Sandra Day O'Connor

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 >>

Joe Arpaio Protesters Released From Custody

See Also: Joe Arpaio Protesters Arrested During Public DemonstrationThe four people claiming to be undocumented immigrants who were arrested Tuesday during a civil-disobedience protest against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio have been released from jail. While Arpaio was on the witness stand in ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Protesters Arrested During Public Demonstration

See Also: Puente's "Undocubus" Set to Travel to Democratic National ConventionSee Also: Joe Arpaio Looks Like Tired, Old, Racist on Stand During Racial-Profiling Trial As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was defending himself from racial-profiling allegations in federal court today, four p ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Racial-Profiling Trial Draws Protestors' Calls for Justice on Opening Day

Dozens of protestors converged on the Sandra Day O'Connor federal courthouse today to monitor the opening proceedings of the ACLU's racial-profiling lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office.Melendres v. Arpaio, filed about four years ago, is a class-action lawsuit that includes plaintiffs a ... More >>

Cathi Herrod Got This Many People to Listen to Her and the Religulous Gang Complain About Contraception

Phoenix's more religulous politicians and individuals gathered outside the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Building in Phoenix today to complain about a real burning issue -- women not getting pregnant.

SB 1070 Protest March Led by Puente Starts at 3p.m.

It's like 2010 all over again, with the Phoenix-based civil rights group Puente leading an anti-SB 1070 protest with a "march route [that] exposes collaborators in Arpaio's human rights crisis."As you can see on the map, the demonstration begins at 3p.m. at Phoenix's Civic Space Park, 424 N. Central ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Lawyer Tim Casey: His Firm Earns $735K So Far Defending Racial Profiling Lawsuit

Two weeks ago, I reported on a hearing before U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow in the ACLU's big racial-profiling lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Melendres v. Arpaio. During that hearing, Snow scheduled the seven-day trial to begin on July 19.After the hearing, outside the Sandra Day O'C ... More >>

Brian Weymouth Lawsuit of the Day: This One Against The State Liquor Department and Company

We are loathe to spend much more time on the legal doings of Paradise Valley businessman Brian Weymouth, at least until things move forward in the pending major felony criminal case against him.   ​Hell, we just published a cover story on the guy, describing how he alleg ... More >>

Brian Weymouth (Subject of Our Last Cover Story) Files Lawsuit Against A Bunch Of Folks

Brian Weymouth, a Paradise Valley businessman now facing major felony charges, has filed a civil lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against several county officials and a former business partner. Brian Weymouth, who definitely prefers this photo better to his mugshot. ... More >>

Businessman Brian Weymouth Gets on the Wrong Side of His Celebrity Partners

Sidebar: Fantasy Voter Fraud

Joe Arpaio, Russell Pearce and Jan Brewer's Arizona: Hate Crime Stats Climb

democraticunderground Jan Brewer's new Arizona flag? The FBI stats suggest so... As if you need more proof that Arizona is the "state of hate," look no further than the FBI's recently released hate crime report. From 2008 to 2009, Arizona's number of reported hate crimes increased by more th ... More >>

Neo-Nazi NSM Invades Phoenix November 13: Wanna Do Battle? Why, Send in the Clowns

wikimediacommonsThis is a clown...And so is this, only the one in black is far more ridiculous...A lot of folks have been e-mailing me of late to wonder if I knew that the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement will be back in town on Saturday, November 13, to reprise their performance of last year at ... More >>

Neo-Nazi Arizona: Upcoming White Supremacist Wing-Dings in Sand Land

You guys call this a mosh? I've seen old ladies do betterSand Land continues to serve as the spot to be for neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and plain ol' racist nativists to party down. Just check out the above video for the 2009 Oi Fest, held yearly in Tonopah, Arizona, and sponsored by the loc ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Jails Not Audited, Despite What Arizona Republic Claims

Joe's jails get thumbs up from the feds? When javelinas fly... If you read today's Arizona Republic or watched Fox News last night, you might be under the mistaken impression that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's vast incarceration complex has undergone an audit from the U.S. Marshals Service and ear ... More >>

Stingray Sushi Campaign Ads Are Totally Tasteless

​He denies having anything to do with the gigantic photos of two of his political clients -- Joe Arpaio and Vernon Parker -- hanging on the wall at The Grind, but local public relations trickster Jason Rose is happily taking full credit for Stingray Sushi campaign signs popping up around town.That ... More >>

"POP! Pop Culture in American Indian Art" blends Warhol and Spider-Man with Ceramics and Beadwork

SB 1070 Civil Disobedience, Arrests: The Dennis Gilman Video

Gilman's latest on yesterday's arrestsAs I was locked in SB 1070 legal hell Thursday, eyeballing the two proceedings in front of U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton, I missed a lot of the action outside the Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse in Phoenix where the hearings were taking place.While legal ... More >>

Anti-SB 1070 Protests Announced for All Arizona

Statewide anti-SB 1070 protests begin this week A coalition of activist groups including Somos America, Sal Reza's Puente Movement, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network has just announced that tomorrow they'll be detailing a series of anti-SB 1070 protests and actions that will be o ... 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 >>

Sandra Day O'Connor Says Arizona Has To Prove It's Not a "Biased" State

O'Connor with Reagan back in the day: Now the nativists will probably brand her as a traitorIn an interview with George Stephanopoulos for ABC's Good Morning America, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said that her native Arizona has to "put a good step forward to show that Arizona is ... More >>

Rick Romley Checks Sheriff Joe's Power, the MCSO's Paul Chagolla Gets His Back Up, and U.S. Marshal David Gonzales Scores

Hot Links: Sandra Day O'Connor, Stabbing, and "Gothic Kittens"

​Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will speak in Mesa today to dedicate a new municipal court. The court, located at 250 E. 1st Avenue, is a 97,000 square-foot facility. O'Connor will be joined by Arizona Supreme Court Justice W. Scott Bales...The Arizona Diamonbacks lost last ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Grand Jury Probe Begins, One Witness' Lawyer Expects Investigation to Last "Six Months"

Maricopa County Manager David Smith (left) with his attorney Michael Black, outside the federal courthouse in PhoenixThere was a chill, and dare I say it, a thrill in the air for some, on this winter Wednesday morning, the first day of a federal grand jury looking into criminal abuses of power by Sh ... More >>

"Fluffy Bunny Crew" One of Three Street Gangs Busted by DPS

Department of Public Safety DPS officers taking a "fluffy bunny" into custody during yesterday's gangster roundup.​In the past, criminal street gangs have used names that strike fear in the hearts of their rivals. The Bloods, the Crips, the Jets, the Sharks -- all have an intimidating conno ... More >>

Hot Links: Tempe Town Lake, ASU Downtown, and Salty Dog

​John Jay O'Connor III, husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, has died. O'Connor, 79, died of complications stemming from Alzheimer's Disease on Wednesday. Memorial services will be private...After a pickup truck went into Tempe Town Lake on Wednesday, divers searched the w ... More >>

Claude Lemieux, NHL Hockey Player, to Become U.S. Citizen in Phoenix Ceremony

NHL Player Claude Lemieux, originally from Canada, will become a U.S. citizen in a ceremony this Friday in Phoenix with 99 other immigrants. Lemieux, 43, a Valley resident, is a comeback kid who now plays with the San Jose Sharks after a stint with a People's Republic of China team, the China Shar ... More >>

Arizona State University's Future Arts Research is Shortsighted in Failing to Focus on Phoenix

Saturday's Anti-Arpaio Protest in Multimedia

Jonathan McNamaraZack de la Rocha leads the way during Saturday's parade. See more shots in our slide show. Helmed by Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine, Saturday's parade culminated in thousands demonstrating their values on the steps of the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse. Once ... More >>

Zack de la Rocha, Mesa Strong Beer Festival and Myst's 5 Year Anniversary Over the Weekend

Zack de la Rocha Leads an Army Against Joe Arpaio's Racist Rule: My conservative estimate is that today 3,000 to 4,000 people braved 90 degree weather to march from Steele Indian School Park to the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse in downtown Phoenix to protest Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigratio ... More >>

Zack de la Rocha Leads an Army of Thousands Against Arpaio's Racist Rule

De la Rocha, raging against Arpaio and Janet Napolitano. My conservative estimate is that today 3,000 to 4,000 people braved 90 degree weather to march from Steele Indian School Park to the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse in downtown Phoenix to protest Sheriff Joe Arpaio's imm ... More >>

Light-Rail Stations Ride the Line Between Public Art and Construction Detail

Anna Deavere Smith’s The Arizona Project Spotlights Sandra Day O’Connor and a Generation of Overlooked Women

The Arizona Project

Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman isn’t afraid to step on a few toes as he waltzes into his second term

Savage Love

Testing familial bonds, one nursing home at a time

Siege Mentality

County Attorney Andrew Thomas is attempting to capitalize on a national trend by attacking local judges

Haute Houses

The latest local architectural trend glosses over the desert

Open Borders

Mending Wall illustrates dangers of emigration

Courting Death

U.S. Supreme Court says don't short-change death clients

Best Public Art

Ceiling of the Special Proceedings Courtroom

Judge Knot

JP posse sticks to its guns in decades-long battle to clean up it judicial corral

Blow Up the Box

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

Building History

The new glass-and-steel federal courthouse shatters the image that government structures have to be stodgy

Night & Day

April 29 - May 5, 1999

Red Hot Chile Paperwork

Flashes

Kid Pics for the week

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