How will Supremes' ruling on Arizona Law affect Florida?

Rick Scott promised voters in 2010 he would bring an Arizona-style law to Florida.

Not only that, he used the law as a way to win the support of conservatives who didn't know the first-time politician very well, pounding his Republican primary opponent Bill McCollum on the issue.

Two legislative sessions behind him, Scott hasn't just failed to pass an Arizona law. He's stopped talking about the state's need for one.

He could have broken his silence when the Supreme Court ruled parts of the law unconstitutional but upheld the central requirement calling on officers to check the status of people they suspect are illegal aliens.

But he didn't. Not long after the court announced its ruling, Scott used talking points to reporters that echoed his explanation of a shift on another key campaign issue, implementing a statewide E-Verify system.

"I haven't seen that decision," Scott said at a news conference on June 25, 2012. "I still believe the federal government ought to secure our borders. They ought to have a national immigration policy and take responsibility for this. I think the states have had to respond because the federal government hasn't. We need to have an immigration policy that Americans understand, and those who want to come to our country understand ... Our Florida businesses and American business is at a serious disadvantage because we don't have a well-defined work visa plan that makes sense."

Back in 2010, Scott hammered McCollum, then Florida's attorney general, for his evolving stance on the Arizona law, SB 1070, during the campaign.

At first McCollum called the law "far out." Then he said he liked it with an amendment that prevented racial profiling, though he said Florida didn't need it.

In July 2010, McCollum joined seven states opposing the federal government's lawsuit against the Arizona law. Weeks before the primary, McCollum touted a draft of the law that he wanted applied in Florida, which prompted Scott's campaign to call him a flip-flopper.

Scott hasn't said much on the state's need for an Arizona law since the Legislature failed to pass a last-minute attempt during the 2011 session.

The Supreme Court struck down portions of the Arizona law that made it a state crime to be in the country without authorization and for an illegal immigrant to seek work without authorization. Siding with the Obama administration, the court agreed these parts intruded on federal authority.

"Arizona may have understandable frustrations with the problems caused by illegal immigration but the state may not pursue policies that undermine federal law," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy for the majority.

We already rated this Promise Broken. The chances for this to be somehow resurrected are even slimmer now, especially considering Scott's comments that call for a federal solution.

It remains Promise Broken.