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U.S. Supreme Court

Apr. 20, 2012

State law heads to Supreme Court

Controversial Arizona immigration law heads to the US Supreme Court. By Erwin Chemerinsky

Erwin Chemerinsky

Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law

Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).


By Erwin Chemerinsky


On Wednesday, April 25, the Supreme Court will conclude hearing oral arguments this term with one of the most high profile and controversial issues of the year: whether Arizona's SB 1070 is preempted by federal law. In Arizona v. United States, the Court will consider whether it is constitutional for states to require that state and local police aggressively enforce federal immigration laws. This should be an easy case if the Court...

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