It is a critically important week at the U.S. Supreme Court. In a term that includes several blockbuster cases, the Justices will hear oral arguments on Wednesday on the constitutionality of Arizona’s immigration law, S.B. 1070. S.B. 1070 made it a state crime to be in the country illegally and stated that an officer engaged in…

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…

With the Supreme Court poised to act on Arizona’s law targeting illegal immigrants in the coming months, a new legal challenge regarding illegal immigration is winding its way through the federal court system – this time it’s Alabama’s measure under fire from the Obama Administration. Alabama’s measure, HB 56, is now before the U.S. Court…

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…

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