ANALYSIS    AIR DATE: Aug. 24, 2011  Alabama's Immigration Law:
Radical or Within Reason?   A federal judge in Alabama heard
arguments Wednesday over whether to block the state's new
controversial immigration law from going into effect on Sept. 1.
Ray Suarez discusses the nation's toughest state measure on
illegal immigration with the Southern Poverty Law Center's Mary
Bauer and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.  RAY SUAREZ:
Now, a legal showdown over the nation's toughest state measure
to date targeting illegal immigration.  A federal judge in
Alabama today heard arguments over whether to block the state's
new law from going into effect Sept. 1. The U.S. Department of
Justice and a collection of civil rights groups have challenged
the law on constitutional grounds.  The measure is similar to an
Arizona law currently making its way through the courts, but
Alabama goes further. It would authorize local law enforcement
officers to arrest and detain anyone they suspect of being in
the country illegally, pen