To: pabianice
I see this as a victory for the most part.
ALL of the Justices upheld that the police have the right to check the immigration status of those they stop..
It appears the only reason the other provisions were stuck down is because they encroached on existing Federal Law, and not because they're unconstitutional on their face.
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
ALL of the Justices upheld that the police have the right to check the immigration status of those they stop.They didn't uphold it. They sent it back to the lower court for further review -- and you can use your imagination as to what that will mean when they're finished with it.
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
"I see this as a victory for the most part. ALL of the Justices upheld that the police have the right to check the immigration status of those they stop. No they didn't - read the decision. They remanded the case because they could not rule in the theoretical on a policy that has not been implemented, and specified ways it COULD be implemented and pass constitutional muster (I suspect that was Roberts' contribution), but that is a LONG way from upholding the law.
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06/25/2012 10:10:47 AM PDT by
In Maryland
( "... the [Feds] must live with the inconvenient fact that it is a Union of independent States)
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