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But unanimously agreeing they could still check reimbursement papers. good morning, guys. this was a split decision and in some way it fuelled the battle between some states and obama administration. they can check the immigration status but theres not a lot the state could do about it. they struck down additional efforts make it a crime for illegals to seek work or give the police additional power to arrest without a warrant. president obama who fought the law claims his own victory. no ameri...

Similar laws are now assessing how this ruling will affect their own enforcement. and with president obama and mitt romney only issuing statements reacting to the ruling, we are waiting to see if they have anything to say today on the campaign trail. let me bring in "washington post" columnist dana milbank and joy reed, managing editor of thegrio.com. good morning to both of you. you heard jan brewer call this a win. both sides are calling it a win s there a clear political advantage here? >> we...

Supporters, i would have preferred to see the supreme court give more latitude to the states, not less. and there are states now under this decision have less authority, less latitude to enforce immigration laws. you remember in february during the republican primary, romney offered support for parts of arizona law, specifically the one that requires companies to check the immigration status of their employees. >> i think you see a model in arizona, they passed a law here that says, that says pe...

When i read the opinion, for poised to get rid of that position too. >> yes, larry, thats absolutely correct. and congratulations, your opening is the best description of what the supreme court did that ive heard on any newscast the entire day. its important, its very important to understand that this was not a split decision. this was an old-fashioned slapdown by a conservative court against the arizona law and the conservative movement on immigration. the arizona law did three essential things...

Loan interest rate, which expires this weekend, and what are we doing? were talking about holding the attorney general in contempt because he wont release documents from february 2 to december 2, that have nothing to do with a gun walking, but more to do with when did they find out that in fact the letter that they had sent was inaccurate. they pulled the letter, they did the right thing, so theres no coverup here. this is high stakes politics at its worst. >> you think that congressman issa was...

Laws. other court watchers question the justices the intent is still in the clear. shannon bream with the news top story at the bottom of the hour now. how are we to fairly interpret that language? >> shepard as with any supreme court upon opinion. its got to be most narrowly interpreted before the case. a will the of folks think that sounds like dream act language forming amnesty or citizenship for those who served in the military or other ties to their community. court watchers like tom dupre ...

To show paperwork proving theyre in the country legally was upheld by a unanimous 8-00 vote. president obama said in a statement, quote, i am pleased the supreme court has struck down key provisions of arizonas immigration law, at the same time i remain concerned about the practical impact that remaining provision. arizona governor, jan brewer, hailed the courts decision, saying the most important part of the law had been preserved. >> the heart of senate bill 1070 has been proven to be constitu...

>> now, when we look at health care, there are obviously any number of ways this can break down, you can have a mixed decision, you can have all sorts of ramifications, but how much does the court do you think look at the political impact of a decision like this? >> you know, if you ask individual justices, they say they dont care, and to some extent, thats true, but each of these members of the court is going to make a decision based on what their view of the law is, what their view of the nati...

Happens when they rule one way for unions and another way for corporations. >> well, a lot of the criticism of that decision is that it has no recognition of the corruption of money, and you know, justice suter had one elective office although most of his life was as a judge. he had run but he was very much opposed to the decision, citizens united. and justice oconnor wrote the predecessor opinion that uphold the mccain-feingold law that was struck down. it may be the courts legacy. if you were ...

This was in the pipeline, we all knew it was coming this week, he was traveling in arizona on the very day that the decision came down, you would think that they would have better prepared. my second take away, tamron, is next week is the fourth of july, if you had said to me 60 days ago that we would head into july without mitt romney having pivoted back towards the center, i would say that never happened, he will make some kind of a move. he either believes he can win on the economy alone or s...