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Order of monitor for sheriff’s department draws criticism
Beto Soto, field director for Citizens for a Better Arizona, encourages those attending a demonstration to be a “babysitter” of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. (Cronkite...
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ACLU to unveil app on Ariz. immigration law
Want to report immigration abuses in Arizona? There’s an app for that. KPHO-TV reports that a new mobile app aimed at reporting abuses stemming from the state’s harsh SB1070 immigration...
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ACLU chimes in on Phoenix gun advertisement case
Unlikely allies are teaming up to fight the city of Phoenix’s 2010 decision to remove 50 pro-gun advertisements from city bus shelters. The Arizona Republic reports that the American Civil...
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Appeals court refuses to block medical marijuana zoning order
The Arizona Court of Appeals today denied Maricopa County’s request to delay a lower court’s order requiring county officials to process by Monday the zoning application for a medical marijuana...
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Groups call for end to solitary confinement
The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Friends Service Committee kicked off a campaign Tuesday to convince the state to do away with solitary confinement for prisoners and stop...
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ACLU: Pearce emails show racial bias in immigration law
ACLU sues state over new abortion measure
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Arizona and the Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new state law that prohibits entities from...
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Group’s bid to be part of immigration case denied
A federal judge rejected a request by a volunteer border-watch group to become a party in the federal government’s challenge to Arizona’s immigration enforcement law. The denial marks the second...
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ACLU asks judge to dismiss state’s medical marijuana lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit the state filed against the federal government over medical marijuana. The civil-rights organization contends...
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Latino rights group, ACLU, Gordon, feds consider S1070 challenges
There is no shortage of people preparing legal challenges to Arizona’s new landmark illegal immigration law, with a Latino rights group, the ACLU, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and even the...
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Panel OKs mandatory residency checks, ban on day labor
Illegal immigration has returned to the Capitol, after taking a backseat to the budget problem last year. The Senate Public Safety and Human Services Committee approved a bill on Jan....
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AZ Supreme Court declines case challenging tuition tax credits
UPDATED AT 6:27 P.M., OCT. 30 A state law allowing businesses to reduce their tax liabilities by contributing money to organizations that distribute private school tuition payments will remain on...
