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The attorney general, major cases, rulings, and constitutional fights.
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A federal judge in Maryland Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s second attempt to redefine birthright citizenship. In a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman barred the Trump administration from carrying out the president’s executive order that would deny citizenship to babies born in...
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The U.S. Postal Service rushed the development of electronic tools to comply with a Trump administration policy placing new restrictions on mail-in voting, and defied a court order to stop work on the system, according to an explosive whistleblower complaint published Tuesday by Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard...
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A federal judge in Texas on Sunday paused a lawsuit seeking to revoke nationwide approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, saying the case won’t be heard until at least Dec. 1 and granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s request for a stay to continue its safety review of the drug. The Republican...
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Gov. Katie Hobbs says she won't disclose who is helping to fund the legal costs she has incurred in investigations of her. The post Hobbs keeps legal donors under wraps amid ‘pay-to-play’ probe first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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House Speaker Steve Montenegro says the Attorney General’s Sunshine investigation left key evidence unexplained. He isn’t the only one asking questions.
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Just because a new home might look into a neighbor’s backyard or block a scenic view doesn’t mean it violates state law, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled. The post Appeals court limits what homebuilding constitutes a ‘nuisance’ first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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A federal judge’s order blocking Arizona from prosecuting online prediction market company Kalshi for violating the state’s gambling laws is living on borrowed time after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that gambling on sporting events is not protected by the federal law that otherwise allows prediction...
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration is appealing a federal judge’s temporary pause on a U.S. Postal Service regulation that places new restrictions on mail-in voting, according to a Friday court filing. The administration is headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to try to halt...
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In legal papers filed in federal court, the Department of Justice says the policy, approved by Arizona voters in 2022, violates a 1998 federal law. The post Trump sues Arizona over Dreamers’ in-state tuition first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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Arizona voters in 2022 approved Proposition 308, which reversed a law voters had enshrined 16 years earlier that explicitly forbade non-citizens from receiving state subsidized help, including financial aid or in-state tuition rates. The new law allows any student, regardless of their immigration status, to qualify...
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington over laws that allow immigrants in the country without legal status to pay in-state college tuition in the states where they live. President Donald Trump’s administration has now sued 21 states over such laws,...
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Democrat-led states and voting rights groups re-filed lawsuits Wednesday to block the Trump administration from executing a new regulation to restrict mail-in voting, while a federal judge lifted a nationwide pause on the policy in line with this week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that handed the administration a...
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a procedural victory to President Donald Trump on an executive order to curb mail-in voting, but the administration is still fighting a separate ruling that limits a portion of the order and remains in effect — complicating the administration’s temporary win. In...
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A federal court ruling out of Idaho has potential implications for exceptions in abortion bans nationwide and could eventually end up before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled earlier this month that the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides a narrow right for a...
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump can continue building a White House ballroom for now, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, reversing a federal judge’s order that barred above-ground construction on the grounds of the former East Wing. The one-page order from Chief Justice John Roberts allows the justices more...
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Instead of facing fines or jail for low-level offenses, unhoused people can work with public defenders and case managers to secure housing, access services and resolve their cases.
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A North Carolina judge is deciding whether the former senator can be sued there over her affair with a married bodyguard
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A North Carolina judge is deciding whether the former senator can be sued there over her affair with a married bodyguard
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A federal judge in the District of Columbia issued an order Wednesday blocking U.S. Health and Human Services from implementing sweeping changes to grants under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program while a lawsuit proceeds, but dozens of existing grants that were canceled this summer will remain so for now, unless...
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WASHINGTON — Historic preservationists asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to deny President Donald Trump’s appeal to continue construction on his $400 million White House ballroom on the grounds of the demolished East Wing. In response to Trump’s application to the high court, the National Trust for Historic...
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Giles said his views on the issue were affected by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2022 that overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion. The post Giles defends abortion vote, says he’s still ‘pro-life’ first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has disqualified the Pinal County Attorney’s Office and the Pinal County Superior Court from trying a high-profile capital murder case plagued by legal scandal. Judge Patricia Starr issued her order Aug. 12. It’s still unclear which county will prosecute the case and where it...
