Centerfield

There was a case while Scalia was on the D.C. Circuit that involved a Federal regulation of the processed meat industry, giving rise to the quip in Our Hero's opinion that "the case before us allows us to simultaneously test both parts of Bismark's aphorism that those fond of laws and sausages should not look too closely at how either are made" (or words to that effect).

Well, at least the Senate sausage won't kill you.
That really is an interesting analogy.

Yet another example in learning how to interpret polspeak. If you have to say that it's a comprehensive bill, then...

Heard this am on the radio "opponents say that a fence is not the answer." Left me wondering, how come opponents get to say stuff that that? Especially since #1, to my knowledge no one has said that a fence is "THE" answer, and #2, repeating the "not the answer" mantra lets opponents off the hook for explaining why it would be ineffective.

Quickly and effectively obscured then, is the most important point that people need to grasp about the issue...which is that people disagree about what "the answer" is because they don't agree about which components of illegal immigration should be considered problems.

to complete the analogy:

then to deal with stench of sausage turned baloney, lawmakers inject it with perfumes that only leads it to become toxic and further steer the goodness from its original intent.

this goes for many laws, regulations, deregualtions, re-regulations, amendments and so on.

I agree that over staying your visa should be less of an infraction than deliberately and illegally entering the US.

English should be required and time residing here only counted towards citizenship when one's status was legal.

Serious felonies should count more than lesser ones. Fool proof tracking of citizenship candidates is necessary.

Most of the bickering is inconsequential. I think the best we can do is to let most in now, shut the door and set a date when illegals will be treated more harshly. ID cards will probably have to be required for all Americans especially should terrorism strike again.