Michael Bryan

Michael founded BlogForArizona.net as the Howard Dean presidential campaign blog for Arizona in 2003, and has been blogging ever since. The Blog is now coming up on 20 years of continuous publication, a major achievement for any political blog, which usually have the life-spans of mayflies. Michael is an attorney living in Tucson with his wife Lauren. In 2008, Michael remade BlogForArizona into a collaborative project. Michael is now but one of the contributors to the blog and provides editorial and publishing direction in consultation with the Board of Directors and the other authors. If you want to keep up with the latest Arizona and National political news in an entertaining quick hit of news and opinion, check out the BlogForArizona twitter feed, which Mike largely curates and writes. Michael is also an AAPC member who occassionally consults on political campaigns, strategy and communications.

JACL Votes to Continue their Opposition to SB1070

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By Jenn   Jim Shee, a 70-year-old American of Chinese and Spanish descent, claims he has been profiled by cops in Arizona twice since the passage of SB 1070 in the State Legislature. In May, the board of the Japanese American Citizens League voted 8-6 to join lawsuits that have been filed challenging the constitutionality of … Read more

Owner of Brooklyn Pizza Does a 180 on SB1070

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By Jenn I guess that singing frog puppet actually managed to convince one guy. Congratulations, Accidental Governor Brewer. The AZ Star reports that Tony Vaccaro, owner of Brooklyn Pizza and Sky Bar over on 4th Avenue, has reversed his position on SB 1070: Business owner defects from anti-SB 1070 campaign After showing his support for … Read more

How Does SB1070 Violate the Commerce Clause?

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In my previous posts I examined the reasons given in the DOJ brief why SB1070 violates federal supremacy in immigration both generally, under field preemption, and specifically, under conflict preemption, and the general import of the suit. This final post on the brief concerns the final argument of the brief: SB1070 violates the Dormant Commerce Clause. … Read more

Ward Connerly’s Plans to Buy A Vote in Arizona

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By Jenn Ward Connerly considers his plans to buy elections, one state at a time. Proposition 107 is bad news for equal opportunity in Arizona. But, Ward Connerly, no friend to diversity efforts, has dedicated himself to pushing this effort through in November. His American Civil Rights Initiative (ACRI) worked with State Senator Russell Pearce and … Read more

How Does SB1070 Conflict with Federal Immigration Law?

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By Michael Bryan In the last post I discussed the general concept of preemption in the DOJ suit to enjoin the enforcement of SB1070 and how SB1070 falls afoul of field preemption. In this post I will discuss the various specific ways the Feds' brief claims that SB1070 conflicts with federal law and is therefore … Read more