it s known as sb 1070. the law requires local police officers to check a person s immigration status while enforcing other laws, if they reasonably suspect that person is in the country illegally. we asked the romney campaign where specifically does the governor stand on this, does he support it, support it with reservations or oppose it. here s the answer we got. quote, governor romney supports the right of states to assist the federal government in enforcing immigration laws particularly when the federal government has failed in their duty to enforce those laws. that is one of the issues the supreme court is trying to address. it doesn t answer the question whether or not he supports sb 1070. what about his recent record, does that shed any light on where he stands? let s take a look. january 11th as he was campaigning in south carolina, governor romney was touting the endorsement of kansas secretary of state chris cobash who wrote the 1070 law. from the romney website, quo
immigration status while enforcing other laws, if they reasonably suspect that person is in the country illegally. we asked the romney campaign where specifically does the governor stand on this, does he support it, support it with reservations or oppose it. here s the answer we got. quote, governor romney supports the right of states to craft laws that assist the federal government in enforcing laws when particularly the federal government has failed in their duty to enforce those laws. that is one of the issues the supreme court is trying to address. it doesn t answer the question whether or not he supports sb 1070. what about his recent record, does that shed any light on where he stands? let s take a look. january 11th as he was campaigning in south carolina, governor romney was touting the endorsement of kansas secretary of state chris cobash who wrote ards arizona s 1070 law. from the romney website, quote, we need more conservative leaders like chris willing to stand u
keeping them honest tonight. it is kind of hard to tell. today the supreme court heard oral arguments on the challenge to the strict illegal immigration law. the law requires local police officers to check a person s immigration status while enforcing other laws, if they reasonably suspect that person is in the country illegally. we asked the romney campaign where specifically does the governor stand on this, does he support it, support it with reservations or oppose it. here s the answer we got. quote, governor romney supports the right of states to assist the federal government in enforcing immigration laws especially when the federal government has failed their duty to enforce those laws. that is one of the issues the supreme court is trying to address. it doesn t answer the question whether he supports sp 1070. january 11th as he was campaigning in south carolina, governor romney was touting the endorsement of kansas secretary of state chris cobash who wrote the 1070 law.
status while enforcing other laws if they reasonably suspect he s in the country illegally. we ask where he stands on sb 1070. does he support it or oppose it? here s the answer. governor romney supports the right of states to craft laws that assist the federal government in enforcing immigration laws, particularly when the federal government failed in its duty to enforce those laws. that is one issue the supreme court is trying to decide. doesn t answer specifically the question about whether or not he supports sb 1070. what about the candidate s recent record, does that shed light on where he stands? let s take a look. jan 11th as he was campaigning in south carolina, governor romney was touting the endorsement of kansas secretary of state crisco batch who wrote the law. we need more conservative leaders like chris, willing to stand up for the rule of law. with kris on the team, i look forward to working with him to take steps to curtail illegal immigration and support so
a high court is nearing the end of a remarkable six hours of arguments on four separate issues arising from the affordable care act of 2010. the session that began last hour is due to wrap up 45 minutes from now. soon after that the final health care arguments will center on the power of the feds to compel states to broaden medicaid coverage. we don t expect any decisions until june at the earliest, but our jeff toobin and kate baldwin will step out of the courthouse to bring us up to speed when the what if arguments are over today at the u.s. supreme court. the facts surrounding trayvon martin s death are getting more complicated by the day. so far there have been conflicting reports as to what exactly happened and whether george zimmerman was really acting in self-defense when he shot trayvon martin in the chest. now shocking new evidence that sanford police were taking steps to arrest zimmerman early in the investigation. the miami herald reports the police incident re