New York TimesJuly 30, 2010
One day before Arizona's new tough immigration law was supposed to go into effect, a federal judge temporarily blocked some of its controversial provisions.
Some aspects of the law will be carried out on schedule. But Judge Susan Bolton of Federal District Court in Phoenix issued a preliminary injunction against sections that required immigrants to carry papers with them at all times and that called for the police to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws. She also delayed the part of the law that made it illegal for undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places.
Her decision will be appealed, and is only one step on a long road that may end up in the Supreme Court. What is the significance of the judge's decision, legally and politically?
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