Former illegal alien lobbyist not right fit for federal judge<\/strong><\/p>\n January 20, 2016<\/p>\n OPINION<\/p>\n D.A. King\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n With the illegal alien lobby and the donor-class Republicans on one side, and Georgia\u2019s conservative voter base on the other, the battle over the Obama nomination of Dax Lopez for federal judge in the state is proving the adage that \u201cpolitics makes strange bedfellows.\u201d<\/p>\n Atlanta\u2019s WSB radio talk-show host, blogger and Fox News personality Erick Erickson recently shocked his listeners with an endorsement of Lopez for federal judg<\/a>e \u2014 while assuring his audience that Lopez is the best nominee Republicans can hope for.<\/p>\n Erickson also actually told his listeners that Lopez would have no role on immigration as a federal judge.<\/a> \u201cNo spin,\u201d pledged Erickson, although WSB is owned by Cox Enterprises, which is regularly listed as a sponsor of the pro-amnesty Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials Inc. fundraisers.<\/p>\n Dax Lopez joined the board of directors of GALEO in 2004. In 2010, former Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue appointed Lopez to a state court judge seat in metro-Atlanta. In July 2015, the Obama White House submitted his name to the U.S. Senate for confirmation as a federal judge. Lopez resigned from GALEO a month later after heated public opposition to his confirmation.<\/p>\n Federal judges are appointed for life. Lopez is in his early 40s.<\/p>\n GALEO boasts of actively lobbying against immigration enforcement and voter ID \u2014 and has done so since Lopez became adviser and served as treasurer and keynote speaker for at least one fundraiser.<\/p>\n Lopez\u2019s public statement that he \u201cagrees with their mission\u201d should always be viewed with the knowledge that since its inception, the corporate-funded GALEO Inc. has viciously attacked law enforcement officers who dare to help enforce immigration laws. GALEO has marched in the streets of Atlanta for another amnesty, lobbied against state E-Verify laws designed to protect legal workers, against local jails honoring ICE holds for criminal aliens and vehemently opposed English as our official language.<\/p>\n GALEO\u2019s website lists Jane Fonda as one of its \u201cfounding friends.\u201d<\/a> GALEO executive director, Jerry Gonzalez, has been a regularly invited guest at the Obama White House for strategy sessions on amnesty.<\/p>\n A recent Atlanta re-election fundraiser for \u201cRepublican\u201d Lopez was made up of a \u201cwho\u2019s who\u201d of Democrat sponsors and attendees.<\/p>\n Right now, either one or both of Georgia\u2019s Republican U.S. senators can end consideration of Lopez\u2019s confirmation through what is known as the traditional \u201cblue-slip\u201d veto process. All they need do is say he is not federal judge material.<\/p>\n We think political expert Erickson has overlooked the hundreds of immigration-related cases federal judges have ruled on in the recent past. Including the federal lawsuit filed against Georgia\u2019s \u201cIllegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011\u201d by the ACLU, the SPLC, and a host of other leftist open borders groups \u2026 including GALEO Inc. That lawsuit was heard in the same federal court that Lopez would serve if confirmed.<\/p>\n Among the lawyers suing to stop enforcement of the 2011 state law aimed at saving jobs for legal workers was Lopez\u2019s then fellow GALEO board member, Charles Kuck<\/a>.<\/p>\n Erickson also informed listeners of a secret deal between the Republican Establishment and the Democrats in the Senate on confirming Obama\u2019s federal judicial nominees.<\/p>\n The political danger for pro-enforcement conservatives here is that Georgia\u2019s Republican senators could \u2018OK\u2019 Lopez for advancement to the next step on confirmation, then vote \u201cNO\u201d on Lopez on the final vote \u2014 knowing that he would be confirmed by Democrats and enough Republicans who figure their constituents back home will never be the wiser.<\/p>\n Georgia\u2019s senators could then come home to plead \u201cnot guilty\u201d and point to a \u201cno\u201d vote on GALEO\u2019s anti-enforcement Dax Lopez for federal judge.<\/p>\n Georgians should pay attention and speak up.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/pics_art\/lopez-2015-3-400w.jpg\")
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