The GOP war on campaign finance reforms

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Not satisfied by the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. FEC that opened the floodgates to corporate-sponsored election ads, conservative opponents of campaign finance regulations have opened up a series of new legal fronts in their effort to eliminate the remaining laws restricting the flow of money into politics. To … Read more

The GOP war on the independent judiciary (and separation of powers)

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The "Birthers, Birchers and Secessionist" wing of the Republican Party in Arizona has long opposed the wisdom of the voters in approving the merit selection system for judges in Arizona. Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was one of the architects of the merit selection system for judges when she … Read more

Arizona as a perjorative

by David Safier I posted Saturday about Utah's conservative Sutherland Institute creating a website, notaz.org: "Utah is Not Arizona." The subject of the website is Utah's more enlightened attitude toward immigration. Now it's Illinois using Arizona as a symbol of anti-immigrant hysteria. When the state assembly defeated 10 anti-immigrant bills, the way they defined the … Read more