Arizona appeals immigration law ruling to Supreme Court
[JURIST] The state of Arizona on Wednesday filed a petition for writ of certiorari [text, PDF] with the US Supreme Court [official website] seeking to overturn a lower court decision enjoining four provisions of Arizona’s controversial immigration law [SB 1070 materials; JURIST news archive]. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] upheld [opinion, PDF] an injunction in April before the law ever took effect, and Arizona is now asking the high court to address whether the…