Professor Paul Butler on The Takeaway:
Arizona's Immigration Law Shifts Burden of Proof
April 27, 2010
WNYC Public Radio, New York City, NY
On April 23, 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law Arizona Senate Bill 1070, which requires police officers to stop and question anyone that they have reasonable suspicion to believe is an illegal immigrant to the United States. Critics say they believe that this law will lead to wide spread racial profiling. The law also seems to shift the burden of proof onto the defense instead of the prosecution in a country where pratcially everyone knows the term, "innocent until proven guilty."
Professor Paul Butler gave his analysis of whether the bill is constitutional under current search and seizure doctrine, and whether this Supreme Court might tweak the law in order to uphold the regulation.
An MP3 of Professor Butler's appearance is available for download or streaming below.
