"During the hearing on Monday, the appellate judges abruptly ended a discussion of a provision of the state law that would forbid illegal immigrants from working in the state, saying that a decision in another case already blocked the state from making it a crime for such immigrants to work.
The judges focused on the central question of whether a state could take it upon itself to enforce federal laws.
“If I don’t pay my income tax, can California come along and sue me?” asked Judge Carlos T. Bea."
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