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Checks and Balances

Sep 25, 2025

First Amendment Day and the insincerity of Rep. Lisa Fink

Earlier this month, on Constitution Day, LD27 Representative Lisa Fink submitted an opinion piece to The Arizona Capitol Times. Fink preached the importance of the separation of powers, enshrined in […]

Jun 16, 2025

House budget provision seeks to curb power of attorney general in election lawsuits

Key Points:  Budget provision limits attorney general’s election-related prosecution authority Legislative approval required if SLAPP evidence exists Proposal raises constitutional, political power abuse concerns A last-minute provision inserted into the […]

Mar 14, 2017

Checks and Balances Project is encased in conspiratorial bubble

Like a foot soldier of the paranoid fringes on lurid display in alt-right blogs, Checks and Balances’ chief fantasist, Scott Peterson, is a man with a rich imaginative life.

Jan 20, 2016

Judge rules public can’t see Stump’s text messages

The public is not entitled to see any of the text messages recovered from the state-owned cell phone used by Bob Stump.

Oct 28, 2015

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Media (Ironically Speaking)

Irony,” says literary critic Harold Bloom, “demands a certain attention span, and the ability to sustain antithetical ideas, even when they collide with one another.”

May 22, 2015

Clean Elections looking into Corp Comm texts

Arizona election regulators have taken note of records showing that Corporation Commissioner Bob Stump was in regular contact with the campaigns of candidates he supported and a “dark money” group that helped get them elected, and they want to see and inspect those records themselves.

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