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Department of Justice

Feb 18, 2021

Finchem retaliates, files ethic complaints against Democrats

Freshly cleared of violations by the chair of the House Ethics Committee, Rep. Mark Finchem is now turning the tables on some of his accusers and political foes.

Aug 26, 2019

Court upholds ruling Colorado City abused power

A federal appeals court has upheld the conclusion of a judge and jury that officials of Colorado City unconstitutionally used their power to discriminate against those who were not members of a certain religious sect.

May 3, 2019

We deserve the full Mueller report, but our leaders aren’t fighting for it

Full access to the Mueller report – or lack of such – will impact a generation of young Americans. Therefore we need all of our elected officials to speak out in favor of the release of the Mueller report, so that we know they are listening to us, the voters, and we can trust them to advocate for us.

Apr 11, 2018

AZ residents file suit to stop citizenship question on census

With no action by the governor or attorney general, two Arizona residents filed suit Wednesday to block the Census Bureau from adding a citizenship question to the decennial count.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Feb 18, 2018

Trump administration challenges Arizona’s DACA legal arguments

Attorney General Mark Brnovich is getting no help from the Trump administration in his last-ditch bid to deny driver's licenses to "dreamers.''

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (Photo by Katie Campbell/Arizona Capitol Times)
Oct 16, 2017

Brnovich says Phoenix immigration policy conforms to SB1070

Calling the city of Phoenix’s policy of welcoming migrants more rhetoric than real, Attorney General Mark Brnovich concluded Monday that nothing the city council told the police to do violates state laws on illegal immigration.

Lindsay Herf (Photo by Jenna Miller/Arizona Capitol Times)
Sep 11, 2017

Lindsay Herf: Finding holes in America’s justice system

Lindsay Herf’s mission in life is to find the holes in our justice system. As executive director of the Arizona Justice Project, she leads efforts to investigate claims of innocence.

Aug 11, 2017

Civil rights attorney: Using seized funds for prisoner study a legal gray area

Profits from seized property are paying for the latest update to a study of Arizona’s prison population that prosecutors use to argue Arizona’s sentencing laws are working appropriately.

jail, ballot harvesting, Guillermina Fuentes, sentencing, elections, school board
Jun 6, 2016

Small Arizona agencies lax on hate crime reporting

Five police departments across Arizona have failed to file FBI hate crime reports every year since 2009, filings that help the Department of Justice, researchers and journalists track the ebb and flow of hate crimes across the country.

Apr 4, 2016

DOJ seeking info about presidential primary problems in Maricopa County

The U.S. Department of Justice is delving into massive problems that plagued Maricopa County during the presidential preference election.

Apr 24, 2015

Federal probes clear public safety pension fund of wrongdoing

The federal government is no longer investigating the Public Safety Personnel Retirement Fund for wrongdoing, the pension fund’s defense attorney said April 22.

Sep 30, 2014

DOJ: Arizona policy on ‘dreamers’ violates federal law

Arizona's policy of denying thousands of Arizonans in a deferred action program access to driver's licenses is contrary to federal law, the Obama administration said today.

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