SCOTUS Watch: The Court Opted For Narrowly Decided Opinions In Major Cases
June 20, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court began the week last Monday with a couple of technical criminal sentencing cases. Greer v. United States is a case about what kind of argument the defendant needs to make in cases alleging that he is a felon in possession of a gun after the Court’s ruling in Rehaif v. United
‘Save Democracy While You Can’ Ad – Pass The For the People Act
June 20, 2021
In an homage to Star Wars, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom star in dystopian ad supporting voting rights legislation: Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are urging Congress to pass voting rights legislation — from the future. Perry and Bloom starred in an ad released Thursday in support of the For the People Act, Congress’ voting rights bill. Set
Demand That Congress Cancel Its August Recess, And Demonstrate The ‘Fierce Urgency of Now’
June 20, 2021
h/t Graphic: The Rachel Maddow show. This is how the U.S. Senate explains why Congress still has an August Recess (keep in mind that Arizona school children return to classes in late July and August, during excessive heat warnings): Each year, Congress recesses for the month of August. During the Senate’s early years, senators typically
Juneteenth – It’s past time for white people to face slavery.
June 20, 2021
In 1963, I was 16 years old and lived in a town of 800 people in Wisconsin. Our church youth group collaborated with a church in Chicago to have an exchange so the white youth of Wisconsin could meet the Black youth of Chicago and break down the color barrier. We
Political Calendar: Week of June 20, 2021
June 20, 2021
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, events are being cancelled or postponed to later dates. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status.
Arizona Senate Asserts It is Above The Law, Not Subject To Public Records Requests
June 19, 2021
Our MAGA/QAnon blog trolls have frequently posed a defense of the Arizona Senate’s GQP sham “fraudit,” to wit, “if you are so confident in the election results, what harm is there in letting this audit play out?” This false framing presupposes this Cyber Ninja Dude, Doug Logan, is a legitimate election audit expert and is
Doug Ducey is Soliciting Economic Advice from…Wait for It… His Dentist
June 19, 2021
Most political operatives and historians (including Democrats) recognize that President Jimmy Carter made a horrible gaffe in his 1980 Presidential Debate with then-former California Governor Ronald Reagan when he appeared to trivialize the threat of nuclear weaponry and proliferation when he said he discussed the vital national security matter with his young daughter Amy. While
AZ Freedom Riders leave PHX on Juneteenth Holiday Headed for Wash., D.C.
June 19, 2021
Click arrow to play podcast. As a commemoration of the Freedom Riders of the 60’s civil rights movement, Arizona Freedom Riders left Phoenix on the first celebration of the Juneteenth holiday to push once again for voting rights legislation in Washington, D.C. Four buses carrying almost 200 young and older Black, Latinx, White, middle
