December 13- On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether Arizona’s restrictive immigration law passed last year is preempted by Federal immigration laws.   The case, Arizona v. United States, will decide whether Federal immigration laws preclude Arizona’s law, S.B. 1070, that required local law enforcement to try to determine someone’s immigration status who was stopped or detained, if they believed the individual might be in the country unlawfully, and allowed the warrantless arrest of anyone who police has probably cause to believe might have violated laws that would make them deportable.   The Arizona law also made it a state crime to be in the U.S. illegally and made it illegal to seek work or be working when not authorized.

The  9th Circuit Court of Appeals had blocked part, but not all of the law.   To read the 9th Circuit opinion and the briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, follow this link: http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/arizona-v-united-states/