Susan Ritchie Bolton was nominated by President Bill Clinton to become a 9th Circuit U. S. District Court judge in 2000, and the power seems to have gone to her head. In keeping with her pro-Obama leanings, she found our Sheriff Joe guilty of criminal contempt of court.

Sheriff Arpaio kept us safe from vile criminals like the tattooed, unrecognizable human beings, gang members of MS-13. So if Judge Bolton is attacked by an illegal immigrant, I suggest she hit him with a flower and refrain from calling the Sheriff's Department.

You need a tough hombre to handle murderers, not a pacifist who puts the rights of aliens before the rights of American citizens.

Checking an individual’s immigration status under the reasonable suspicion clause is mandatory, and does not pose a burden on them. Judge Bolton was wrong in her left-wing political decision that the status checks would place a burden on federal resources. On the contrary, the illegals are placing undue burden on law enforcement and our society.

Sheriff Arpaio has stated he will appeal, and I believe he will win his appeal due to the judge’s unjustified – and no citation to the record of evidence – specious decision.

What kind of state do we want to live in? Venezuela? The law-abiding residents have had enough of crime. I suggest Judge Bolton pack her bags and move there.

Those of us who repeatedly voted for Sheriff Joe send him our best wishes and prayers for a job well done.