Mike Huckabee Opposes Federal Judge Striking Down Arizona Immigration Law

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran for president in 2008 and has since moved to Florida, came out swinging on Monday at the federal judge who struck down aspects of Arizonas new immigration law.

Last week's decision by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton is just another example of an activist judge putting their ideas ahead of the law, wrote Huckabee in an e-mail to supporters.

Huckabee, who is considering making another bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, noted that Bolton expressed in her decision that the state of Arizona implemented the measures due to public safety concerns.

Yet her decision did nothing to help the people of Arizona deal with these serious public safety concerns. Instead, she chose to put the politics of the Obama administration ahead of the welfare of the people, continued Huckabee. Keep in mind that Judge Bolton could have simply let the matter move ahead for a full hearing on the merits of the case, rather than picking the law apart as she chose to do.

Her decision to choose piecemeal the parts of the Arizona law is a clear indication that she simply intended to make a political statement, rather than apply established law in reaching a fair and equitable decision, insisted Huckabee. I suspect that Judge Bolton was willing to take this bold step of legislating from the bench because she knew that she would have the consistently ultra-liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals backing up her decision.

Huckabee wrote that he thought the decision was headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In the end, this matter will go before the United States Supreme Court, where Judge Bolton may not fare so well, wrote Huckabee. It is inconceivable that a federal judge -- who knows the residents of her state don't feel safe, even in their own homes -- would reward the federal government for not doing its job.