DEAD is what Angela Maher is -- struck down in her prime by accused drunken driver
Gloria Schulze.
GONE is what Gloria Schulze is-- allowed to escape by a judicial system that might as well have booked her flight.
Arizona Supreme Court Justice Ruth McGregor announced today that she would leave office and retire at the end of June to spend more time with her family.
McGregor, a 1974 graduate of the Arizona State University College of Law, has a solid reputation in the legal community and a long history of community service. She made the announcement at the end of her State of the Judiciary speech today at the State Capitol.
Her departure comes one year earlier than expected -- she was
Public schools send some disabled kids to private schools -- but parents can't do the same thing with state money, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled today.
The state's high court struck down two voucher programs that intended to give a combined $5 million in taxpayer funds to private schools chosen by parents. Helping disabled kids seems like a "well-intentioned" plan, but there's little problem called the state constitution, writes Justice Michael Ryan (at right).
Justice Stanley Feldman has ruled the Arizona legal scene for years. But now he's gone. And Governor Janet Napolitano has some important decisions to make.
