NO COURT KRAKEN: Arizona’s Presidential Election Is FINALLY COMPLETELY Out Of Courts – 1st Time Since November

Today, for the first time since the week of the November 3 election, there are ZERO active court challenges to Arizona’s Presidential election. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this afternoon dismissed the Arizona Republican Party’s case suing Governor Doug Ducey and asking the court to “de-certify” the results giving Arizona’s Electoral College votes to … Read more

Update: 9th Circuit Limits Arizona Voter Registration Deadline to October 15

Update to AZ Voter Registration Deadline Appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Late Tuesday a three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a per curiam order ruled that U.S. District Court Judge Steven Logan exceeded his judicial discretion when he extended the Arizona’s voter registration deadline from Oct. 5 until … Read more

NEW: Arpaio Attorney Faults 9th Circuit For Supreme Court Justices Denying Effort To Remove Special Prosecutor On Pardon-Effect Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s request to remove a special prosecutor in his ongoing battle. One of Arpaio’s attorneys tells Arizona’s Politics/Arizona’s Law* that the nine Justices “just (don’t) have enough time to correct all of the Ninth Circuit’s mistakes.” (The Supreme Court’s declination came without comment … Read more

Anti-choicers actively tried to harm Arizona women with medication abortion law

Crossposted at DemocraticDiva.com

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The official line on TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) is that they are necessary to make abortion “safer”. Of course, anti-choicers bent on passing often have a hard time staying on script about that, as we saw in April during the floor debate in the AZ legislature about surprise clinic inspections.

But Wednesday’s debate quickly moved from medical necessity to religion. Sen. David Farnsworth, R-Mesa, said he supports this measure because he backs anything he considers to be “pro-life.”

“It is amazing to me that we in America can give a slap in the face to God above by killing these unborn children,” he said. “Who is more defenseless than a child in the womb?”

Sen. Al Melvin, R-Tucson, commented about being a Roman Catholic and a Republican.

“And I take great pride in that my church and my political party both stand for the sanctity of human life, from conception to natural death,” said Melvin, a Republican candidate for governor.

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