The federal judicial branch laughing stock

It's not often that our legislators pass commonsense laws. However, when they do, you can always expect a federal judge to knock it down.

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has blocked a proposed rule requiring employers to fire workers whose names don't match their Social Security numbers, dealing a major blow to the Bush administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Under the rule, businesses with employees whose names and Social Security numbers didn't match would have three months to correct the mistakes or fire the employees. If not, they could face government prosecution.

Um, how does this not make sense?!?!

You can read the rest for a whole lot of other reasons people give that we shouldn't be enforcing our laws. I'm somewhat sympathetic to some of the employers' complaints regarding the hassle of dealing with legal employees with quirky errors. But come one, we've got to do what's right here.