Supreme Court: No-go on Arizona’s no-bail law

arizona-bailBy Howard Fischer |Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Sun

Arizona cannot deny bail to certain people charged with crimes simply because they are here illegally, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today.

In a brief order, the majority of the justices rejected a last-minute bid by Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to give him a chance to salvage the 2006 voter-approved measure. The justices gave no reason for their decision.

But today’s action was far from unanimous, with three of the justices dissenting.

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