Sen. Russell Pearce’s next target: women and babies
May 22, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: H/t to the Rachel Maddow blog Arizona's Pearce goes after moms: "If we are going to have an effect on the anchor baby racket, we need to target the mother. Call it sexist, but that's the way nature made it. Men don't drop anchor babies, illegal alien mothers do." That statement was
Federal court upholds Clean Elections matching funds
May 21, 2010
Posted by Craig McDermott From a Howard Fischer story in the AZ Daily Star – Arizona laws which give matching dollars to publicly financed candidates for office when their privately funded foes spend more are legal, a federal appeals court ruled today. In a unanimous decision, the three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of
SB1070 Update: Guilty until proven innocent
May 21, 2010
by David Safier Doesn't this sound a little police state-ish to the right wing? It does to me. If a police officer has "reasonable suspicion" you are in the U.S. without the proper papers, you are considered guilty until proven innocent. Based on nothing more than looking nervous and wearing the wrong clothes — we're
SB1070 Update: It’s . . . It’s . . . Oh, just watch it.
May 21, 2010
by David Safier The Accidental Guv wants to become the Elected Guv. Here's a video from the Governor Jan Brewer 2010 campaign. Words fail me. Watch it yourself. (h/t to Marlene Phillips)
SB1070 Update: Show me your papers — if you have any
May 21, 2010
by David Safier I've posted about the mistaken notion that SB1070 pretty much just requires drivers to have driver's licenses with them. SB1070 "stops" can range from traffic stops to street stops to overgrown-lawn stops. Oh, and even if it's a traffic stop, an out-of-state driver's license is no good. It needs to be an
Eckerstrom and Ash Go At It Over Prop 100 Vote
May 21, 2010
Dr. Word says, Rand Paul hasn’t really walked back his Civil Rights statement
May 20, 2010
by David Safier Gotta give Rand Paul this much. He's a dedicated libertarian who's not afraid to state his beliefs. He's not backing down. No sir. And that's why the Tea Party loves him and why he's gonna get elec . . . Oh, wait a minute. One of Paul's strong positions just bit him
SB1070 Update: Police training program may explain “reasonable suspicion,” or maybe not
May 20, 2010
by David Safier Arizona is going to train its officers on enforcing SB1070, including a video with all the needed information. There's only one little problem. They haven't quite figured out what "reasonable suspicion" means. Executive Director Lyle Mann stressed officers watching the video will be told they cannot engage in "racial profiling" or even
