Thread: US Supreme Court invites DOJ to file a brief on Arizona E-Ve

US Supreme Court invites DOJ to file a brief on Arizona E-Verify lawsuit

E-Verify, State Law
By John Fay
November 4, 2009

An interesting development has surfaced in the Arizona E-Verify lawsuit –the U.S. Supreme Court is now inviting the Solicitor General (SG) to file a brief on the case expressing the views of the federal government, holding open the possibility that the High Court will hear the case.

As previously reported, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other organizations filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court requesting a review of the Arizona E-Verify law, which requires all employers in the state to participate in E-Verify and imposes sanctions on employers who hire unauthorized workers.

The petition (Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. Candelaria, et al.) argues that the Arizona statute is preempted by federal law and undermines the “comprehensive schemeâ€

November 3, 1:59 PM

Can states and U.S. citizens protect themselves from waves of illegal aliens?

When teaching ESL classes basic civics, a lesson or two was always spent on the separation of power in our American system between the executive, judicial and legislative branches.

That may be drastically changing.

For some unexplained reason, the Supreme Court has asked the Obama administration its views in Chamber of Commerce v. Candelaria--a challenge to an Arizona law that punishes companies for hiring illegal immigrants.

[u][b]Arizona allows private complaints to be filed against employers. Those found to have "knowingly or intentionallyâ€

Why wuld the 'Supreme Court' go soliciting cases? That sounds a bit screwi. Was it our new unqualified racialist Latina doing the soliciting?

let me understand this.
the people of arizona VOTED FOR this to become state law.
and now the supreme court is going to hear it because it might be a violation of a state to make its own laws?