WASHINGTON A divided Supreme Court threw out major parts of Arizona's tough crackdown on illegal immigrants Monday in a ruling sure to reverberate through the November elections. The justices unanimously approved the law's most-discussed provision requiring police to check the immigration status of those they stop for other reasons but limited the consequences. Although upholding the show me your papers requirement, which some critics say could lead to ethnic profiling, the justices struck down provisions that created state crimes allowing local police to arrest people for federal immigration violations. And they warned against detaining people for any prolonged period merely for not having proper immigration papers.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama's attorney general has become the highest ranking Republican official to suggest throwing out parts of his state's tough new immigration law, as he recommended that lawmakers repeal some portions of the statute that have been put on hold by federal courts and clarify some others. In a letter to legislative leaders, Attorney General Luther Strange said the proposed changes would make the law easier to defend in court and "remove burdens on law-abiding citizens.
The Supreme Court has rejected the foundation of Arizona's immigration law and the indefensible notion the state can have its own foreign policy. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the foundation of Arizona's immigration law and the indefensible notion the state can have its own foreign policy. In a 5-to-3 decision, the court blocked three of four provisions in the statute and gave a significant, though incomplete, victory to the federal government.
THE United States Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's immigration law is a mixed bag. It upholds one key provision of the law and strikes down others. It hands both state and federal officials a partial victory. It even leaves the door open for further legal wrangling. Despite all that, the court has taken America a step closer to clarity on the vexing issue of illegal immigration.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Representing 59 members of Congress and nearly 60,000 Americans, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) today urged the Supreme Court to hear a case involving the Obama Administration's challenge to several key provisions of Arizona's law targeting illegal immigration. In an amicus brief supporting Arizona's Petition for Writ of Certiorari - urging the high court to reverse the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - the ACLJ contends that Arizona's S.B.1070 is constitutional because it mirrors federal immigration law and incorporates federal standards. The state of Arizona acted appropriately and constitutionally when it took action to target illegal immigration," said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ. "This state la...
The exodus began after a U.S. judge upheld a law allowing police officers to ask for immigration papers during traffic stops and rendering most contracts with illegal immigrants unenforceable, among other things. The vanishing began on a night last week, the most frightened families packing up their cars as soon as they heard the news.
The last oral argument of the U.S. Supreme Court's term was an explosive one, as the justices considered whether SB 1070, the controversial Arizona immigration statute, is preempted by federal law. But with four of the eight justices who heard arguments in Arizona v. U.S. indicating that they favor upholding at least part of the law (Justice Elena Kagan recused herself, presumably due to her work on the case as solicitor general), the Obama administration may have to hope for a tie. That result would in effect be a win, because it would allow a lower court ruling blocking the law's implementation to stand.
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