The U.S. Supreme Court will consider how far Arizona -- and other states -- can go in requiring voters to prove citizenship when registering.

When Paul Clement walks into the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday he’s going to try to convince at least five justices that Arizona has an inherent right to enforce federal immigration laws.

When Paul Clement walks into the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday he’s going to try to convince at least five justices that Arizona has an inherent right to enforce federal immigration laws.

Arizona can punish employers who are found guilty of knowingly hiring undocumented workers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

State officials will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to let Arizona begin enforcing the immigration law enacted last year.

State officials will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to let Arizona begin enforcing the immigration law enacted last year.

The future of a key provision of the state’s public financing of elections laws could depend on whether the U.S. Supreme Court believes it deters anyone from spending money on behalf of others.

A lawsuit bearing the name of state Senator-elect John McComish (R-Ahwatukee Foothills), will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court early next year.

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the state on Tuesday from distributing matching funds to candidates, sharply changing the rules of the game in the middle of this year’s election campaign.

In their landmark decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, five activist Supreme Court justices abolished a century of campaign-finance laws designed to curb the Gilded-Age robber barons’ power to corrupt the political process. One overturned law, barring corporate financing of federal legislation, was signed by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1907. This Tillman Act was a response to the 1896 election of President McKinley, who overwhelmed his Democratic opponent with corporate money.

On paper, the issue the U.S. Supreme Court will take up Monday is simple: should Arizona lawmakers be forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to comply with a judge’s ruling that they do more to ensure students learn English?

The U.S. Supreme Court will use a Tucson case to decide when police can routinely search the vehicles of the people they arrest.

A Scottsdale man who has spent more than a year and thousands of dollars fighting his photo enforcement ticket said his next stop is the U.S. Supreme Court. David Cain estimated he has spent at least $20,000 fighting the ticket he received in December 2004, along with his Scottsdale attorney, Mark Jewett.

A Scottsdale man who has spent more than a year and thousands of dollars fighting his photo enforcement ticket said his next stop is the U.S. Supreme Court. David Cain estimated he has spent at least $20,000 fighting the ticket he received in December 2004, along with his Scottsdale attorney, Mark Jewett.

Wine sales at Kokopelli Winery in Chandler could double, based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday that said wine lovers couldn’t be barred from buying their favorite vintage directly from out-ofstate wineries.

June 29, 2004

PHOENIX -- Arizona will get its last legal shot this spring to finally enforce all of its 2-year-old immigration law.

Saying the federal government has "largely ignored'' pleas for help, Arizona asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to let state and local police enforce new laws aimed at illegal immigrants.

Saying the federal government has "largely ignored'' pleas for help, Arizona asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to let state and local police enforce new laws aimed at illegal immigrants.

Saying the federal government has "largely ignored'' pleas for help, Arizona asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to let state and local police enforce new laws aimed at illegal immigrants.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal challenging the death penalty from an Arizona inmate set to be executed this week for the rape and murder of a 13-year-old Tempe girl in 1984.

The nation’s high court on Monday threw out a lawsuit challenging state tax credits to help students attend private and parochial schools, saying foes of the system lacked standing to sue.