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This ruling. good evening, shannon. >> reporter: hello, bret. following the decision, both sides are claiming victory. although they disagree on what it means for future of the arizona immigration law, they agree the legal fight over it isnt over. opponents and supporters of the law sb-1070 got the supreme court decision they have been waiting for. split decision with justice anthony kennedy writing the three key provisions were pre-empted by federal law. a critical provision was upheld. >> the ...

Politicized supreme court. here, they are making political decisions. >> an argument that resonates with other independent voters we spoke to. >> nobody wantbes to work together -- nobody wantss to work together. i think the democrats are, have some responsibility for that. the republican party has been more obstructionist. >> reporter: the white house may be rooting for a split decision on healthcare just like immigration. here is why. the latest fox news poll shows confusion. 38% say they want...

The supreme court give more latitude to the states, not less. there are states now under this decision have less authority, less latitude to enforce administration laws and its become a muddle. but it didnt have to be this way. he went on to say president obama failed to provide leadership on immigration and it represents a broken promise, especially with a democratic house and the democratic senate at the beginning of his term. back with the panel, fred, the politics of this, how it plays for g...

It will enable them to enforce the law is in doubt. >> bret: more with this on the panel. thank you. the supreme court made some other important decisions today. in a 5-4 ruling the court decided it is unconstitutional to sentence juveniles to life in prison without parole for murder. court says it violates the eighth amendment. the court also weighed in on a montana case often called citizens united 2.0. dealing with campaign finance and spending by unions and corporations. the high court struc...

Announced they would cut back on working with arizona, local and state officials in 287g. it was ended for arizona. after the ruling came down. charles? >> this is astonishing. this appears to be punitive. this makes a case that scalia, thomas make that the administration is not enforcing the law. in as many ways as it can. any claim by the court or justice department of what arizona is doing is undermining the federal law. its not undermining the federal policy on this administration. of not en...

Hume has thoughts on the ruling today. good evening. >> good evening, bret. the supreme court immigration ruling today is a paradoxical outcome. portion of the law requiring the immigration check on suspects was upheld. this is part of the law to cause controversy or the talk and the only part of the law that most americans never heard of. so arizona governor is claiming a victory. but it was a sweeping application of the federal government sole dominion over the immigration policy and enforceme...

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