The "Goldwater" Institute is leading yet another futile crusade against Arizona’s popular and successful Clean Elections public finance system. This time several "traditionally" funded candidates are pewling about their civil rights being infringed upon by other candidates (their opponents) getting public funds. The "Goldwater" Institute saw the recent Supreme Court decision in Davis v. FEC … Read more
Andy Thomas, the Maricopa County Attorney, is asking the Arizona State Supreme Court [PDF] to declare him above the obligatory ethical standards of his profession. He wants to be declared exempt from the system of self-governance by which the ethical standards of the legal profession are enforced under the supervision and authority of the courts. … Read more
Link: Thomas to high court: Make Bar back off. Thomas is in deep poop. Poop deposited with his own shovel, it should be pointed out. He’s going on the offensive against seven bar complaints filed against him stemming from his office’s miserable handling of the New Times affair and his unprecedented and irresponsible attempt to … Read more
"The GOP has transformed the legal apparatus of the United States into an instrument of partisan force." – Scott Horton "Vote Machine: How Republicans hacked the Justice Department" (PDF) The GOP has been engaging in a cynical and deliberate attempt to use the justice system to punish their political enemies, justify and legitimate their systematic … Read more
Innocent until proven guilty. If ever there were a legal motto that is observed more the breach than in the main, this is it. The Presumption of innocence is a nice formality, but everyone, and especially conservatives, are generally ready to lock up a criminal who is merely charged with a crime. Regardless of the … Read more