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July 2011

Volume 17

Issue 7

Breaking News! Judicial Watch Victory!

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law Punishing Businesses that Hire Illegal Aliens!
n May 26th 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court handed proponents of illegal immigration enforcement a tremendous victory when the High Court upheld the constitutionality of Arizonas Legal Arizona Workers Act, legislation crafted by Judicial Watch client and Arizona State Senate President Russell Pearce to penalize Arizona businesses that knowingly hiring illegal aliens. The decision also upholds the constitutionality of the provision of the law requiring all Arizona employers to use the federal E-verify system to confirm the legal eligibility of potential employees. This Supreme Court decision is a tremendous victory for the rule of law. This decision will have an enormous impact on states across the country suffering from the scourge of rampant illegal immigration, said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. Following the ruling, The New York Times hailed the decision as an energy boost for state lawmakers across the country who have proposed bills this year to curb illegal immigration. Verdict readers may recall that on October 28, 2010, Judicial Watch

JW Attorneys Michael Bekesha and Jim Peterson with Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce and JW President Tom Fitton outside the U.S. Supreme Court.

filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief on behalf of State Senator Pearce with the United States Supreme Court. In writing his opinion in the recent Supreme Court ruling, Chief Justice Roberts echoed Judicial Watchs principle argument: We hold that Arizonas licensing law falls well within the confines of the authority Congress chose to leave to the States and therefore is not expressly preempted. More to come in the next issue of the Verdict! JW

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