Cubs spring training to Florida?

[Kid]

<!--quoteo(post=99968:date=Jun 4 2010, 08:34 PM:name=Lance)-->QUOTE (Lance @ Jun 4 2010, 08:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=99957:date=Jun 4 2010, 07:34 PM:name=Kid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid @ Jun 4 2010, 07:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=99956:date=Jun 4 2010, 07:21 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Jun 4 2010, 07:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->All this push from local politicians for the California teams to leave Arizona over that law, is fucking ridiculous. If the Cubs left for that reason, I would disappointed in the franchise for letting such a petty political reason affect a ballclub.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
[1960]Yeah, why should anybody boycott the South because of Jim Crow laws? The South has a problem and it's trying to deal with it. Any boycott is just a petty political action.[/1960]

Fortunately, the law will be struck down in short order (not only for violating Equal Protection, but for violating the Supremacy Clause).
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I'm a little disappointed in your analogy. I agree with you on the Supreme Court invalidating this state law. However, I think there is a stretch in equating a state attempting to enforce federal law (against illegal immigration) and having laws which were clearly unconstitutional. In Arizona's defense, it is asking for help (albeit misguidedly and, perhaps in a racist manner) as opposed to a southern state deliberately flouting federal and constitutional protections.
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I wasn't equating the AZ law with Jim Crow. I was making a point about Destined's anti-boycott post.