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A federal judge has given state and county election officials until the end of the month to finally comply with a court order to make sure that alternate voter registration forms are readily available — forms that do not require proof of citizenship.
Attorneys involved in a separate challenge of Arizona’s immigration law are weighing whether — and how soon — to seek their own injunction to stop the law from taking effect.
WASHINGTON – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund are on opposite sides of the state’s SB 1070 immigration law, but both claimed victory in Monday’s Supreme Court decision on the law.
State Sen. Jerry Lewis, R-Mesa:
State Sen. Jerry Lewis, R-Mesa:
The state's top lawyer will try to save a key provision from the state's first voter-approved initiative aimed at illegal immigrants.
The state's top lawyer will try to save a key provision from the state's first voter-approved initiative aimed at illegal immigrants.
Attorney General Tom Horne accused the Obama administration Tuesday of trying to thwart Arizona’s voter-ID laws in a bid to get more illegal immigrants to the polls — presumably to cast ballots for the president and Democrats.
Attorney General Tom Horne accused the Obama administration Tuesday of trying to thwart Arizona’s voter-ID laws in a bid to get more illegal immigrants to the polls — presumably to cast ballots for the president and Democrats.
State officials will get another chance to argue they have a legal right to require would-be voters to prove they are citizens.
State officials will get another chance to argue they have a legal right to require would-be voters to prove they are citizens.
A federal appeals court won't force Arizona election officials to find and count the ballots of people who were not allowed to register to vote because they didn't provide proof of citizenship.
Saying it would create electoral chaos, attorneys for state and county election officials told federal appellate judges late Tuesday they should not order them to find -- and count -- the ballots of people who voted last week but were not legally registered.
An organization that convinced federal judges last month to toss out Arizona's proof-of-citizenship requirement to register to vote now is seeking a court order that could further delay a final count on Tuesday's election.
A federal judge peppered attorneys fighting over the legality of Arizona's new immigration law with questions about their assumptions of what the law means.
Some last minute changes to Arizona’s new law aimed at illegal immigrants are largely meaningless according to one of the organizations that still plans to sue to have it overturned.
At least two lawsuits have already been filed in federal courts in Arizona to challenge the state's new law cracking down on illegal immigration, but three national organizations say they plan one of their own.
The question of whether police will be required to ask people if they are in this country legally is now in the hands of Gov. Jan Brewer.
The U.S. District Court of Arizona on Friday blocked Cave Creek from enforcing an ordinance intended to prevent day laborers from soliciting work.
Not every lawyer’s career is the same. Many freshly minted attorneys use their degrees as a gateway to different kinds of legal careers.
Civil rights advocates sued the state of Arizona in federal court Tuesday, claiming the state's Legal Arizona Worker Act violates the U.S. Constitution and threatens the success of Arizona businesses.
Arizona laws that require would-be voters to produce documents proving they are U.S. citizens don’t amount to an unconstitutional poll tax, a federal judge has ruled.
By Mark Scarp, contributing columnist
By Jerry Brown, contributing columnist
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