The Supreme Court today unanimously upheld a key provision of Arizona S.B. 1070 – a provision of the law that gives police authority to check the immigration status of a person while enforcing other laws if ‘reasonable suspicion’ exists that the person is in the United States illegally. That’s the good news. The bad news:…

In a little more than two months, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Arizona law S.B. 1070 – a constitutionally-sound measure that is critical to the protection of Arizona’s residents and borders. This immigration law has been declared unconstitutional by a federal appeals court and now the state of Arizona has taken this…

When the Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will consider the Arizona immigration case to determine whether this measure is constitutional, something else happened. Justice Elena Kagan, who served as Solicitor General for President Obama before being nominated and confirmed to the Supreme Court, decided not to participate in the Arizona immigration case. In recusing…

The Supreme Court of the United States has taken yet another hot button issue this term. Today the high court agreed to hear Arizona’s appeal on its immigration law – a case that we had urged the high court to take in an amicus brief filed on behalf of nearly 60 members of Congress and…

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