{"id":711,"date":"2013-04-30T10:04:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/publicreligion.org\/?p=11697"},"modified":"2013-04-30T10:04:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T16:04:02","slug":"scotus-aligns-with-american-public-opinion-on-alabama-immigration-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publicreligion\/2013\/04\/scotus-aligns-with-american-public-opinion-on-alabama-immigration-law\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS Aligns With American Public Opinion on Alabama Immigration Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>By refusing to hear a case on Alabama\u2019s immigration law and letting the lower court decision stand, the Supreme Court\u2019s 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