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Justices Favorable to AZ Law

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Signal sympathy for unpopular immigration policy.

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Supreme Court justices seemed broadly sympathetic to an Arizona immigration law that entered oral arguments before the high court Wednesday. The controversial law essentially authorizes ethnic profiling by police who suspect illegal immigration. The same two lawyers who argued last month’s Obamacare hearing represented the two sides, and several justices asked why states would not have the right to enact a law like Arizona’s.

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