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azcentral.com on MSN.com · Aug 13, 2024

2 Supreme Court justices won't hear challenge to judicial retention ballot measure

Two state Supreme Court justices have recused from hearing a legal challenge to a legislative ballot referral that would end most judicial retention.
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Nov 6, 2024

Arizona keeps embattled Supreme Court justices, rejects Proposition 137

Two Arizona Supreme Court justices who faced opposition over a ruling earlier this year allowing enforcement of a near-total ban on abortion will keep their seats. Removing the justices ...
Hoodline · 15h

Arizona's Judiciary Stresses Rule of Law on Law Day, Chief Justice Highlights Statewide Initiatives for Equality and Accessibility

Arizona's Chief Justice emphasizes the rule of law on Law Day, highlighting judiciary commitment and public engagement.
Icon for www.azcentral.comAZ Central · 17d

Arizona Supreme Court says property deed challenges must be made within 5 years

The justices expressed ... millions annoying Arizona voters | Opinion Judge's arrest escalates 'war' between Trump and the judiciary, ASU law professor says But the Supreme Court ruling said ...
ABC15 Arizona · 4d

Supreme Court denies suspect's appeal over DNA evidence in Allison Feldman murder case

This past February marked 10 years since Allison Feldman was found dead in her Scottsdale home. A battle over DNA evidence has stalled the case.
Icon for ktar.comKTAR News · 24d

Amazing Arizonans: Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick discusses legal, social issues

Most people can’t say that they know a Supreme Court justice. I’ve had the privilege of knowing Justice Clint Bolick for a long time before he reached the Arizona Supreme Court. We met during ...
Icon for www.azfamily.comAZFamily · Aug 22, 2024

Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41K Arizona voters

The justices acted on an emergency appeal ... have been a subject of political wrangling since the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that Arizona cannot require documentary proof of citizenship for ...
havasunews.com · 2d

Arizona Supreme Court permits restitution for murdered child’s future lost wages

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that families of murdered children may seek restitution for the child’s future lost wages.
The New York Times · 13d

Solicitor General Asks Justices to Reject A.C.L.U. Request to Pause Deportations

The administration wants the Supreme Court to “dissolve” their block on deportations of Venezuelans and to allow lower courts to consider the case.
KJZZ · 2d

Supreme Court seems poised to require state-funded charter schools to include religious schools

The case is from Oklahoma, which like 45 other states, has laws that say charter schools must be public schools funded by the state, closely supervised by the state, and be non-sectarian.
Icon for www.azcentral.comAZ Central · 4d

Allison Feldman was murdered in 2015 in her Scottsdale home. Now, a trial is on the horizon

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the use of ... violence Department of Justice cuts complicate work of Arizona Criminal Justice Commission Tom Horne publishes list of Arizona schools ...
Icon for tucson.comArizona Daily Star · Apr 1, 2025

Arizona GOP lawmakers push change to help insurance companies win lawsuits

If the chief justice wants to craft policy ... But Swann and McMurdie, in their 2021 report to the Arizona Supreme Court, said the data convinced them that still meant fewer minorities on juries ...
Icon for keyt.comKEYT · Mar 26, 2025

Arizona Supreme Court adds AI reporters; Pima County Courts considering similar technology

TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — The Arizona Supreme Court has introduced artificial ... “When a decision comes out, the justice who wrote the opinion also writes a synopsis,” said Pima County ...
Icon for www.kjzz.orgKJZZ · 11d

Supreme Court weighs who should decide public school curriculum: Judges or school boards?

In the Supreme Court on Tuesday, the school board's lawyer will tell the justices that it's relatively easy to have opt-outs for a single class, like health and sex education, a course that allows opt-outs. But it is a logistical nightmare to take children ...
Arizona Capitol Times · 5d

Community justice workers to fill the gap in legal aid for Arizona communities

The Arizona Supreme Court and its partners have needed to find creative ways to address limited access to justice.
Icon for www.fox10phoenix.comFOX 10 Phoenix · 13d

Supreme Court blocks Trump deportations under Alien Enemies Act, for now

Justices ruled on an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union contending that immigration authorities appeared to be moving to restart removals under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The Supreme Court had said earlier in April that ...
Icon for www.jdsupra.comJD Supra · 23d

Arizona High Court Explains Decision Affirming Legislative Council’s Publicity Pamphlet Summary for 2024 Abortion Initiative

The trial court agreed. In a detailed opinion authored by Justice King, the Arizona Supreme Court reversed the trial court and validated the Council’s approach. The Court explained: By ...
Icon for www.usatoday.comUSA Today · 15d

Feds to move ahead on Oak Flat copper mine swap in Arizona, despite pending Supreme Court case

according to a filing with the U.S. District Court of Arizona. The government issued the notice on April 17 even as the U.S. Supreme Court continues to deliberate over accepting a 4-year-old court ...
USA TODAY · 16d

Arizona Supreme Court says property deed challenges must be made within 5 years

The main question in the case was whether a state law giving people five years to challenge property ownership applies even if a deed might be forged.
Icon for www.dispatch.comColumbus Dispatch · 17d

Arizona Supreme Court says property deed challenges must be made within 5 years

Challenges to property deeds in Arizona cities and towns must typically be made within five years, even if forgery could be involved, according to a new Arizona Supreme Court ruling. The April 16 ...
Icon for www.yahoo.comYahoo · Mar 10, 2025

AZ Supreme Court’s Bolick was almost brave in his justified criticism of Trump | Opinion

Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick wrote an essay for Real Clear Politics that takes on Donald Trump in a way that is very brave…ish. Bolick came out strongly against the way Trump ...
Icon for www.courthousenews.comCourthouse News Service · 9d

Arizona justices to decide if public has right to see Cyber Ninja election audit records

Vice Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer asked Gaona to clarify what ... and should release his findings sometime before the 2022 midterm election. The Arizona Supreme Court did not indicate how or when it would rule. Sign up for new weekly newsletter ...
Icon for www.abc15.comABC15 Arizona · 21d

AZ Supreme Court releases decision upholding protest prosecutor’s suspension

PHOENIX — The Supreme Court of Arizona has released the written opinion ... injury to the defendants in these cases,” wrote Justice James Beene. A state disciplinary panel suspended Sponsel ...
SCOTUSblog · 12d

Biographies of the Justices

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Chief Justice John Glover Roberts Jr. was born on January 27, 1955. He graduated from Harvard College in 1976, and Harvard Law School, where […]
Icon for www.smithsonianmag.comSmithsonian Magazine · 16d

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on Why Judges Wear Black Robes

I first wore one in 1975 when I became a trial judge in Arizona ... what judges or justices must wear on the bench, nor is there even a common source for Supreme Court robes.
The New Republic on MSN.com · 2d

Will the Supreme Court Save an Apache Sacred Site?

The Native plaintiffs have won over a wide variety of allies to their case. But for some reason, the high court is dragging its feet in making a decision.
Icon for www.smithsonianmag.comSmithsonian Magazine · 16d

Behind the Scenes of Sandra Day O’Connor’s First Days on the Supreme Court

the Arizona intermediate court judge “was not as well known,” said Smith’s aide Hank Habicht. “She had no constituency”—with one important exception. Supreme Court Justice William ...
Icon for www.nbcnews.comNBC News · Jan 14, 2025

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

Arizona Senate Republicans ... who campaigned on limiting abortion rights and appointed three Supreme Court justices, took credit for Friday's decision in a statement. Calling it "the biggest ...