June 30, 2010

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to a 2007 Arizona Immigration Law

by Debra Cassens Weiss
ABA Journal

A lot of press accounts have focused on the constitutionality of Arizona’s new law requiring police to seek proof of a person’s immigration status if they have a reasonable suspicion the person is in the country illegally.

But a different immigration law designed to combat illegal immigration in Arizona is back in the news now that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pre-emption challenge to the measure. The court granted cert Monday, according to stories by the Associated Press, the Christian Science Monitor, the Arizona Republic and SCOTUSblog.

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