Push for 'official' English heats up

I thought this was interesting (from joefromchicago's Alaska link):



Now why would he stress that? I appreciate that he wasn't ruling on that per se. Perhaps that was all he meant.

Could there be a legitimate constitutional challenge?

Pandering to citizens disgruntled with announcements like "for English, press two". I'm not saying "Official English" laws necessarily have any point beyond that, and I'm not saying I support these laws, which I don't. But it's one thing to say that "official English laws" tend to be superfluous. It's another thing to suggest that they "contradict the rights of individuals or local communities" or "prohibit the tax-paying American citizens in its community from choosing to implement a bilingual program". Although Joe has cited two laws where this was the case, this doesn't seem to be typical for "Official English" laws in general. Most of those laws I have seen are really just superfluous.