>> it's a long that sparks controversy and outrage as well as sympathy and imitators. today the supreme court told arizona it went too far in trying to stem illegal immigration, taking matters into its own hand that constitutionally belongs to the federal government. the justices struck down three major portions of the law but upheld one of the most controversial provisions. kate bolduan has more. kate, what does the ruling say? >> hey, joe, it was a big day at the supreme court. one that has both sides trying to spin the ruling in their favor. the high court put the brakes on aggressive state efforts to crack down on immigration, at least for now. from the arizona border to the usz supreme court, the justices offered a split decision on the controversial, illegal immigration law. known as sb 1070. writing for the majority in the 4-3 ruling. justice anthony kennedy said arizona may have understandable frustrations with the problems caused by illegal immigration. but the state may not pursue policies that undermine federal law. and so the high court struck down three of the four key provisions in the law. unanimously upholding, at least for now, the most controversial piece. the requirement the police check immigration status while enforcing other laws if the officer has reasonable suspicion they're in the country illegally, giving jan brewer reason to claim at least partial victor victory. >> today the state of arizona was vindicated. and the heart of the bill was upheld. >> but the court made clear the show me your paper section could face future challenges depending on how it's implemented. still, most of the provisions at issue were tossed out. one, allowing police to arrest immigrants without warrant, if they have probable cause. also making ate crime for illegal immigrants to fail to carry immigration papers and a ban on illegal immigrants from applying for or delivering work of any kind. we are not talking about a federal law prohibiting the state from regulating bubble gum advertising tor construction of nuclear plants. we are talking about the core of state sovereignty. meaning states securing their own borders. in a statement today, president obama seemed to applaud the court's decision. they struck down key portions of the law. i think at the very least, this seems to be a warning shot from the high court to telling those states to tread carefully. immigration policy, joe. >> kate bolduan, thanks for that. let's go in depth with jeffrey toobin. you look at this thing and three of the four get overturned. the one thing gets up held. even more baffling is what was the reason why three were no good and one was good? what was the principal's distinction between that? i've been reading the opinion all afternoon. i'm still baffled by it. at one level the court is saying it's okay if there to be parallel enforcement of state and federal authorities during immigration matters. but states can't go further. they can't penalize more. >> they also suggested the state courts need to look into this a little bit more. >> they are going to let the other states experiment. now the states have a guide. you can be sure all the laws will remain tied up. >> let's talk about the suspense today. a number of them coming down. health care did not. really didn't know what was coming next. >> it was nerd heaven in court today. justice kagan will deliver the opinion in case from arkansas. it was a very important case where they struck down life prison without parole, mandatory sentences for juveniles. then hi says justice kennedy will deliver the opinion in arizona and the u.s. you don't know what he's going to say next. is he saying i'm going to deliver the opinion of the court? he didn't. he said the court will conclude its term next thursday. everybody should gather around the computer. >> a lot of very fiery conversation, in the dissents from conservatives. >> justice scalia was in rare form where he said if this decision came out in 1787, arizona wouldn't have decided later to join the union. i guess he thought they would have joined mexico instead. that was a little hyperbolic. >> let me read another fiery comment from scalia. the president said in a news conference that the new program is the right thing to do in light of congress's failure to pass the administration pass. as the court does, that arizona contradicts federal law enforcing applications of the act. so the issue sa stark one. it's more like a newspaper column. >> particularly when you consider that president obama's ruling on the dream act, on not throwing young people out of the country, that came well after this case was submitted to the court. so it was just his commentary on current events. it's tough. be like the show me your papers law. not like the other three laws. it's a little hard to determine. that's why there are going to be more cases. this is a case that comes after the citizens united case that basically opened the flood gates on the amount of money that can be put into political campaign. this algs applies at the state level. some people thought the court might have misgivings about united. but this appears to be a doubling down. >> that's right. citizens united eis the case tht says corporations have the right to give unlimited funds in support of a presidential candidate. or any political candidate. what montana had a law that said look, we in montana think corporations should not be involved in our political campaigns. the court got that case, and they gave it to the back of their hand, a one paragraph decision saying citizens united applies. citizens united is here to stai. >> on thursday we'll have health care, which is the biggest decision certainly of the term. you've said before that you see a train wreck for the obama administration on the way. you expect it to be ruled unconstitutional. do you still feel that way. i don't think my prediction should be challenged. look, i thought the ruling -- the argument went very badly for the obama administration. mostly the conservative justices seemed very hostile. that was my feeling then. it's my feeling now. the supreme court is the only constitution in washington that doesn't lead. so i have no idea what's going on since the case was argued. >> and they're answerable to no one, like yourself. >> justice robert jackson said we are not final because we are infallible. we are infallible because we are final. >> jeff toobin, it's always great to talk with you. >> nice to be here. >> much more on the arizona immigration ruling. mitt romney is there in arizona today. also, where the jobs are. one town is scrambling to fill some 3,000 positions. details of what's behind the boom. plus a controversial new take on working mothers. why one of them says she now believes they can't have it all. this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination... and businesses lead the world. the new new york works for business. find out how it can work for yours at thenewny.com. assure my patients get evthe very best care.ake but look at our health care system. everyone agreed we needed reforms -- but this new health care law -- it just isn't fixing things. president obama promised my patients that they could keep me -- but what if because of this new health care law -- i can't keep them? i've looked at this law. i know the consequences: delayed care and worse yet -- denied care. studies show the president's health care law is projected to add hundreds of billions of dollars to our deficit -- and increase spending by more than a trillion dollars. and the truth is -- we still don't know how much this law will eventually cost. i don't want anything to come between my patients and me -- especially washington bureaucrats. we need real reform that improves care, and the president's health care law just isn't it. it just isn't worth it. this is where health care decisions should be made. not in washington. jack cafferty is here with the cafferty file. >> joe, thank you. nearly half of americanscan not name president obama's religion. say what? a new gallup poll shows 4% of those surveyed correctly say he's a christian. 11% say he's a muslim. 8% say that the president doesn't have a religious affiliation. and a stunning 44% say they don't know what he is. where have these people been? president obama has been in office for three and a half years. plus he went through a gruelling campaign to get a job. a came pain where they were on television about every three seconds forever. it's just one more example of how uninformed a lot of us really are. of course, people who don't like the president continue to raise questions about his religion, his place of birth. and it seems the efforts could be convincing or confusing some americans. democrats have more likely than republicans to correctly name the president's religion. 18% of republicans think the president is a muslim. that's one in five republicans. the poll shows independents are closer to republicans than to the democrats when it comes to their knowledge of mr. obama's religion. that might not help the president in november. interestingly though, americans are more likely too correctly name mitt romney's religion. romney is a mormon. only 33% say they didn't know that. some of that increased awareness has to come for the fact he ran for president four years ago. what does it mean if nearly half of americans cannot name president obama's religion? go to cnn.com slr cafferty file. post a comment on my blog. or go to our post on "the situation room's" facebook page. i found that rather stunning, joe, that almost half of us didn't know that at the end of his first term in office. >> you're right. it's amazing. four years ago, as you correctly point out, it was one of the biggest issues of the campaign. >> remember that footage of reverend wright that all the networks played over and over again. >> try to imagine a town with just 1% unemployment where they can't build houses fast enough. they can't build houses fast enough for a surging population in school. much of the u.s. is struggling, but williston, north dakota, is enjoying a boom most cities can only dream of. it's all thanks to one thing, oil. here's cnn's dan lothian. this is north dakota's new heart. sending black gold from the oil fields to main street. small cities like williston in the northwest corner of the state are bulges with prosper y prosperity. >> we're blessed. for whatever the good lord put the oil here. >> the mayor on the job for 18 years has gone from begging for new investments in his town to having more jobs than he can handle. >> unemployment is about 1%. we have about 3,000 jobs that are available. we have the businesses in town doing very, very well. the economy is just so very strong here right now. >> oil and new technologies that allow horizontal drilling and the breaking up of underground rocks, are driving this boom. raising the average salary here to more than $70,000 a year. and changing the landscape. this was one corner of town 18 months ago. here it is today. it's a community with houses still being built and selling for $200,000 each. with all that expansion comes a lot of tropics. like all these big trucks. this is a main road through town. in 2008, 9,000 cars a day drove through here. last year, that number was 28,000. the population has exploded from 12,500 people, to more than 20,000. nowhere is that felt more than the classrooms. >> growing so fast. it's so hard for us to keep up. >> the school superintendent is scrambling. she's leased 32 modular buildings for the fall, might use fema trailers, and she's on a hiring binge to find 52 teachers. >> wer trying to prepare from anywhere to 800 to 1,200 students. >> rents are skyrocketed from a few hundred dollars a month for more than $2,000 for a modest apartment is challenging. since it's difficult for teachers to find affordable housing on a salary of $31,000, the school district has gotten into the real estate business. buying these two apartment buildings. eight units in all, and the teachers have to double up, paying more than $400 each. >> also a landlord? >> i'm also alandlord even if you have the money, there's a housing shortage. motels are all booked with long-term residents. we had to stay 45 miles away. so called man camps have sprung up everywhere, housing oil field workers. while oil workers are raking it in, people with jobs in retail or fast food are being left out in the cold. this church parking lot gets crowded once the sun goes down. showers, shave and sleep inside or stay in your car. james moved here for a job to support his daughter. he was just hired at wal-mart where the pay is good. but he still can't afford an apartmen apartment. >> this is more than a car, this is your house. >> i want to buy a home. i want to have a good life. and i figure if i got to be homeless for a couple months and work my way up to that, i'll do that. >> chaising his dream, like others we saw from florida, california, georgia. it's like the dust bowl migration to california. but some long time residents are worried about the busying growth and what happens once the oil stops flowing. >> the boom is causing problemses. when it's over, the problems are going to triple. >> the mayor says he's looking to diversify from tourism and spending his city's new wealth wisely. >> you need to make sure it's sustainable and you don't get yourself in debt too much. that you live off this and make the best of that. but recognize that there are no guarantees. >> dan lothian, cnn, williston, north dakota. >> coming up, mitt romney reacts to the immigration ruling in arizona with a heavy dose of political spin. police, the essay going viral, striking at the heart of feminism. when it comes to career and family, something has got to give. bysitting the kids, brittany. so how much do we owe you? 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