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Arizona voters to get ballot measure on picking judges
Arizona voters will decide whether to lengthen the terms of judges and lessen the State Bar of Arizona's voice in appointing judges.
House postpones judicial selection vote
The Arizona House postponed a preliminary vote Tuesday on a proposed ballot measure that would lengthen the terms of judges and lessen the State Bar of Arizona's voice in appointing judges.
House to mull judicial selection changes
The Arizona House is scheduled to take a preliminary vote Tuesday afternoon on a proposed ballot measure that would lengthen the terms of judges and lessen the State Bar of Arizona's voice in appointing judges.
State Bar pursuing stronger discipline for ousted judge
To avoid the chance of repeating a disciplinary mess from the last decade, the State Bar of Arizona is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to clear the way for a Bar investigation of a disgraced former Tucson city judge.
New judge for Maricopa County Superior Court
Mark H. Brain has been appointed as a judge in Maricopa County Superior Court.
Proposal would change judicial selection process
The Arizona Senate is set to vote Monday on a proposal that would prevent the State Bar of Arizona from nominating members to commissions that make recommendations to the governor on state judicial appointments.
Supreme Court confronts victims’ rights impasse
A capital defendant accused in a 2006 mass murder and several organizations representing defense attorneys from around the nation will argue before the Arizona Supreme Court on March 22 to keep crime victims out of private hearings with the trial judge to discuss mitigation efforts of the defense.
Convicted Arizona killer seeking stay of execution
Lawyers for a condemned convicted killer have filed a second motion with the Arizona Supreme Court seeking a stay from his scheduled March 29 execution.
Early attacks on judicial merit selection dwindle to a few
A vigorous assault this year on the way Arizona chooses its judges has subsided to a handful of ballot measures and bills that have made their way through the Senate, but this year, the effort has more momentum than in past legislatures.
Ariz. judge won’t order expanded inflation funding
A judge is refusing to order Arizona legislators to expand the current state budget's inflation adjustment for funding for K-12 public schools.
Arpaio offers security for elected officials
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is offering to provide security for elected officials and judges during public events.
Collins takes top federal court position after Roll is killed
Arizona federal Judge Raner C. Collins will take over Arizona’s chief federal judge position, replacing John Roll, who was killed in the Jan. 8 mass shooting in Tucson.
