Arizona v. United States, 567 U. S. 2 ___ (2012)
R072; No. 11-182; 6/25/12. Sections 3, 5(C), and 6 of an Arizona statute enacted to address issues related to the large number of unlawful aliens in the State are preempted; but it was improper for the District Court to enjoin §2(B)—which requires officers conducting a stop, detention, or arrest to make efforts, in some circumstances, to verify the person’s immigration status with the Federal Government—before the state courts had an opportunity to construe it and without some showing that §2(B)’s enforcement in fact conflicts with federal immigration law and its objectives.
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Miller v. Alabama, 567 U. S. 2 ___ (2012)
R073; No. 10-9646; 6/25/12. The Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing scheme that mandates life in prison without possibility of parole for juvenile homicide offenders.
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American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock, 567 U. S. 2 ___ (2012) (per curiam)
R074; No. 11-1179; 6/25/12. Citizens United v. Federal Election Comm’n, 558 U. S. ___, applies to Mont. Code Ann. §13–35–227(1), which provides that a “corporation may not make . . . an expenditure in connection with a candidate or a political party”; thus, the judgment of the Montana Supreme Court, rejecting petitioners’ claim that the statute violates the First Amendment, is reversed.
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National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U. S. 2 ___ (2012)
R075; No. 11-393; 6/28/12. This suit challenging provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is not barred by the Anti-Injunction Act; the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate—which requires persons who do not comply with the mandate to pay a “penalty” to the Federal Government—may be upheld as within Congress’s power under the Taxing Clause; the Medicaid Act’s severability clause applies to a Medicaid Act provision permitting the Secretary of Health and Human Services to withhold all federal Medicaid funds based on a State’s refusal to comply with the expanded Medicaid program.
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United States v. Alvarez, 567 U. S. 2 ___ (2012)
R076; No. 11-210; 6/28/12. The Ninth Circuit’s judgment that the Stolen Valor Act, which makes it a crime to falsely claim receipt of military decorations or medals, violates the First Amendment is affirmed.
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First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards, 567 U. S. 2 ___ (2012) (per curiam)
R077; No. 10-708; 6/28/12. Certiorari dismissed as improvidently granted.
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Tennant v. Jefferson County, 567 U. S. 2 ___ (2012)
R078; No. 11-1184; 9/25/12. The West Virginia Legislature’s S. B. 1008, a redistricting plan adopted following the 2010 United States census, is justified by the State’s legitimate objectives; the District Court misapplied the standard for evaluating such challenges set out in Karcher v. Daggett, 462 U. S. 725 (1983), and failed to afford appropriate deference to the State’s reasonable exercise of its political judgment.
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