Kansas prevailed at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday when the justices found that federal immigration law doesn't override the state's prosecution of identity theft.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of the attorney general's appeal of a state Supreme Court decision, which overturned three identity theft convictions because federal law pre-empted state prosecutions for using false or stolen personal information contained in federal immigration forms.
"From the beginning of our country, criminal law enforcement has been primarily a . . .
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