What's going on: Arizona to keep fighting for illegal immigration law

Also: Rangel's ethics hearings; Internet gambling ban reconsidered.

Guillermo Arias / The Associated PressA U.S. border patrol vehicle drives along the U.S.-Mexico border fence near Yuma, Arizona, Wednesday, as seen from the outskirts of San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect, delivering a last-minute victory to opponents of the crackdown. The overall law will still take effect Thursday, but without the provisions that angered opponents, including sections that required officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws.

From NPR:

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says her state will ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to let all of its controversial immigration law take effect, a day after federal judge in Phoenix blocked key parts of the measure.

Brewer called the preliminary injunction a bump in the road. "This is an injunction," she said. "They haven't heard really the merits of the bill. This is just an injunction — a temporary injunction."

Brewer is right. What's next — if the injunction stays in place — is a full court hearing on the merits of the law.

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