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Supreme Court's Immigration Ruling Leaves Legal Questions
Today, the Supreme Court threw out some of Arizona’s tough immigration law. Could profiling by city and county law enforcement in California be adopted?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenStockton, the river-port city south of Sacramento, has twice topped Fortune magazine's list of America's most miserable places to live. On Wednesday, it might become the nation's largest city to declare bankruptcy. We hear what that means for public safety and other services most cities take for granted. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the Supreme Court has thrown out some of Arizona's tough immigration law, but not all. Has profiling by state and local police been legitimized? Could it be adopted by cities and counties in California?
Banner image: A TV camera is set up in front of the US Supreme Court June 25, 2012 in Washington, DC, as reporters await decisions on immigration and healthcare. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
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3 storiesStockton Weighs Bankruptcy
Stockton is an hour east of the San Francisco Bay Area, a city of almost 300,000 people and a port on the San Joaquin River. During the housing boom, the population increased, and that led to investments in public projects. But the housing collapse brought Stockton the second highest foreclosure rate in the country.
Read the story11 minSupreme Court's Immigration Ruling Leaves Legal Questions
On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, we hear about today's US Supreme Court decision on Arizona's tough immigration law. Thrown out were state laws against undocumented workers looking for work or holding jobs.
Read the story10 minThe US Supreme Court: Immigration and Politics
The US Supreme Court won't release its ruling on Obamacare until Thursday. Today, the Court gave the Obama Administration a partial victory today by ruling that most of Arizona's tough immigration law violates the Constitution.
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