Posted on 05/15/2016 10:07:05 AM PDT by Rusty0604
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court has barred state officials from reporting the immigration status of people seeking state services, striking down the last piece of a voter-approved law meant to deter people who are in the U.S. illegally from living and working in Montana.
The court's unanimous decision on Tuesday upholds a Helena judge's 2014 ruling in a lawsuit that the law denying unemployment benefits, university enrollment and other services to people who arrived in the country illegally was unconstitutional.
The Montana Legislature sent the anti-immigrant measure to the 2012 ballot, where it was approved by 80 percent of voters. The new law required state officials to check the immigration status of applicants for unemployment insurance benefits, crime victim services, professional or trade licenses, university enrollment and financial aid and services for the disabled, among other things.
... The law used the term "illegal aliens," which is not found in federal immigration laws and became the focal point of the lower and higher courts' rulings.
It defined "illegal alien" as a person who is not a U.S. citizen who unlawfully entered or unlawfully remained in the United States. In the lawsuit brought by the Montana Immigrant Justice Alliance, several plaintiffs said they arrived in the U.S. illegally but have since obtained permanent residence status.
They argued they would still be considered "illegal aliens" under the state law, even though the Department of Homeland Security considers them lawful immigrants.
The courts ruled the state was attempting to meddle in an area of federal jurisdiction using a term that is unconstitutional because it conflicts with the federal laws. The entire law is pre-empted by federal immigration laws, the Montana Supreme Court opinion said.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldcourier.com ...
Laws? We don’t need no steenking laws. The only people who should have to obey laws are the native-born.
You’d expect a ruling like this in Massachusetts,Vermont or California....but not Montana.
The Montana Supreme Court.
Seven monkeys doing the work of three monkeys.
The judges are much wiser than the people. /s
how do non citizens have constitutional rights again?
The libtards must be putting something in the water.
How else would millions of people all go nuts in such a short period of time?
The Courts in this country are insane.
What this so called court did is pro-criminal, illegal and unconstitutional. Americans need to think about maybe taking their government back sometime in the near future when they are not busy texting or taking selfies.
All options to change the direction of the country within the system are being foreclosed. When that happens on a blatant and widespread enough basis, the people will have to find redress outside the system.
But dont pay your state taxes, and see if they ignore that.
Impeach!
Any Republicans in the state legislature with a pair?
And it was approved by 80%.
Nice headline - Puke. Conveniently forgot the illegal part (again).
Makes you wonder, if Trump wins all fifty states and the popular vote, will judges call his election illegal because of his stance on illegal immigration?
The Montana Supreme Court has barred state officials from reporting the immigration status of people seeking state services, striking down the last piece of a voter-approved law meant to deter people who are in the U.S. illegally from living and working in Montana.
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At one time, the idea was that the citizens were the sovereigns and we decided how we wanted to be governed.
Citizens of other countries are deciding our fate.
This is tyranny.
They are making it impossible for the citizens to stop the invasion and colonization of our own country.
Hell cannot be made too hot for the homecoming of the traitorous Montana Supreme Court and the Helena judge.
States will see the federal funding literally disappear come Trump, sanctuary cities will feel the hurt. No longer will the politicians who control the purse strings subsidize thier voting immagrant public on the backs of the American tax payer.One can only hope
The Monkeys Object. They’re smarter than the Baboons that ruled against them.
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