Clarence Thomas

SB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds "Papers Please" Section, Invalidates Others

SCOTUSBlog.com is reporting that Section 2(b) of Arizona's immigration law, Senate Bill 1070, has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court as not pre-empted by federal immigration law.Of the court's decision, SCOTISBlog writes, "It was improper for the lower courts to enjoin section 2(b), which require ... More >>

SB 1070: Why Obama Is Partly to Blame for the Racist Bill

Kyrsten Sinema's Hilary Rosen Moment, and Her Persistent Verbal Flubbery

Sinema's statement on Iran starts 2:48 in, her comments on health care at around 6:03The flap over center-left talking head Hilary Rosen and her perceived insult of Mitt Romney's wife Ann offers a perfect example of how mere verbal flubs can offer ammunition to right-wingers in the highly-charged pa ... More >>

Russell Pearce in a Pantsuit? Susana Martinez, Much More Than That

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez: Not as easily dismissed as the Dems would likeYou may have read of New Mexico's newly-elected Republican Governor Susana Martinez's executive order rescinding what she's referred to as that state's "sanctuary status," and ordering state police to inquire into the ... More >>

Russell Pearce Buffaloes CNN with Nativist Bull on 14th Amendment

I wish that when CNN news anchors have on a practiced prevaricator like state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce to discuss something as specific as the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship, they would at least read up on the subject. Or failing that, have a Constitutional expert ... More >>

Sandra Day O'Connor Still on Supreme Court? Many Americans Seem to Think So, Survey Claims

Sandra Day O'Connor: No longer a Supreme Court justice (write that down, America).​If you think former Supreme Court Justice -- and Arizona native -- Sandra Day O'Connor is still a member of the U.S. Supreme Court, you're not alone but you're wrong -- she retired from the bench in 2006. Don't feel ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror Becomes State Policy, Thanks to State Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer

J.D. Hayworth's PR Honcho, Jason Rose, Leaves Campaign Over Contract Dispute

​Jason Rose, the high-powered public relations guru, who's handled everyone from Joe Arpaio to Phil Gordon, is jumping ship on the J.D. Hayworth Senate campaign because Hayworth has failed to enter a contract with Rose's firm.Rose tells New Times that his firm began working for Hayworth without a ... More >>

About John McCain's Lame Rejection of Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court...

Check out Arizona Senator John McCain's stated reasons for his pending no-vote against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. ​ One word that comes to mind is hypocrisy. Here's part of what the defeated 2008 presidential candidate (that's him in the infamous debate photo) on t ... More >>

Underwear the Safest Place for Students to Hide Contraband, Says Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

The U.S. Supreme Court decision to declare a strip-search of an Arizona student unconstitutional also "announces the safest place to secrete contraband at school," says Justice Clarence Thomas. Just stick those drugs in your skivvies. Don't you love when a government official makes things clear f ... More >>

Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor Called Racist by the Racists

Sonia Sotomayor, a racist? Riiiiiight.... You know it's taken a turn for the surreal when an obnoxious lout like William Gheen is calling you a racist. Gheen is a nasty piece of work, the founder of the extremist nativist Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, which is headquartered in Rale ... More >>

Janet Napolitano’s Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security Secretary

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 30, 2008

Wing-nutty Hobbit lady Anna Gaines attempts recall of Mayor Phil Gordon.

Border Patrol checkpoints near Yuma nab hordes of pot users headed back from the beach

Theater Scene

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Theater Scene

What's running now

Donkey Kong

After looking like political asses in the '90s, Arizona Democrats have the money, moderation and 800-pound gorilla to kick some pachyderm tail

Mine Kampf

A female ironworker fights abuse

Dangerous Mind

Imagine Joe Arpaio as a dewy intellectual, and you've got County Attorney wanna-be Andy Thomas

The Merry Revolutionary

Clint Bolick is trying to change the world, one lawsuit at at time.

Spiked

The legal community is abuzz about who will be Arizona's next Supreme Court justice.

Blow Up the Box

TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched . . . and watched

Demean Machine

Owner of health-food chain accused of disparaging female employees

No, No, Janet

Tom and Janet's Excellent AG Venture

Tom McGovern and Janet Napolitano are running close in a cordial race for attorney general. But somebody has to win.

The Clash of '98

John Kaites and Tom McGovern — John McCain's and Grant Woods' hand-picked candidates for attorney general — are duking it out like schoolboys, while the Dems' Janet Napolitano goes to school on them

She Is Woman, Hear Me Snore

A . . . My Name Is Still Alice doesn't belong here anymore

Hee-Haw Politics

Clinton won, Fife lost, and now state Dems have high hopes for '98. But they're in for a wild-ass ride

Long May He Serve

MisJudged

U.S. District Court Judge Carl Muecke ruled on the letter of the law, but his liberal views and tough courtroom style made him the judge that conservatives love to hate

Flashes

Rioters' Cramp

RECORDINGS

POLS TO THE WALL

CHARLES, NOT IN CHARGE

THE REAL DAVID BROCK. YECCH.

FOR DECONCINI, POLITICS WAS AN ENRICHING EXPERIENCE

Right Time for Sargent?

Look out, McCain. There's a woman after you.

Mecham's Loyal Readers

They still haven't gotten Ev's newspaper, but they subscribe to him anyway

O'CONNOR'S COURAGE

ROCKING THE BOATFOUR BLACK WOMEN CHALLENGE WHAT THEY SAY IS RACISM AND SEXISM AT DES WHEN GLORIA MITCHELL came to Arizona in 1961, the young mother figured she'd finally escaped the poison in her hometown of Goldsboro, North Carolina. In Arizona, no one w