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Navajo Nation, Arizona, lawsuit, Colorado River
Mar 19, 2023

Supreme Court hears Navajo water rights case with potentially big impact

When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, it will be considering fairly technical legal questions, but the answers could have a large impact on water allocation in the Colorado River basin.

Prop 211, Goddard, dark money, Americans for Prosperity, campaigns, free speech
Mar 17, 2023

We’re suing to restore our right to free speech

Add it all up, and Prop. 211 will stifle Arizonans from advocating for causes they care about.

abortion, Roe v. Wade, Petersen, Toma, Brnovich, Mayes, Senate, fetal defects
Mar 13, 2023

Law outlawing abortions for fetal genetic defects cases won’t go undefended

A law outlawing abortions in cases of fetal genetic defects will not go undefended in court.

abortion, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, Yavapai County
Mar 2, 2023

Anti-abortion firm pushes court to make virtually all abortions illegal

An anti-abortion law firm is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling and once again make virtually all abortions illegal in Arizona.

jury, jurors, Supreme Court, David Morgan, criminal cases
Feb 28, 2023

Supreme Court rejects bid to reveal jurors’ names to public

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a bid by the publisher of the Cochise County Record that there is a First Amendment right of the public to know not only who is sitting on a jury but even those being considered to serve.

Pledge of Allegiance, schools, classrooms, House, Parker, Pawlik
Feb 21, 2023

House approves bill requiring students to recite Pledge of Allegiance

State lawmakers voted Tuesday to require students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance each day, courting a likely lawsuit.

jurors, U.S. Supreme Court, Cochise County Record, David Morgan
Dec 9, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court mulls anonymous jury case

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to take up an Arizona-based case weighing whether courts can use anonymous juries at their discretion.

Hooper, death row, execution, lethal injection, Phoenix, Phelps, William “Pat” Redmond, Marilyn Redmond, Brnovich, Mayes,
Nov 16, 2022

Arizona executes man for 1980 killings of 2 people

An Arizona man convicted of murdering two people in 1980 was put to death Wednesday in the state's third execution since officials started carrying out the death penalty in May after a nearly eight-year hiatus.

Nov 14, 2022

SCOTUS rejects Ward’s bid to keep phone records private

Members of a congressional panel are going to find out who was communicating with Kelly Ward around the time of the 2020 election and the insurrection attempt that followed.

jurors, U.S. Supreme Court, Cochise County Record, David Morgan
Nov 7, 2022

Supreme Court refuses to void Arizona law that allows criminal trials with juries of eight people

It's not allowed in 44 states. But the U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to void Arizona law, which allows criminal trials to be conducted -- and people to be convicted and sent to prison -- with juries of just eight people.

Supreme Court, water rights, Navajo Nation, U.S. government, Colorado River, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah
Nov 4, 2022

High court to hear water dispute between Navajo Nation, U.S. government

The Supreme Court says it will hear a water dispute involving the U.S. government and the Navajo Nation.

Oct 25, 2022

Judge: women no more than 15 weeks pregnant can get abortions

Arizona women who are no more than 15 weeks pregnant will be able to continue to get legal abortions through at least the end of the year, if not beyond.

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