Alabama U.S. District Court Judge Halts Ban on Union Payroll Deductions
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This is one of those pieces of anti-union "model" legislation that is working its way through Tea-Publican Legislatures across the country. There are currently bills in the Arizona Legislature that seek to ban union payroll deductions, SB 1555 (government employees; union dues; withholding) and HB 2395 (schools; payroll deductions; union dues). These bills … Read more
Court of Appeals reinstates FISA wiretapping case
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a lawsuit challenging an eavesdropping law passed by Congress three years ago. Appellate Court Reinstates Lawsuit Challenging Wiretapping Powers – NYTimes.com: In the lawsuit, one of the few remaining on the issue, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups charged that the expanded surveillance … Read more
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
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander: End federal funding of FOX News
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Mark at News Corpse blog gets it exactly right Stop Federal Funding Of Fox News: A few weeks ago video pimp and propagandist, James O’Keefe, released a heavily edited and deliberately deceptive video that purported to expose an institutional bias at National Public Radio. It was quickly debunked and denounced as a fraud … Read more
Russell Pearce: “You’re not a citizen of the United States”
by David Safier You might think Russell Pearce is talking to undocumented immigrants when he says, "You're not a citizen of the United States." but you would be wrong. He's talking to cheering supporters at a Tea Party rally. "Do you know, you’re not a citizen of the United States," Pearce said at a Tea … 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
