Our View: Arizona cities are taking an important stand to uphold a key principle of the state constitution even though they could face withering criticism from lawmakers and their own residents.

State lawmakers are moving to constitutionally protect the right to hunt and fish, a move backers admit is designed to undermine future voter efforts to restrict how that can be done.

Jon Beydler’s “We are a country of laws, not of men” article hits right on. Russell Pearce seems to think he can trample on laws put forth by our Founding Fathers. Yes we are a country of laws and not of men. It just baffles me that these usual Republican conservative elected officials that usually preach very highly of our Founding Fathers and the Constitution now want to ignore it, disagree with it and change it! Even more baffling are the voters who continue to vote for the Russell Pearces of the world. Why is it that people want to vote for politicians that want to trample on people’s civil rights and ignore the laws of land put forth by our Founding Fathers? These politicians need to be voted out because they are out of touch with our laws and do not deserve to represent us.

Recently, the U.S. Senate passed a law on a 93-7 vote that would allow military detention of American citizens suspected of being involved in terrorism.

A perfect summary of the Grand Old Party's relationship with the U.S. Constitution comes from Texas Governor Rick Perry at Mike Huckabee's candidate forum on Fox News last Saturday. Governor Perry claimed as president he could overturn a law passed by Congress by executive order (he can't), and then to show his bona fides on the subject, he pulled out a copy of the Constitution from his breast pocket - displaying it proudly to the national audience.

The Gilbert Constitution Fair is one of the more popular and life-affirming community events in the East Valley each year. But it could soon be spoiled by, of all things, politics.

OUR VIEW: In the years after the American Revolution, an infant nation in the New World seemed perpetually on the verge of collapse. Neither a feeble Congress nor the one-term presidents were able to mediate disputes between the 13 states, and they couldn't pay the country's debts, particularly to war veterans. Such problems have toppled any number of governments over the course of history.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's parliament agreed to a seven-day extension for leaders to complete a draft constitution, after politicians failed to meet a midnight Monday deadline for agreement on the charter.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's parliament agreed to a seven-day extension for leaders to complete a draft constitution, after politicians failed to meet a midnight Monday deadline for agreement on the charter.

The message is simple - perhaps as straightforward a ballot proposition as Arizona voters have seen in years.

It is one of the curiosities of the nation's capital that those who profess the greatest reverence for the Constitution want to mess with it the most.

Tom Patterson, guest commentary

Some state lawmakers want to make the ability to hunt and fish a constitutional right in hopes of keeping their colleagues - and voters - from deciding that people shouldn't be killing certain animals.

OUR VIEW: The Arizona Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that school vouchers violate the state constitution clearly is a setback for the movement to give parents more control over educational options.

At least 26 state legislatures are looking to call a convention under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to propose new amendments, according to a news release issued Tuesday by the Goldwater Institute in Phoenix.

In the blockbuster movie “National Treasure” starring Nicholas Cage, the Declaration of Independence was stolen by good guys to prevent the bad guys from stealing it. That’s Hollywood, but truth be known, it’s been stolen again — that and part of the original Constitution.

President Bush undoubtedly felt he had no choice but to dig in and fight a gathering move in the House and Senate to subpoena several of his top White House aides in connection with the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.

The letter from Don Smith (April 8) is yet another attack on hapless Tribune contributor Jon Beydler, who could do no better than pose a lame analogy comparing auto insurance to a mandate for health insurance. Smith dismisses Beydler’s analogy as “quite foolish.”

The U.S. House of Representatives, as it is periodically wont to do, last week approved by a comfortable 286-130 margin a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow Congress to outlaw flag burning as a form of political protest.

Identity theft is sweeping the country, and Arizona seems to be the epicenter. The criminal justice system must be doing everything possible — within the Constitution — to counter this crime wave that is destroying people’s finances and reputations.

About this time 221 years ago, 42 delegates gathered behind locked, guarded doors to complete a document they spent four months creating: The U.S. Constitution. They had convened, under rule of secrecy, to hammer out a framework for a new government, and evidence shows they realized the importance of the work at hand.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's Governing Council signed a landmark interim constitution Monday after resolving a political impasse sparked by objections from the country's most powerful cleric. The signing was a key step in U.S. plans to hand over power to the Iraqis by July 1.

Injured workers can’t be denied benefits even if they were high when they were hurt, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University will host a debate Tuesday about Arizona’s employer sanctions law.