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The attorney general, major cases, rulings, and constitutional fights.
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Destroying a public record after a member of the public requests it should land government agencies in legal trouble, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled today. Matthew Abraham, a former English professor at the University of Arizona, sued the Arizona Board of Regents after the university denied access to a list of...
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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court Friday struck down the Trump administration’s policy to quickly send noncitizens to countries they are not from, finding that immigrants must have an opportunity to challenge their removal if they fear for their safety. The decision largely upheld a Boston federal judge’s...
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge told the Trump administration Friday a case against the Department of Justice’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is “still alive and kicking.” The administration sought to dismiss the case brought against President Donald Trump’s negotiated settlement terms to drop his $10 billion...
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Arizona raced to the Supreme Court to stop a federal receivership of prison healthcare set for Oct. 19, arguing progress and state sovereignty while conceding current shortfalls. A ruling on the emergency request has not been scheduled.
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WASHINGTON — A coalition of civil rights groups and union organizations Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent the deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling locations during November’s midterm elections. The suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is the...
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Attorneys for Arizona’s prison system ran to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to make one last plea to delay a court-ordered takeover of its healthcare system. A federal district court judge and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals already denied the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and...
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U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver ordered an overhaul in 2023 to correct what she determined were constitutional deficiencies. The post Arizona asks Supreme Court to block prison health takeover first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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PHOENIX – After the WNBA returned from the FIBA World Cup with the U.S. winning gold, Phoenix Mercury rookies had a chance to find their voices. Shay Ciezki and Kara Dunn are eager to apply what they’ve learned to the court, hoping to see more playing time in the final stretch of the season.
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Kris Mayes wants to be many things. The governor. The center of attention. A policymaker. But she is none of those. As Attorney General, her role is limited. She was elected to enforce the law, not make it. The post Kris Mayes’ call for a data center moratorium is wrong and anti-American first appeared on Arizona...
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The Trump administration will comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s order this week blocking new restrictions on mail voting for this year’s elections, but President Donald Trump was right to attack the ruling, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said during a wide-ranging White House press conference Tuesday....
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MESA – Suns’ Dillon Brooks is known for his villain persona on the court, but off of it, he takes pride in giving back to the community and youth. He hosted a basketball camp in Mesa for kids ages 6-16.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday kept in place a lower court’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s embattled plan to place new restrictions on mail ballots for this year’s midterm elections. The unsigned, one-paragraph order upheld a Massachusetts federal court’s injunction on a U.S. Postal Service rule until...
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The Arizona Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a 2024 law that punishes immigrants who cross the state’s southern border with jail time, rejecting a lawsuit that argued it violates the Arizona Constitution because it failed to take into account how much it would cost the state. Living United for Change in Arizona,...
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WASHINGTON — Latino advocacy groups and voting rights organizations Thursday filed a suit in federal court challenging the Trump administration’s policy of allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to enter polling locations in certain circumstances to conduct immigration enforcement during the...
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The Democratic-led states and voting rights groups suing to block enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting warned in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday the policy would have disastrous consequences for the upcoming midterm elections if it is allowed to move...
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The hotly contested U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting usurps Congress’ authority, as well as states’ power to administer elections, more than 250 current and former members of Congress said in a filing to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. All 47 members of the U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus, 199...
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The chief regulatory officer for the nation’s largest prediction market may soon have to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that the emerging industry is fundamentally different from sportsbooks in a high-stakes legal battle between the states and the federal government. The post Kalshi’s general counsel looks to...
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A U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting, like the executive order from President Donald Trump that spurred it, is unconstitutional, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said in a Friday order extending a freeze on the policy. The Trump administration quickly appealed the order to the 1st U.S. Circuit...
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WASHINGTON — For years, Jose Palma has advocated for immigrants with Temporary Protected Status who hail from countries deemed too unstable for return. But as the Trump administration has stripped those humanitarian protections for nearly a million people, the Salvadoran national is uncertain if his own legal...
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The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a lower court and allow it to enforce a U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting. The trial judge, Indira Talwani of the U.S. District of Massachusetts, prejudged the rule before it was final when she issued a temporary...
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WASHINGTON— More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant youth remain at risk of losing their legal representation, one month after the Trump administration ended a federal contract with an organization that provided legal services to migrant children, advocates and attorneys said Tuesday. Most of those children who...
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