Via KNBC:

A Los Angeles judge dismissed a taxpayer lawsuit Wednesday that sought to repeal a long-standing directive prohibiting Los Angeles police officers from asking arrestees about their immigration status.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu sided with the city and the American Civil Liberties Union, which claimed there were no triable issues raised in the suit. He heard arguments on the motion June 10 and had the case under submission since then.

Los Angeles resident Harold P. Sturgeon filed suit in May 2006 against police Chief William J. Bratton and members of the Police Commission, seeking to have Special Order 40 declared unlawful.

In court papers, Sturgeon’s lawyers called Special Order 40 “essentially a ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy regarding illegal aliens.”

Sturgeon asked for a permanent injunction preventing taxpayer money from being used to enforce it. He and other critics said the 28-year-old mandate from the Los Angeles City Council hampers the LAPD’s ability to exchange information with federal immigration officials.

The order is intended to avoid discouraging illegal immigrants from reporting crimes and assisting police.

In their court papers, lawyers for the City Attorney’s Office maintained the directive does not prevent the LAPD from working closely with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

“There is no evidence … to show that ICE has ever complained that they have not had the assistance of LAPD, or that LAPD has not come when they are called,” the city’s court papers state.

In their court papers, ACLU lawyers maintained that Special Order 40 is consistent with federal law and not in conflict with it.

Lee ADDS: Again and again the ACLU thwarts anything they can with special attention given to Illegal Alien matters.

I woder what the ACLU fails to see in out Constitution? It begins with the words, “We The PEOPLE of the United States of America…” and it does not begin with, “Any person….”