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Immigration, abortion, gay rights put Arizona in national legal spotlight

Gary Grado//December 28, 2012//[read_meter]

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Immigration, abortion, gay rights put Arizona in national legal spotlight

Immigration, abortion, gay rights put Arizona in national legal spotlight

Gary Grado//December 28, 2012//[read_meter]

Arizona politics not only kept courts busy in 2012, but led to a landmark case in June when the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the state’s most prominent immigration policy. The...

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