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U.S. Supreme Court strikes down matching funds
Arizona’s system of public campaign financing has been dealt a major, although expected, blow by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled today that the matching funds provision of the Clean Elections Act is unconstitutional.
Court suspends law license of former Tucson judge
A former Tucson city judge was suspended from practicing law for two years after an investigation showed he sexually harassed female lawyers.
U.S. Supreme Court upholds Arizona employer sanctions law
The Supreme Court has sustained Arizona's law that penalizes businesses for hiring workers who are in the United States illegally, rejecting arguments that states have no role in immigration matters.
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to teach middle school class about justice
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is planning to visit a Phoenix middle school on Thursday to teach students about the country's justice system.
Appeals turned away on Arizona farm funds ruling
The Arizona Supreme Court is letting stand a lower court's decision that the Legislature could take $161,400 from agricultural research and promotion funds to help balance the budget.
After decade-long fight, Supreme Court leaves private school tax break in place
The Supreme Court rejected a challenge Monday to an Arizona tax break that directs millions of dollars to private religious schools.
CCEC website not exactly bolstering ‘corruption’ case
Kagan delivered Maurer a fastball down the middle of the plate when she said that Clean Elections and all other public campaign finance options share the purpose of curtailing corruption.
Jim Small talks about the SCOTUS matching funds hearing
Yellow Sheet Report editor Jim Small talks about the Clean Elections lawsuit that has finally reached the U.S. Supreme Court, and about likely outcomes.
Supreme Court skeptical of Clean Elections law
The United States Supreme Court will soon decide just how far a government can wade into electoral politics with the use of public campaign financing, as members of the court on Monday heard arguments from opponents and defenders of Arizona’s public campaign finance system.
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.
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.
As death-penalty cases stack up, Supreme Court searches for help
The Arizona Supreme Court can comfortably death penalty cases at a pace of 10 to 12 per year. Most of their decisions are to uphold the death sentences. But now there are 27 capital cases, a number that has grown from 17 in 2008, and even more cases are reaching the appeal phase.
