'Business death penalty' for hiring illegal workers is upheld by unethical Supreme Court

The 5-3 decision gives states more authority to act against illegal immigrants. Justices rule that states can take away the business licenses of companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants.

Thursday's decision is a defeat for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, several civil-rights groups and the Obama administration, all of whom opposed the Arizona law and its sanctions on employers. They argued that federal law said states may not impose "civil or criminal sanctions" on employers.

But Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said another portion of the same law made clear that states were free to use their "licensing" laws to punish employers. Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. formed the majority in Chamber of Commerce vs. Whiting.

The Arizona law upheld Thursday was signed into law by then-Gov. Janet Napolitano, who now serves as secretary of Homeland Security for President Obama.

In dissent were Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. They said federal law prohibited states from imposing their own immigration-related rules on employers. Justice Elena Kagan sat out the case.

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Evil statist filth! Imagine, giving another human being employment, so he may feed himself and live, is being punished, by revoking one's own means of eating and living. It's fucking worse than feudalism!

Besides, isn't the (alleged) purpose of licensing any industry merely for the benefit of its consumers? So this is corruption even within its own statist context.

Yeah... alleged...

'Business death penalty' for hiring illegal workers is upheld by unethical Supreme Court

'Business death penalty' for hiring illegal workers is upheld by unethical Supreme Court

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