Arizona Supreme Court blocks Kari Lake’s final appeal to overturn 2022 governor’s race
Kari Lake is not going to be the governor of Arizona – at least not unless she runs again in 2026 and wins. Without comment the Arizona Supreme Court on […]
Kory Langhofer: Litigating in a hostile new world
Kory Langhofer started Statecraft, an Arizona-based political and government law firm, in 2015. Now, after close to a decade spent litigating on behalf of high-profile national and state Republicans, Langhofer […]
Groups preparing for legal challenges to voter-approved abortion measure
Legal challenges still lie ahead on how the state’s existing statutory abortion scheme interacts with a measure enshrining a right to abortion in the state’s Constitution. Voters handily approved the […]
Justices targeted over abortion ruling are holding onto their seats
Supreme Court Justices Clint Bolick and Kathryn King are on track to stay on the bench, per initial returns, with Bolick seeing support for his retention from 57.17% of voters, and King receiving 58.97%.
Court orders release of 218,000 names of voters possibly lacking citizenship proof
A group that wants checks of whether some voters are citizens got access Monday to the names of about 218,000 Arizonans who may not have provided such proof. The move […]
Republican attorneys skip chance to vie for Supreme Court
Of the 17 Supreme Court hopefuls vying for the vacancy left by Justice Robert Brutinel, none are registered Republicans and only a handful are Independents, according to final applications made public Friday.
Maricopa County restores around 2,000 voters after incorrectly demanding proof of citizenship
Maricopa County incorrectly flagged around 2,000 longtime registered voters as needing to provide proof of citizenship in order to vote in Tuesday’s election, county officials confirmed Sunday. That number is […]
Judge orders release of 98,000 names of voters possibly lacking citizenship proof
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes was ordered Thursday to turn over the names he has on a list of registered voters of those who may not have provided proof of […]
Appeals Court Blocks Attempts to Reverse AG Election, Voter Decisions on Key Propositions
The Court of Appeals is not going to oust Kris Mayes as attorney general and replace her with Abe Hamadeh. They’re also not going to declare that a voter-passed measure […]
AZ Supreme Court to see Lake, Hamadeh, Finchem 2022 election cases on Nov. 6
Three Republicans who lost their 2022 election bids will finally have their cases looked at by the Arizona Supreme Court – the day after the 2024 election. That’s the day […]
Fontes challenges Pinal County’s election violations in state Supreme Court
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to force Pinal County to comply with state election laws – and do so this year. In new filings, […]
Suspect in shootings of Democratic office in Arizona had over 120 guns in his home, officials find
An Arizona prosecutor said the man arrested in the shooting of a Democratic National Committee office in suburban Phoenix had more than 120 guns and over 250,000 rounds of ammunition […]