Crime to be in the country illegally, making at it crime for illegal immigrants to work or find work in the state and warrantless probable cause arrest for deportable crimes. the president released a statement saying, i m pleased that the supreme court struck down key provisions of the arizona immigration law. what the decision makes unmistakenly clear congress must act on immigration reform. patchwo of state slaw not solution to the broken immigration system. it s part of the problem. at the same time, i remain concern of the practical impact of the remaining provision of the law that requires the local law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect to be here illegally. bring in the expanded panel. fred barnes of weekly standard. juan williams, columnist with the hill. marmara liasson, national public radio. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, thoughts? i thought what the headline
Politicized supreme court. here, they are making political decisions. an argument that resonates with other independent voters we spoke to. nobody wantbes to work together nobody wantss to work together. i think the democrats are, have some responsibility for that. the republican party has been more obstructionist. reporter: the white house may be rooting for a split decision on healthcare just like immigration. here is why. the latest fox news poll shows confusion. 38% say they want to see the whole law overturned. 30% say ruling is constitutional. 21% say gut the mandate, throw it out and keep most of the rest of the law. it s muddled enough that the white house may be able to pick and choose which part of the law they want to stand up. now how they pay for that, however, if a mandate is thrown out is another question. bret? bret: ed henry traveling with the president in boston tonight. thank you. washington on pins and needles but now we have a date. thursday morning. stoc
The supreme court give more latitude to the states, not less. there are states now under this decision have less authority, less latitude to enforce administration laws and it s become a muddle. but it didn t have to be this way. he went on to say president obama failed to provide leadership on immigration and it represents a broken promise, especially with a democratic house and the democratic senate at the beginning of his term. back with the panel, fred, the politics of this, how it plays for governor romney and president obama? i don t think non-enforcement of immigration law is a good policy for obama to run for re-election on. even a center piece was upheld by the supreme court. quoted by 65%. but not by obama. he is still in a statement today warned how he worried about how it will be applied. i don t think that this ruling today is going to help anymore among hispanics. obviously, president is also doing very well among hispanics. here is what sort of irked me. the president
It will enable them to enforce the law is in doubt. bret: more with this on the panel. thank you. the supreme court made some other important decisions today. in a 5-4 ruling the court decided it is unconstitutional to sentence juveniles to life in prison without parole for murder. court says it violates the eighth amendment. the court also weighed in on a montana case often called citizens united 2.0. dealing with campaign finance and spending by unions and corporations. the high court struck down montana state limits on the corporate campaign spending. religious liberty fight may be over for those hoping to preserve a large white cross atop mount soledad in california. supreme court declined to take up the case and noted it s not a ruling on the merits so the case could return at a later date. the supreme court will decide on the constitutionality of obamacare. the president s healthcare law on thursday morning. as strange as it sounds, some analysts are already saying
Losing his signature legislative achievement could help president obama come november. chief white house correspondent ed henry explai explains. you can decide 3 million young people staying on their parents healthcare plan is the right thing to do. the campaign is the live flee or die state, activists were already at the supreme court in anticipation of thursday monumental announcement over with whether the healthcare law will live or die. the president s inner circle is on edgemore days to ff the law will be wiped out. senior advis advisor valerie jat laying groundwork for defeat saying the association of black journalists we have done more than the affordable care act. it sucked up so much oxygen in the press. the president spent a large chunk of his presidency pushing the law.