The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld a lower court judgment blocking bans on masks in public schools, ruling that the measure and other Republican-passed state laws are unconstitutional. Tuesday’s ruling came less than two hours after the seven justices heard arguments in the state’s appeal of a trial court judge’s ruling. The justices had hammered Solicitor General Beau Roysden with questions about the Republican-controlled Legislature’s inclusion of such measures in unrelated budget bills. The state’s high court upheld a sweeping ruling from Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper on Sept. 28, that found that the laws banning school mask mandates and other Republican-passed Arizona laws that block local governments from imposing COVID-19 requirements, violated the state constitution. Cooper’s ruling in September effectively cleared the way for Arizona cities and counties to impose mask mandates. At least 29 public school districts had defied the laws and enacted their …