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Absolutely right. im surprised that justice kennedy and the chief justice roberts joined with the liberals striking down provisions; particularly, if you look at scalias logic against it. >> bret: it seems the court is ready to challenge to, to get challenged this law, this section 2b, once its -- >> that is exactly right. kennedy said the state can continue but may not versus the policies that undermine the federal law. it re-established primacy of the federal law in immigration matters. it say...

Certify whether they are, have legal status in arizona. >> does this change anything though? >> i would think it would be in effect immediately. you probably might want to speak to a lawyer, but my personal opinion is when its upheld by the supreme court, that it would be effective immediately. >> one more question. >> law professors have said that state cities and localities are -- [inaudible] does this really change anything on the ground here in arizona? >> i believe that it does. i think tha...

That point, it looks like the legal challenge is one thing for sure over 2b which allows police to check for illegal status, that is far from over. even if it does go into practice and governor brewer starts having police officers in arizona carry it out we know the legal challenge is far from over. jamie: likely once someone gets stopped they will bring it back. shannon, thanks. we will let you digest the rest of the opinion. we could still hear from healthcare today. >> we are done for the day...

Left of the bill. so s.b. 1070, section 2b, the fight over that is probably not over, megyn. megyn: shannon bream, thank you so much. and it looks like the white house is already weighing in on this matter with the president saying he is, quote, pleased that the high court struck down those three parts of s.b. 1070. president obama saying, quote, a patchwork of state laws is not a solution to our broken immigration system. its part of the problem. he added, however, that he is still concerned ab...

You can imagine as soon as police officers begin to carry it out, the law goes into effect and they see how it works in practice a lawsuit will he immediately be filed. several groups have indicated that is the plan. bill: im going to let you cut free for a moment. jamie: id rather not i need to ask one question of shannon. you said its going to go back to the ninth circuit and that they had initially enjoyed this provision. are you saying that the court didnt overrule that, but is asking for fu...

Proper warrant, that has been struck down by the court. bill: this can be a little confusing too. >> yes. bill: because section 2b and section 6 are quite similar. i just want to read section 2b so our audience understands what were talking about here. it requires that state and local police officers attempt to determine the immigration status of any individual stopped or detained if the officer reasonably suspects the person is in the united states illegally. and now aour youre giving the polic...

>> -- considering some of the obama administrations rules on -- >> well, with section 2b being upheld it says local law enforcement can assist the federal government in the right to ask under reasonable suspicion and whenever practical to confirm the legal ability of someone being in the state of arizona. >> but the point i think -- >> were listening in to arizona governor jan brewer saying that the decision rendered, at least a portion of it by the supreme court today, is vindication. and also ...

In arizona detain people too long, or if they begin to use this part of the law as a pretext for rounding up people that they suspect of being here illegally, then that part of the law could cross the line and be unconstitutional. so it is a very -- it is a victory for the state that part of it, but a very narrow part. >> okay. mike, it seems the court has given police officers in arizona a free pass to racially profile. do you agree? >> i dont agree. it sounds as though what pete said is correc...

whether or not police questions peoples immigration status based on reasonable suspicion. joining us to talk about immigration ruling and what it means is our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and white house correspondent jessica yellin. jeffrey, please start off by saying what the court accepted and rejected. >> well, the heart of the case is about state power versus federal power. immigration is an area that is traditionally one where the federal government exercises most of the p...

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