Political and Legal Law

The justices struck down a Montana law limiting corporate campaign spending. The justices also struck down key provisions of Arizona’s crackdown on immigrants but allowed one much-debated part of the law — police checks for immigration status.

The Supreme Court this morning reversed a century-old Montana law limiting corporate political spending. In doing so, the high court reaffirmed its controversial 2010 decision that allows corporations to spend unlimited amounts to influence the nation’s elections.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer issued the following statement Monday on the Supreme Court striking down three provisions of the state’s law cracking down on illegal immigrants but upholding, for now, a fourth provision allowing police to stop people …

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Becerra also questioned whether people will wonder if the Supreme Court has “become a political body” should it strike down the law.  The comment underscored how Democrats may react should the decision come down in Republicans’ favor — by …

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“In Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, this court struck down a similar federal law, holding that ‘political speech does not lose First Amendment protection simply because its source is a corporation …,’” the Supreme Court …

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected much of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, but upheld other provisions, giving a partial victory to the Obama administration. The court ruled that Arizona cannot make it a misdemeanor for immigrants to fail to …

The Supreme Court rebuffed the Obama administration’s lawsuit and upheld a key part of Arizona’s tough anti-illegal immigration law on Monday that allows police officers to ask about immigration status during stops. That part of the law …

The Supreme Court upheld one part of the Arizona immigration law but struck down other sections. The part of the law the justices upheld requires police officers stopping someone to make efforts to verify the person’s immigration status with …