State argues feds can’t tax rebates
Uncle Sam is entitled to a share of the rebates that Arizona issued last year to families with dependents, lawyers for the Internal Revenue Service are telling a federal judge.
Federal judge orders stop to enforcement of camping ban at homeless zone
White dump trucks outfitted with City of Phoenix emblems and street sweepers lined the roads near the concentrated homeless camp dubbed, “the Zone,” this morning as part of their new... […]
9th Circuit hears plea to extend voting deadline for Navajo residents
An attorney representing several Navajo Nation residents asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to give reservation dwellers more time to submit their ballots and have them counted.
Arizona election deadline legal, judge rules
A federal judge won't give reservation residents more time to submit their early ballots and ensure they will be counted.
Judge skeptical law racially discriminates against Native American voters
The fate of a voting rights lawsuit could depend on whether a federal judge believes current practices discriminate against Native Americans or just people who live in rural areas. Bret... […]
GOP takes another bite at early ballot lawsuit losses
The Trump re-election committee is making a last-ditch effort to keep a new deadline for people to sign their mail-in ballots from taking effect this year.
Court refuses to wipe Arpaio’s contempt verdict after Trump pardon
A federal appeals court has rebuffed the bid by former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to have his criminal conviction formally erased.
Judge won’t give more time to find victims of Arpaio detentions
A federal judge who ordered taxpayer-funded compensation for Latinos who were illegally detained when then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio defied a court order has declined to give the victims more time to apply for the money.
Federal judge rules state not required to reveal source of execution drugs
The right of the press to access executions does not imply the right to related information, according to U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow.
Trial seeks details on suppliers of death penalty drugs
News organizations will clash with Arizona prison officials over the First Amendment at a trial to determine whether the public has a right to know who supplies execution drugs and the qualifications of people who carry out the death penalty.
Arpaio to take second try at disqualifying judge from racial profiling case
Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans to resume his bid to get a federal judge disqualified from a racial profiling case even though the lawman has been out of office for more than two months.
Sheriff’s lawyers want federal judge out of profiling case
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawyers want a federal judge to recuse himself from all future proceedings in a racial-profiling case.