# Banished from a state? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 14, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-from-a-state/621873 "2012-05-14T11:48:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-from-a-state/621873/21 "2012-05-14T17:43:28Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Arizona was not “banned from barring illegal immigrants from their state.” I would have to look it up, but I’m pretty sure that Arizona passed a law other than SB 1070 that made it illegal (i.e. a violation of state law) to be an illegal immigrant in Arizona and that it was later overturned due to the Supremacy Clause. ---
**Author:** ![lee77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@lee77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee77)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-from-a-state/621873/22 "2012-05-14T17:44:38Z")
It depends on the state. Some state constitutions prohibit banishment, some do not. I recall when a killer in Florida – who was found guilty by reason of insanity – was released from the state hospital, the judge banished him from the entire state. The man did not contest the order and left the state. In Georgia a couple years ago, a higher court determined a judge could not banish a person from the _entire_ state of Georgia, but could banish a person from all but one county – which amounts to the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-from-a-state/621873/23 "2012-05-14T17:45:40Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Marilyn Manson was banned from Utah and South Carolina. Well, technically he was only banned from performing in venues operated by the state. But it sounds cooler to say he was banned from the whole state. He can still go [door-to-door](http://www.theonion.com/articles/marilyn-manson-now-going-doortodoor-trying-to-shoc,459/). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-from-a-state/621873/24 "2012-05-14T17:46:51Z")
No, that was a provision of SB 1070. Making it illegal to be an illegal immigrant in Arizona is not the same thing as barring illegal immigrants. The latter implies that Arizona prevents illegal immigrants from entering the state. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-from-a-state/621873/25 "2012-05-15T08:00:20Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Marilyn Manson was banned from Utah and South Carolina. Well, technically he was only banned from performing in venues operated by the state. But it sounds cooler to say he was banned from the whole state. And inaccurate. In his recent biography, he says that every one of these ‘bans’ was overturned by a higher court, when they fought them in court. (Sometimes they didn’t bother, if they had no plans to tour in that state again. Or if the publicity from the ‘ban’ was worth more than fighting it.) And there were other, non-state owned venues where he could have performed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banished-from-a-state/621873.md?page=1)