Arizona files appeal of SB1070 ruling
by Associated Press (July 29th, 2010 @ 1:08pm)

PHOENIX -- Arizona is appealing a federal judge's order that put most of the state's immigration law on hold.

The state's appeal, filed Thursday, asks the Ninth U.. Circuit Court of Appeals to lift U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's preliminary injunction so that all of the law can take effect.

Lawyers for Gov. Jan Brewer also asked that the appeal be considered quickly.

Bolton delayed the most contentious provisions of the law on Wednesday. Those included a section requiring officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws if there's a reasonable suspicion the person is in the United States illegally.

Brewer has said she will fight for the law all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.