The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an immigrant convicted of a second minor drug offense, such as possessing one tablet of an anti-anxiety drug without a prescription, cannot be subject to automatic deportation. "This is another in a line of cases in which the Supreme Court is pushing back against the harsh consequences of the 1996 immigration law," said Peter Spiro, a professor at Temple's Beasley School of Law. "They are giving very clear cues they want this law defined more narrowly."