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Supreme Court of the United States

Apr 27, 2012

Legal experts see Supreme Court upholding core of SB1070

Legal experts are predicting a mixed ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on SB1070, which could leave the bill’s core provisions in place while sending others to the scrap heap.

Apr 2, 2012

Prosecutors seek approval of AZ inmate’s execution

Prosecutors on Monday asked the Arizona Supreme Court to reschedule the execution of a death-row inmate who was granted a stay of execution last year less than 24 hours before he was set to be put to death.

Mar 16, 2012

Brewer explains skip of congressional hearing on SB1070

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is explaining her decision against testifying at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing on Arizona's tough immigration law.

Mar 13, 2012

Pearce will testify at U.S. Senate committee snubbed by Brewer

The day before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in the landmark case over SB1070, the bill’s author will testify about it in a U.S. Senate subcommittee.

Feb 29, 2012

Opponents of immigration law oppose merging suits

A coalition of opponents of Arizona's 2010 immigration enforcement law have asked a judge to deny Gov. Jan Brewer's request to consolidate two of the three remaining lawsuits seeking to overturn the law.

Feb 28, 2012

Court warns Arizona about execution protocol

A federal appeals court panel on Tuesday issued a strong warning to Arizona officials who have continuously violated and changed their own written protocol for executing state death-row inmates.

Feb 16, 2012

Brewer wants to merge suits over SB1070

Attorneys for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer have asked a federal judge to consolidate two of the three remaining challenges to the state's 2010 immigration enforcement law.

Dec 15, 2011

Brewer defends day-labor restrictions in Ariz. law

Gov. Jan Brewer has asked a judge to dismiss a request by opponents of Arizona's immigration law to block enforcement of the law's ban on people blocking traffic when they seek or offer day-labor services on streets.

Dec 12, 2011

Brewer on SB1070 appeal: ‘I like our chances’

Gov. Jan Brewer is confident that the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold Arizona’s landmark illegal immigration law.

The Supreme Court today announced that it would hear Arizona’s appeal of a 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that SB1070 is unconstitutional because it is preempted by federal law.

Dec 12, 2011

Brewer commends high court for taking SB1070 case

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is commending the U.S. Supreme Court for agreeing to rule on whether several tough provisions of Arizona's controversial law targeting illegal immigration should stay blocked from implementation.

Dec 12, 2011

High court to look at state immigration laws

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on Arizona's controversial law targeting illegal immigrants.

The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked several tough provisions in the Arizona law.

Dec 2, 2011

States damaging their own case with insurance-exchange moves

On Nov. 14, the U.S. Supreme Court granted review of the 26-state lawsuit against the president’s health care law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The court granted five and half hours for oral argument, including two hours of argument on the individual mandate and one and a half hours on severability, which addresses whether, in the event the mandate is found unconstitutional, t[...]

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