SB 1070 Update: Substantive Portion of Judge Bolton’s Ruling on SB 1070
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: You can read U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton's 36 page decision here http://www.azcentral.com/ic/pdf/0729sb1070-bolton-ruling.pdf. The substantive portion of Judge Bolton's ruling follows: [On] July 6, 2010, the United States filed a Complaint with this Court challenging the constitutionality of S.B. 1070, and it also filed a Motion requesting that the Court issue … Read more
Goddard’s statement on SB1070 ruling
by David Safier Terry Goddard put out the following press release about Judge Bolton's ruling on SB1070: Jan Brewer played politics with immigration, and she lost. Rather than providing the leadership Arizona needs to solve the immigration problem, Jan Brewer signed a bill she could not defend in court which has led to boycotts, jeopardized … Read more
SB1070 Update: Breaking — Bolton blocks parts of law
by David Safier Bolton decided, key parts of SB1070 won't happen on her judicial watch. Sections barred from being enforced include: ∫ Requiring a police officer to make a reasonable attempt to check the immigration status of those they have stopped; ∫ Forbidding police from releasing anyone they have arrested until that person's immigration status … Read more
Third debate for Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Tuesday night, Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate John Dougherty, Cathy Eden, Rodney Glassman, and Randy Parraz debated on Horizon (channel 8) in Phoenix. You would never know this from today's newspapers. The McMedia have decided that since John McCain is kicking J.D. Hayworth's butt in the polls that this election is over, … Read more
Now, this I like
by David Safier This may be the strongest and smartest strategy the Democrats have employed this election season: going straight at the Tea Party. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine today will announce a new party initiative aimed at defining the Republicans who want to win control of Congress as tea partiers who want to … Read more
The Arizona Republic endorses Penny Kotterman in Dem primary for Superintendent of Public Instruction
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Republic today endorsed Penny Kotterman in the Democratic primary for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Kotterman has skills to do the job: Unique among state agency "directors," the state superintendent of public instruction must run a substantial bureaucracy while establishing policy for the state's public schools, a huge undertaking. It is … Read more
SB1070 Update: Asylum seekers could be in trouble
by David Safier I thought I'd heard or thought of every basic scenario having to do with SB1070, but there's one I missed: people seeking political asylum in the U.S. In an excellent analysis of the various ways SB1070 is likely to be enforced across Arizona — think Tower of Babel — Jeffrey Kaye brings … Read more
