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Absolutely right. i'm surprised that justice kennedy and the chief justice roberts joined with the liberals striking down provisions; particularly, if you look at scalia's logic against it. >> bret: it seems the court is ready to challenge to, to get challenged this law, this section 2b, once it's -- >> 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 says go ahead and check papers but they are expecting the lawsuits that are going to happen as ameri...

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 it's 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 that section 2b was the heart of the law. i think that's where the majority of the concern was, whethe...

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, so it won't be healthcare today. bill: i know you are trying too digest a lot of material on the s...

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. it's part of the problem. he added, however, that he is still concerned about the impact of the remaining part of the arizona law that the supreme court upheld and is vowing...

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: i'm going to let you cut free for a moment. jamie: i'd rather not i need to ask one question of shannon. you said it's going to go back to the ninth circuit and that they had initially enjoyed this provision. are you saying that the court didn't overrule that, but is asking for further interpretation? what is it for the ninth circuit to decide? >> it sounds like what is goin...