Partial Defeat for Arizona at Supreme Court

Partial Defeat for Arizona at Supreme Court: Major provisions of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 were held unenforceable by the Supreme Court because they conflict with federal law, though the Court unanimously upheld its most controversial provision. So the biggest immigration case in U.S. history was a mixed result, one in which President Barack Obama won more than Governor Jan Brewer, in a case reminding us that America’s Supreme Court is anything but conservative.

Two important points at the outset about Arizona v. United States that the media isn’t discussing.

First, this case had nothing to do with whether Arizona’s law is constitutional. Despite the rhetoric from the White House and Eric Holder, the administration did not raise any constitutional challenges in court.

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