More Supreme Court News

The Federal Government secured a victory against the state of Arizona and its controversial "papers, please" immigration law known as SB 1070. The High Court struck down 3-out-of-4 provisions of the law – including the parts that required immigrants to always carry their immigration papers on them and the part that gave authority to police officers to stop and arrest anyone who they merely suspected of being an undocumented immigrant. The court said that such state laws pre-empt the authority of the federal government to handle immigration. But, the court did, however, uphold part of the law that requires police to check the immigration status of anyone they've arrested for breaking a law that's already on the books, which could lead to future litigation and create a real headache for cops on the beat.