Community Classroom Guns in America: Can We Have A Better Gun Debate? TUESDAYs from 4:00Pm-6:00pm (09/10/2019 – 10/15/2019) | TUITION: $160 “Don’t miss this chance to study with one of the leading experts on US gun politics! In this 6 week course, Professor Jennifer Carlson will trace the profound changes in gun culture and gun law that … Read more
In 2018, Democrat Douglas Ervin came close to defeating Republican Paul Boyer for the Legislative District 20 Senate Seat. He is looking for a different outcome with a rematch in 2020. Legislative District 20, which includes parts of Phoenix, Moon Valley, and Glendale has been in Republican hands since its formation in 2012. Democrats have … Read more
Earlier this year, when Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery applied for an open seat on the Arizona Supreme Court, the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments voted him down 7–5 after criticizing his lack of experience, his controversial views and past that raised concerns about his impartiality, and his office’s culture of misconduct. Attorney Mark Harrison, a past president … Read more
Back in June, the U.S. Supreme Court barred the federal courthouse doors to partisan political gerrymandering claims. SCOTUS Watch: partisan gerrymandering is ‘non-justiciable,’ and Census case is remanded to Commerce Dept.: In a 5-4 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, the conservative majority holds that partisan gerrymandering … Read more
Boris Johnson’s hard-right Brexiter’s “coup” of the British government appears to be falling apart as Conservative members of his own party are standing up to oppose his reckless leadership. (Can anyone even imagine the sniveling cowards in the Republican Party in Congress standing up to the reckless leadership of Donald Trump this way?) Boris Johnson lost … Read more