9th Circuit upholds stay blocking Arizona’s immigration law

KFYI: A federal appeals court is refusing to lift a stay blocking major parts of a tough Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants from taking effect. | United States v. Brewer, No. 10-16645 (9th Cir. April 11, 2011)(Before Arizona’s new immigration law went into effect, the United States sued the State of Arizona in federal District court alleging that S.B. 1070 violated the Supremacy Clause on the grounds that it was preempted by the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), and that it violated the Commerce
Clause. )