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Supreme Court Strikes Down Proof-of-Citizenship Provision in Proposition 200

An Arizona law requiring people provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections is unconstitutional, says the U.S. Supreme Court.Even after being recalled from office, ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce is still losing, as Pearce takes credit for authoring Propositio ... More >>

U.S. Court of Appeals Decision Favors Tohono O'odham Nation but Requires Feds to Better Explain Decision to Approve West Valley Reservation

If you're keeping score in the Tohono O'odham Nation's epic -- and seemingly endless -- battle against state and local officials to build a resort-style casino in the West Valley, chalk up another point for the Nation. The Nation unveiled in 2009 plans to build the West Valley Resort and Casino ne ... More >>

Trent Franks, Arizona Congressman, Expected to Propose Law -- Again -- to Block Tohono O'odham Nation's Plans for West Valley Casino

Arizona Congressman Trent Franks is expected to introduce another bill aimed at blocking the Tohono O'odham Nation from building a West Valley casino. Congressional insiders say it may happen this week. See also: Tohono O'odham Nation Continues Defending Plans for West Valley Casino See also: W ... More >>

Debra Milke's Overturned Conviction for Killing Son in '89 to be Appealed by AZ Attorney General Tom Horne

Debra Milke, on Death Row since her 1990 conviction for conspiring to have her 4-year-old son killed in 1989, won't be released from prison anytime soon. The federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Milke's conviction yesterday, raising the possibility that she could be set free in 30 days ... More >>

SB 1070's "Papers Please" Section Can Go Into Effect, Judge Rules

See also: The Supreme Court's 1070 Ruling Is No Win for Teabaggers 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 21 See also: ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Port ... More >>

Federal Judge Upholds 20-Week Abortion Ban; Actually Cites Suspect Fetal-Pain Evidence

See also: ACLU Trying to Stop 20-Week Abortion Ban; Says "No Court Has Ever Upheld" Such a Law A federal judge ruled that the Arizona law banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy will be allowed to go into effect as scheduled on Thursday. The ACLU of Arizona and the Center for Reproductive Ri ... 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 >>

Arizona's Voter-ID Law Gets Temporary Pass From U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy

In April, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a portion of Arizona's voter-approved voter-ID law, intended to keep non-citizens from voting.Because of that ruling, Arizona was supposed to stop enforcing the law.But a new order by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy permits the ... More >>

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

SB 1070: Two More Sections Enjoined by Judge Susan R. Bolton

With oral arguments scheduled to take place April 25 before the U.S. Supreme Court on Arizona's breathing-while-brown statute Senate Bill 1070, Arizona District Court Judge Susan R. Bolton today enjoined two sections of the law she had not previously put on hold in 2010, when she stymied the mo ... 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 >>

Sheriff Arpaio's Lawyer Chided by Ninth Circuit Court Judge Over Failure to do Homework in New Times Case; Panel Focused on Questions of Arpaio, Thomas Immunity

Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, wasn't thrilled to hear that Sheriff Arpaio's lawyer didn't do her homework.​A U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judge ripped Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawyer for her lack of preparation for today's hearing in New ... More >>

Ninth Circuit Court to Hear New Times Vs. Sheriff Arpaio Case on Wednesday

Image: Tony BleiMichael Lacey, Village Voice Media executive editor, was surrounded by reporters after his early-morning release from jail in October of 2007. Former County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced hours later that the arrests and preceding investigation had been a mistake.​Tomorrow, the U ... More >>

The Associated Press Flubs SB1070 Protester Story

Morning Poll: Should Arizona Take SB1070 to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Governor Jan Brewer is appealing SB1070 to the U.S. Supreme Court.​ After a U.S. District Court judge stripped key provisions out of Arizona's SB1070 law, Governor Jan Brewer appealed. Like the district court, the Ninth Circuit Court found unconstitutional the parts of the law that a ... More >>

Governor Jan Brewer Appeals SB 1070 Case to Supreme Court

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer wants to take SB1070 all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.​ Governor Jan Brewer wants to the U.S. Supreme Court to take a look at Arizona's contested immigration law, SB1070, following the law's shoot-downs in lower courts. "I am hopeful that the U.S. Supreme Cour ... More >>

Child Killer Jim Styers' Conviction Upheld Yet Again in Milke Murder Case

We wrote a blog item earlier today about the parallels of the Casey Anthony and Deborah Milke child-murder cases, and mentioned the name of little Chris Milke's actual killer, "Smiling" Jim Styers, child killerVietnam vet James Lynn Styers.   Didn't take but a few minutes before someone ... More >>

Kid-Killing Child Molester Richard Bible to be Executed Today

Arizona Department of CorrectionsKid-killing child molester Richard Bible is scheduled to die at 11 a.m.​Tick-tock...Kid-killing child molester Richard Bible is set to be put to death in just hours for the 1988 murder of a 9-year-old girl.Richard Bible is set to die at 11 a.m. after losing all of ... More >>

Morning Poll: Are Cross-Gender Jail Pat-Downs Unconstitutional?

www.news.cnet.com​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office experienced another newspaper to the nose yesterday when the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case where a lower court ruled against it in a lawsuit regarding cross-gender jail pat-downs.For many heterosexual, male inmates, a fem ... More >>

Obama Adminstration Wants Illegal Immigrants to Vote, Says Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne

Tom Horne, Arizona's attorney general, is defending a law that requires proof of citizenship to be presented in order to register to vote.​ President Obama's hoping to secure votes from illegal immigrants by fighting an Arizona law that requires proof of citizenship at the polls, says Arizon ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Signs Off on Ban Amnesty Now's Voter Suppression Efforts?

Kris Kobach? That's some "impartial" source you got there, SeanThe paranoia has been reaching a fever-pitch both in and over an e-mail recently sent out by the local nativist organization Ban Amnesty Now, which claims that "illegals" are looking to steal the upcoming midterm elections. The e-ma ... More >>

Janet Napolitano Rumored to be on Short List to Replace Retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens

www.cushawnb2009.com Can you guess how we know Janet Napolitano's from Arizona?​ Justice Janet?! With the announcement that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling it a career, there is no shortage of rumors as to who will replace him.One name swirling around the rumor mill is ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Denied Again in Review of Spanish-Language DUI Courts

When choosing an Andy Thomas photo, you always gotta go mustache.​Whether spoken in Spanish or English, the answer to Andy Thomas' request to have the ruling in his Spanish DUI Court lawsuit reviewed is the same: NO!On Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused Thomas' requ ... More >>

Hot Links: Abortion Bills, Torture Murders, and Hunger Strikes

​Planned Parenthood and the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights have sued to block the enactment of House Bill 2564 and Senate Bill 1175, which would enforce new laws in Arizona that impose restrictions on abortions. Among the restrictions would be a mandatory 24-hour waiting period to g ... More >>

Strip-Searches of Male Prisoners by Female Guards OK'd by 9th Circuit Court; Maricopa County Jail Inmate Sued

Image: Arizona Department of CorrectionsCharles Byrd A former Maricopa County jail inmate who was stripped to his underwear and felt up by a female guard-in-training during a search did not have his rights violated, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. Charles Byrd, who was convicted of ... More >>

Lawyers for Inmates in County Jail Conditions Lawsuit Seek $1.4 Million in Fees; Jail Problems Improving, Says Lawyer

Lawyers in a major lawsuit that sought better conditions for Maricopa County Jail inmates want the county to reimburse their $1.4 million in fees since a judge ruled in their favor. In October, U.S. District Court Judge Neil Wake ordered the county to allow pretrial inmates to take th ... More >>

County Supervisors Want Input From Andrew Thomas on Sheriff Arpaio's Segregation of Undocumented Inmates

First, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors strips County Attorney Andrew Thomas of the right to handle civil litigation for the county, causing Thomas to sue the board. Now, the five-member board wants to bring Thomas in to a special meeting on Monday to get his advice on -- you guessed i ... More >>

Court Gives Green Light to Bashas' Defamation Lawsuit Against UFCW Local 99

Sheriff Joe's Nick Tarr-baby: Joe Arizona plots his revenge.

Back to the Future

The past is catching up with the Vietnamese son of a black American soldier

Reconstruction Ring

Death Wish

Pending court ruling delays Robert Comer's fate

Beer Swilling Lugs

The Spike fails to find salvation in either God or Guinness

Flashes 08-03-2000

Undoing Time, They're Baaaaaack, Double Your Pleasure, and Me and Julio

Feds Will Retry Symington on Criminal Counts, Sources Say

Slippery Chute

Gay bathhouse escapes city sex-club ban

Paradise Lost

Does Fife Symington have the guts to finally 'fess up?

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Moral Sex

City Hall Puritans crack down on sex businesses. Expect the courts to decide if the new laws are constitutional.

Crusty Crackdown

Tempe City Council primed to pass new "sidewalk squatting" law

Letters

All Abort!

Pro-life group battles city on bus ads

Anti-Peace Pipes

Traditional Hopi are resisting a new sewer system in an old village, saying it violates federal law--and blocks spiritual communication that could doom the planet

Government by Litigation

Increasingly, public officials ignore laws they're paid to uphold. Citizens and interest groups regularly drag these same bureaucrats into court, trying to ensure that the laws of the land are enforced. But now even the courts, once bastions of authority,

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Closed Door Policy

A Chilean national's struggle against deportation raises fundamental questions about the constitutional rights of immigrants

Can Arizona Throw Away the Key?

Washington state official foresees difficult days for Arizona's new "sexual predators" law

Lives Overturned

After an eight-year struggle, Darlene Span succeeds where Alan Dershowitz failed