Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. Yesterday the Center for American Progress convened a panel to discuss the potential ramifications of the Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of Arizona’s S.B. 1070, which among other things requires the police to ask for documentation from anyone they have a reasonable suspicion of being in the country without legal status. The Center also released a policy brief, “Arizona’s ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Law in the U.S. Supreme Court, What’s at Stake?”, along with a primer on the legal argument in “Arizona v. United States.” The paper argues that a ruling upholding the Arizona law could sow deep national division and subvert core American values by effectively authorizing discrimination and profiling. Our legal primer analyzes the four key provisions subjected to the Court’s scrutiny in this case, including the legal background and central arguments.
