Senate confirms Solicitor General Elena Kagan as Supreme Court Justice
August 5, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The U.S. Senate confirmed Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the 112th Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court today on a vote of 63 to 37. Arizona's twin embarrassments, Jon Kyl and John McCain, voted against confirmation on specious grounds. Senate confirms Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court: The Senate confirmed U.S. Solicitor
Reminder: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate debate and forums
August 5, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The final televised debate between the Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate will be taped in Tucson on Thursday, August 5, 2010, and will air this evening on Arizona Illustrated with Bill Buckmaster on KUAT, Arizona Public Television Channel 6, at 6:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. (corrected). The Democrats of Legislative District 7 invite
Mayor Michael Bloomberg addresses First Amendment religious freedom
August 5, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There has been a great deal of "Islamophobia" and religious intolerance emanating from the political right over a proposed mosque and community center located several blocks from the World Trade Center in New York City. The right would have the government (local, state federal) impose a law forbidding the establishment of a
Senate Republicans filibuster $600 million for border security
August 5, 2010
Posted b y AzBlueMeanie: In a related matter to the previous post, Republicans are engaged in a filibuster of $600 million in additional funds for border security because they want the money to come out of "unused" stimulus funds, funds that are in reality already committed to stimulus projects in the pipeline. The GOP's blind ideological
Congress to pass supplemental stimulus “bailout” to state governments
August 5, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When our Accidental Governor succeeded to office in February 2009, she briefly postured and pontificated against the stimulus bill under consideration in Congress. She and others like Sen. Russell Pearce toyed with the idea of Arizona rejecting any stimulus aid from the federal government. Once Congress passed the stimulus bill, however, Jan
Everybody’s Gotta Have Priorities, And The AZGOP Has Got ‘Em
August 4, 2010
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings as sort of an update to a previous post… …Unfortunately for the people of Arizona, the GOP's priorities are (more than) slightly skewed in favor of Big Business and in opposition to the interests of the people of AZ… There are many reasons that the Republican leadership
Al Melvin, Covance and Animal Cruelty
August 4, 2010
by David Safier Al Melvin's love of animals is part of his persona as state senator. He uses it as a way to establish his basic humanity. He wants to be involved with any animal-friendly legislation that comes up. He portrays himself as the senate's go-to guy when it comes to All Creatures Great and
Judge strikes down Prop. 8, allows gay marriage in California
August 4, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In a long-awaited ruling, U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that California's ban on same-sex marriage (Prop. 8) violates the 14th Amendment constitutional rights of equal protection and due process. Republicans no doubt will now want to repeal these clauses of the 14th Amendment as well as the citizenship clause. Proposition 8:
