A small victory, but a victory just the same.
(WSJ) –The Supreme Court upheld a key part of Arizona’s tough-immigration law but struck down others as intrusions on federal sovereignty, in a ruling that gave both sides something to cheer in advance of November elections where immigration is a major issue.
The court backed a section of the Arizona state law that calls for police to check the immigration status of people they stop.
That section was one of four at issue before the high court. The others make it a crime for immigrants without work permits to seek employment; make it a crime for immigrants to fail to carry registration documents, and authorize the police to arrest any immigrant they believe has committed a deportable offense. Those other three provisions were struck down.
Five justices were in the majority choosing to strike down the three provisions. Dissenting justices argued that the whole law should have been upheld.
Read the Supreme Court’s decision here.
Read Arizona’s immigration law here.
Also see:
Obama DOJ to Arizona: ‘How Dare You Be Against Illegal Aliens Voting!’
Alabama Passes Tough Illegal Immigration Law! [Update June 9, 2011: Signed, Sealed and Delivered]
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Brian Williams Eat Your ‘POTUS Finger Pointing’ Crow And Like It
