being abandoned, organizers said Monday.

Andrew Chavez, a professional petition circulator involved in one of the efforts, said its backers pulled the plug after concluding they might not be able to time their petition filings in such a way as to put the law on hold pending a 2012 public vote.

Jon Garrido, the chief organizer of the other drive, attributed its end to a belief that the law would have been subject to legal protections under Arizona's Constitution if approved by Arizona voters.

The law takes effect July 29 unless implementation is blocked by court injunctions requested under at least three of the four pending legal challenges already filed by an Hispanic clergy group, police officers and other individuals.

Could it be that the petition gatherers were finding themselves regularly rebuffed by the voters and it was becoming obvious they wouldn't get enough signatures? I'm guessing that had something to do with the abandonment of these efforts.

Given the support shown this bill by Arizonans the people trying to block this law will have to hope they can find some liberal judge out there who doesn't care what the law says but is willing to rule based on feelings and emotion. Sadly, there are plenty of those around.

And should it be halted by some judge, look for the voters to start a petition drive of their own to put this on the ballot where it will win handily.