Conservatives need to read the legal review at Legal Insurrection. Thoughtful and, sadly, accurate.

Arizona Law Upheld In Part - Order and Analysis Here (Update: Strikes Most Key Provisions)

. . . . The decision has to be viewed as a near complete victory for opponents of the law, as it restricts the state from routine and compulsory checks of immigration status as a matter of legislative mandate.

The decision would not, as I read it, prevent police from checking immigration status in a particular case, but would prevent a statewide system to do so.

The result of the decision will be to have a chilling effect on law enforcement officers who, in the absense of the law, would have checked immigration status based on reasonable suspicion anyway. Enforcement of immigration laws in Arizona, as a result of the decision, will be even more difficult than prior to S.B. 1070. . . .

Editor's notes: as conservatives, we must never be afraid to admit [temporary] defeat. And that is what we are doing here, in this article. The Court's decision, actually determined yesterday, but revealed today, was against the State's case. Legal Insurrection is a great site. We have only just recently featured it in our blogroll. click on the linked headline above. The analysis worth the read. -- jds.