Tag: Equal Protection Clause
On Aug. 1, legislative leaders filed an emergency motion in federal court to defend a law Republicans passed last year – one of many moves they’ve made in ongoing court...
Judge temporarily blocks law prohibiting transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams
A federal judge temporarily blocked the 2022 law barring transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams at school, finding it to be discriminatory and void of a substantial governmental...
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Transgender girls go to court over Arizona school sports ban
ERA argument heavy on hyperbole, light on facts
Beware of promises claiming to solve all of society’s ills with one controversial piece of legislation. Activists would have you believe passing the Equal Rights Amendment is the key to “reaching...
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Costly Consequences: The Irony of the Equal Rights Amendment
Public policy often sounds better in theory than it plays out in reality. The Affordable Care Act, The Patriot Act, The Women’s Reproductive Health Care Act have all been criticized...
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ADOT extends Dreamers driver’s license ban to other immigrants
The Arizona Department of Transportation formally banned driver’s licenses for all illegal immigrants who received deferred action from the federal government, potentially heading off a federal court ruling against a...
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ACLU sues to strike law targeting abortions of female, minority babies
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona and organizations representing black and Asian-American women sued the state today to overturn a law outlawing abortions carried out to prevent the births...
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Brewer seeks en banc appeal of Ninth Circuit ruling on domestic partner benefits
Unions sue over picketing, ‘paycheck protection’ bills
Arizona’s immigration bill: Which level of scrutiny and what is government’s interest?
Among the arguments put forth by supporters and critics of Arizona’s immigration bill, S1070, most lie upon constitutionality, the thrust of the arguments lying in the sphere of equal protection....
