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Brewer weighing options on SB1070 appeal
Gov. Jan Brewer is still weighing her options for how to appeal Monday’s ruling on Senate Bill 1070, but she indicated that she wants the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to review the case again before she moves on to the U.S. Supreme Court.
U.S. Supreme Court grants execution stay for Ariz. inmate
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for an Arizona death-row inmate Monday, less than 24 hours before he was scheduled to die by injection for the gruesome 1987 killings of a man and a teenage boy after he tortured and raped them for hours.
Lawyers for Arizona death row inmate seeking stay
Lawyers for an Arizona death row inmate filed motions Saturday asking the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appeals court to stay his scheduled execution next week.
Judge to put brakes on action in immigration case
A federal judge considering a challenge to Arizona's immigration enforcement law says she will formally put the brakes on most action in that case until a higher court decides an appeal by Gov. Jan Brewer.
Judicial emergency officially extended for 1 year
A court emergency declared for Arizona's federal courts because of a shortage of judges has been formally extended for a full year.
Arizona Senate to vote on public campaign funding
The Arizona Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on a proposed ballot measure that would ask voters to bar use of public money for candidates' campaigns.
Appeals court hears arguments on Arizona law removing same-sex partner benefits
An Arizona law removing domestic partner benefits for state employees discriminates against same-sex couples because they can’t get married to qualify, an attorney argued Monday before an appeals court panel.
Court ruling upholds Arizona’s execution protocol
Arizona's protocol for three-drug injection executions has cleared another legal hurdle.
Since Carter years, judicial confirmations have slowed
Quick and lasting relief in the form of more judges for an overburdened federal court in Arizona appears doomed by Washington, D.C., politics.
Federal judge mourned as fair jurist, family man
The federal judge killed in the Arizona shooting rampage was known for an immigration ruling that got him death threats, but on Friday he was remembered as a man devoted to his family, his basset hounds and his Irish-Catholic heritage.
California judge to hear case against Loughner
Judge Larry A. Burns of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California has been designated to oversee United States v. Jared Lee Loughner, in Arizona's U.S. District Court, said David Madden, a spokesman for the Ninth Circuit Office of the Circuit.
Another challenge to AZ immigration law dismissed
A federal judge in Phoenix has dismissed another challenge to Arizona's new immigration law.
