Brewer: Budget bills issue not a political question 
Seeking to rebut claims that the Legislature’s refusal to send her its budget bills is strictly a political question, Gov. Jan Brewer argued in her reply to the Arizona Supreme Court that the judiciary has the jurisdiction and standing to decide the issue.
In her final filing before the state Supreme Court hears arguments in the ...
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