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Justices refuse Alabama's immigration law appeal Apr 29th 2013, 15:14 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Judges deal fresh blow to British bid to expel cleric Qatada Tue, Apr 23 2013 In win for Shell, U.S. top court curbs human rights claims Wed, Apr 17 2013 Senators unveil immigration reform bill Tue, Apr 16 2013 Justices struggle in weighing American Indian adoption case Tue, Apr 16 2013 Supreme Court declines to hear gun rights case Mon, Apr 15 2013 Analysis & Opinion The Russian legal system's split personality NFL profits from violence, so is it liable to brain-injured retirees? People walk in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, March 24, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON | Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:14am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed the state of Alabama, and gave a win to the Obama administration, by declining to review a lower court ruling that had blocked a controversial part of the state's tough immigration law. Alabama had asked the high court to review an appeals court decision to stop enforcement of the 'harboring' provision that made it illegal to harbor or transport anyone in the state who had entered the country illegally. The appeals court had acted in 2012 at the Obama administration's request. The White House had said that Alabama's law was trumped by federal immigration law. The Alabama law, enacted in 2011, is considered one of the toughest state immigration statutes in the nation. The law also made it illegal to encourage people to either enter or stay in the country in violation of federal immigration laws. The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in two separate decisions, upheld injunctions against the harboring provision and other parts of the law in August 2012. A brief order issued by the court on Monday said Justice Antonin Scalia disagreed with the decision not to hear the case. The Obama administration has challenged other provisions of the Alabama law, but they were not at issue in the case before the high court. In 2012, the justices partially upheld a similar wide-ranging law enacted in Arizona. Arizona and eight other states have similar laws. Laws in Georgia and South Carolina are also being challenged in court. The case is Alabama v. United States, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-884. (Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh and Jackie Frank) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (8) The White House is harboring an illegal president. Apr 29, 2013 11:34am EDT  --  Report as abuse Scalia is an abomination and should be impeached. Apr 29, 2013 11:43am EDT  --  Report as abuse Of course, as OB has stacked the odds for him with his uber liberal appointees. Apr 29, 2013 11:46am EDT  --  Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment

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