The bigotry of Arizona’s Republicans was defeated when The Ninth US Circuit Court of appeals ruled against Jan Brewer’s racist show me your papers law. While the ruling will surely be appealed, at least for now, it’s a victory for human rights against Republican abuse of power.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco refused Monday to let Arizona require its police to demand documentation from suspected illegal immigrants, saying the state is intruding into federal authority and harming U.S. foreign policy.

In a 2-1 ruling, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge’s decision blocking major provisions of a law that sought to inject the state into immigration enforcement. The Obama administration had sued to strike down the law.

State officials indicated they would appeal.

Arizona, which in recent years has seen the nation’s greatest influx of illegal immigrants, argued that the federal government had failed to police borders and needed new forms of state assistance, despite record levels of deportations under President Obama. Conservative legislators in other states, including California, have drafted similar measures… [emphasis added]