Fourteenth Amendment

Joe Arpaio's Doomsday: Arpaio Loses ACLU Civil Rights Lawsuit, MCSO Enjoined from Racially Profiling Latinos

U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow just handed the ACLU, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the law firm Covington & Burling, all Latinos and everyone who has strived for justice in Maricopa County a reason to celebrate over the long holiday weekend by ruling against Sheriff Jo ... More >>

Jan Brewer: Ignorant, Irrational, Prevaricating, Self-Serving Bigot

They don't call her "GED Jan" for nothin.' Following U.S. District Court Judge David Campbell's ruling this week in Arizona Dream Act Coalition v. Jan Brewer, Brewer was quick to gloat and mischaracterize Campbell's decision, painting it as a vindication of her prejudiced policy. See also: -Jan B ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Bigoted Policy Denying Driver's Licenses to DREAMers in Federal Judge's Hands

Few public acts by Governor Jan Brewer have been so odious, so hateful and so obviously unfair as her executive order denying driver's licenses to those young men and women, brought here as children, who benefit from President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. See also: -Jan Brewer No ... More >>

Jan Brewer on Blast by DREAMers and CBA in Protest: 3 Arrested

As Governor Jan Brewer addressed the Arizona Legislature in her state of the state speech Monday, protesters took over the state House lobby, demanding that Brewer rescind an executive order denying driver's licenses to Arizona DREAMers who qualify for President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood ... More >>

S.A.N.E. Immigration Initiative Undercut by Bill Montgomery's Nativist Panderings

After Election Day, AZ's Far Right Now Has a Fight on Its Hands

Russell Pearce Thrown Under the Bus by SB 1070 Attorney John Bouma: The Transcript

See also: SB 1070 Slugfest: Will Judge Susan Bolton Block 1070's "Papers Please" Section? See also: SB 1070 Oral Arguments on "Papers Please" Section Scheduled for August 21See also: ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070See also: SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray o ... More >>

SB 1070 Oral Arguments on "Papers Please" Section Scheduled for August 21

See also: ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070 See also: SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray of Hope See also: Russell Pearce's Falsehoods, Inaccuracies and Inventions on Channel 12's Sunday Square-Off See also: Russell Pearce Scores Another Win Against Hispanics, M ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Racial Profiling Trial Ends, and Yes, Joe's Still Guilty as Sin

See also: Joe Arpaio's Racial Profiling Trial Begins, and, Yes, He's Guilty as Sin See also: Joe Arpaio's Taliban, Nativist Steve Camarota, and More Problems for the MCSO See also: Joe Arpaio's (ahem) Legal Scholar Brett "Shut Up" Palmer and Flunky Brian Sands Under Oath As U.S. District Judge G. M ... More >>

ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070

See also: SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray of HopeSee also: SB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds "Papers Please" Section, Invalidates OthersSee also: The Supreme Court's 1070 Ruling Is No Win for Teabaggers As I anticipated in April, when it became clear that the U.S. Supreme Cou ... More >>

The Supreme Court's 1070 Ruling Is No Win for Teabaggers

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 Ruling: States Do Not Have Carte Blanche in Immigration Sphere

If right-wingers such as Arizona's clueless, incompetent Governor Jan Brewer had actually read today's U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Senate Bill 1070, they would not be so quick to issue press releases spinning the court's 5-3 ruling as a victory for xenophobes, or even for the idea of some sort ... More >>

Best Reader Caption for Russell Pearce and a Baby?

On Friday, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce -- who's actually trying to get elected again -- with some baby.After sifting through all the responses -- as usual, some of them more politically correct than others -- we've narrowe ... More >>

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

SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray of Hope

There's one general conclusion I have after reading and re-reading the transcript of Wednesday's oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court over Arizona Senate Bill 1070: Latinos and their allies cannot rely on the federal government or the courts for a long term solution to the overt bigotry ... More >>

Ethnic Studies at TUSD on the Ropes Till Federal Judge Rules

Los Tigres del Norte, apparently not to Judge Kowal's liking...Is there any doubt save in the most muddled of noggins that Arizona's Latino population continues to dwell beneath the bootheel of a hostile political class made up almost entirely of Anglos?Yes, the successful recall of the state's top ... More >>

"Baja Arizona" Supporters Launch Website in Push for Sovereignty From Legislative Lunatics

​A group of southern Arizona residents who are fed up with the "unconstitutional machinations" that go on in the state Legislature are getting organized -- the group recently launched a website to help drum up support for their push to break away from Arizona and form "Baja Arizona," the nation's ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Day of Bigotry, Barbarism and Triumph

Democratic Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford, calling out Pearce as a "dictator"In the end, they all passed out of the state Senate Appropriations Committee, all of state Senate President Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bills, other hate-filled measures offered by his stooges, and cataclysmic proposed l ... More >>

Russell Pearce's "Hate Humanity Tuesday" Targets AHCCCS, ABOR, and the Undocumented (Natch)

Beelzebubba Pearce's Day of Hate, on its way...To twist a line from the Bible's Book of Amos, "Let the hatred roll down like water, and stupidity like a mighty stream." This, because "justice" and "righteousness" are sorely absent in Sand Land.So shall it be in the state Senate Appropriations Commit ... More >>

Russell Pearce Pinatas? Where Can I Buy One?

An excellent idea, if I do say so myself...So where are the Russell Pearce pinatas? Arizona's state Senate President is the most powerful politico in Sand Land, and arguably an even greater foe of Latinos than Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who's been "honored" in pinata form by his opponents on many occasions ... More >>

Russell Pearce's "Anchor Baby" Bills Pulled from Agenda, but Don't Get Your Hopes Up

Don't kid yourselves. Pearce's anti-anchor-baby bills are alive and kickin'The bigoted bills state Senate president Russell Pearce has been pushing to undermine the birthright citizenship provision of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- SB 1308 and 1309 -- have been pulled from the agenda ... More >>

Birther Bill: an Explanation for KPHO and the Associated Press

KPHO: Telling it like it isn't.​It's no secret that state Representative Judy Burgess is hell-bent on making Arizona the laughing stock of the entire country with her "Birther Bill" currently making its way through the state legislature...again. That said, we'd like to take this opportunity to exp ... More >>

Russell Pearce's "Anchor Baby" Bills, John Eastman's Homophobia, Adam Driggs' Political Courage

Pearce, foiled, but only for the moment, on his two 14th Amendment bigot bills...As you likely know by now, state Senate President Russell Pearce's unconstitutional, un-American, immoral, and illegal effort to undermine the birthright citizenship provision of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitut ... More >>

Russell Pearce, Baby-Basher, on Blast Monday with "Thousand Baby Chain"

Does this man hate your baby? Um, only if it's not white...State Senate President Russell Pearce's baby-bashin', anti-14th Amendment legislation will get a hearing Monday, February 7, in the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Pearce's ally, state Senator Ron Gould. Fortunately, the pro-immigrant ... More >>

Recalling Russell Pearce

Russell Pearce's Fantasy Dictatorship, and John Kavanagh as Josephine

Cute couple, eh?Jared Lee Loughner should run for the Arizona state Legislature. He'd feel right at home, particularly amongst the Russell Pearce Republicans, who are so delusional and high on their own supply right now that I'm half expecting to see state Senate President Pearce dressed up as Napol ... More >>

Russell Pearce Recall Paperwork Filed by Anti-Pearce Group

Halina Reed (left) and Somos Republicans' DeeDee Blase: Leading the (first) recall of Russell PearceOn the day that state Senator Russell Pearce's insidious, anti-American, and unconstitutional plot to undermine the birthright citizenship provision of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment was being ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church Unified Democrats and Republicans Over One Thing: Limiting Freedom of Speech

Russell Pearce Scores Partial Win in Bid To Rig Redistricting

Pearce wins a Pyrrhic victory, of sorts The Arizona Supreme Court today handed state Senate President Russell Pearce a partial win in his bid to rig the redistricting process that will affect Sand Land politics for the next 10 years.In an order just issued by Vice Chief Justice Andrew Hurwitz, the c ... More >>

Arizona's Lax Gun Laws Helped Make Tucson's Jared Lee Loughner Possible

Russell Pearce's Problem with the Rule of Law; and Andrei Cherny Contends for Democratic Party Chair

Russell Pearce Wimps Out on D.C. Trip, and Paul Begala Wipes the Floor With Him on CNN

Check out this killer debate, first aired in August on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 between state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, Paul Begala, on the subject of changing the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship provision.The video was recently re-p ... More >>

Fourteenth Amendment Challenged by Racist Wackjobs in D.C.

Pity poor state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce.He couldn't be there for all the fun today in D.C. as a passel of his moonhowlin' racist buds -- including nativist poster-boy Kris Kobach, now Secretary of State from Kansas, Pearce's primary flunky Arizona Representative John Kavanagh, and fell ... 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 >>

Dec. 30 In Blogs: CNN, Medical Marijuana, Steve Aoki, Zungenwurst, and Susan Brock

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Russell Pearce and the Neo-Confederate Cause

democraticunderground The new Republican "neo-Cons," are neo-Confederates, led by Russell Pearce Having recently returned from spending Christmas in my native North Carolina, an obviously older state than the almost-but-not-yet-100-year-old state of Arizona, I was struck by a sense of history ... More >>

Russell Pearce Wants To Rig Redistricting (Surprise, Surprise)

Pearce wants to meddle with the IRC for his own selfish political endsArizona's Independent Redistricting Commission won't be independent if state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce has anything to do with it.Already, Pearce, with the assistance of state House Speaker Kirk Adams, has effectively ... More >>

Russell Pearce and Other Illegal-Immigration Populists Rely on Misleading, Right-Wing Reports to Scapegoat Immigrants and to Terrify Penny-Pinched Americans

Ask a Mexican on Racial Discrimination and Breaking Stuff for Candy

Russell Pearce, Enemy of the U.S. Constitution

Pearce regurgitates a nativist whopper on the "original intent" of the 14th Amendment during an October presser Of all the grotesque lies spewed by the nativist right in its effort to undo birthright citizenship as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the most odious is ... More >>

Russell Pearce, Bad Mormon? At Least According To the Utah Compact

Looks like Pearce opposes his own church on immigration... When I first began reporting on immigration and Sand Land politics several years ago, I was under the mistaken impression -- because I'd never lived in an area so heavily influenced by the LDS before -- that most Mormons were like neo- ... More >>

Russell Pearce's "Tea Party Senate" and the Report on Tea Party Nationalism

from teapartynationalism.comWant a preview of Pearce's "Tea Party Senate"? Check out IREHR's reportWhat are we to make of neo-Nazi-huggin' state Senator Russell Pearce's declaration that under his rule as majority leader, Arizona's upper house will be "the Tea Party Senate"?Look no further than the ... More >>

Russell Pearce Freaks Out When Confronted by DREAM Activists

Pearce goes ballistic when he's confronted by some of those he's victimizedCheck out this priceless video, a link to which was sent to me by Carmen Cornejo, executive director of CADENA, an Arizona group of professors and professionals who lobby for the DREAM Act. That's the proposed legislation tha ... More >>

Did Russell Pearce Prevaricate To Become Senate President?

I've written on numerous occasions about state Senator Russell Pearce's ongoing battle with the truth, whether it's denying his past friendship with neo-Nazi J.T. Ready, or spewing false stats about illegal immigrants. But misleading his fellow Senate Republicans? That's the implication ... More >>

Russell Pearce, Corrupt Bigot, Elected Arizona Senate President

Something wicked this way comes...If you thought Senate Bill 1070 was bad, there's far worse on the way. That's because Senate Republicans have picked a new president: 1070 "author," state Senator Russell Pearce, Arizona's Pope of Prejudice. Pearce figures Governor Jan Brewer "owes" him for sav ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Unconstitutional, Un-American Attack on U.S. Citizen Children

Russell Pearce, defiling Old Glory in this picture, and spitting on the U.S. Constitution in generalSo was anyone surprised by neo-Nazi-hugging state Senator Russell Pearce's press conference yesterday announcing that he'll be targeting U.S. citizen children in a racist attempt to undermine the U.S. ... More >>

Montgomery Is Arpaio's Tool, Thomas Kisses the Mat, and More in This Primary Roundup

Regarding Birthright Citizenship, What Is It About the U.S. Constitution That Nativists Don't Understand?