SCOTUS upheld Arizona law that allows the state to shut down businesses with illegal alien

[aGameOfThrones]

(Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that allows the state to shut down businesses that hire illegal immigrants, a ruling arising from the fierce national debate on immigration policy.

The court's majority opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts rejected arguments by business and civil rights groups and by the Obama administration that the Arizona law conflicted with federal immigration law and must be struck down.

The Supreme Court's decision upholding the employer sanctions law could spur other states and cities to adopt their own tough anti-immigration measures.

A U.S. appeals court upheld the Arizona business law, and by a 5-3 vote, the Supreme Court affirmed that ruling. "Arizona has taken the route least likely to cause tension with federal law," Roberts concluded in the 27-page opinion.

Liberal Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented and said they would hold that the Arizona law was pre-empted by federal law.

The Supreme Court case is Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, No. 09-115.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/26/us-usa-immigration-court-idUSTRE74P4C720110526

[Lucille]

Businesses have been enslaved by so-called conservatives as well as the progs. Doing the job(s) the government won't do: Tax and child support collection, med. insurance provider, and now immigration agent.

Barry Goldwater (http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue/2008/06/05/87274-kimble-immigration-what-would-barry-do/):
Don’t offer amnesty to those already here illegally. Sanctions against employers who hire illegal immigrants are unfair; it is the government’s responsibility to determine who is here legally.

E-Verify cannot be used to pre-screen potential employees, or even to fire employees. If you do, then you're in big trouble. It's a guest book.