This Issue: Supreme Court's hearing on Arizona suggests impact on more than dozen other state laws and proposals


No one can predict how the Supreme Court Justices will rule after listening to arguments for the federal government's challenge of Arizona's immigration-enforcement law on Wednesday. But the initial reaction from the media and legal scholars doesn't bode well for the feds. At one point during the oral arguments, Obama-appointed Justice Sonia Sotomayor told the government's Solicitor General, "you can see it's not selling very well."

The Supreme Court's decision could overturn rulings by the lower courts that block the main provision of Arizona's 2010 law that requires police to check the immigration status of suspected illegal aliens when they are stopped, arrested, or detained for a separate offense. But the decision wouldn't impact Arizona alone. It could impact a dozen or more states across the country.

Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Indiana, and Utah have already passed "copy-cat" laws that are also on hold until the Supreme Court issues its final decision. And other states, including Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas are considering similar legislation. A ruling that favors Arizona could be enough to motivate state legislators to move forward with a version for their own state.

During our weekly webcast on Thursday, we reviewed Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing and talked about how a favorable ruling would impact other states. We also discussed another clause in Arizona's law that was scrutinized a bit more by the Justices. Watch a replay of our webcast by visiting NumbersUSA.tv or clicking on the image below.

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During the webcast, Roy and Melanie also reviewed the results from our Earth Day poll. There were some interesting trends between our activists, all Americans, and Earth Day attendees. You can view the full results of the poll on our website.

Chris Chmielenski
Fri, APR 27th



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