By Karl Reiner The elected leaders of Arizona continue to be extremely busy doing things that bewilder much of the citizenry. The attempt to have local law enforcement agencies take on the additional responsibility of enforcing immigration laws (the infamous SB 1070 affair) resulted in a massive amount of negative publicity financially beleaguered Arizona … Read more
by David Safier I doubt "Even Robert Robb" will become a running feature on BfA, though I would love to see it happen, but . . . Even Robert Robb thinks Brewer and Horne are hypocrites and idiots with their countersuit of the feds over immigration. Robb is a Republic columnist of the conservative persuasion … Read more
Posted by Michael Bryan For a horrific crime that should be understood as an act of political terrorism in furtherance of an extreme right wing plot to fund vigilante border actions through the proceeds of criminal activity, a Pima County jury convicted Shawna Forde today of two counts of first-degree murder in the May 30, 2009 … Read more
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings On Monday, the Judiciary Committee of the Arizona Senate failed to move two nativist-written and -sponsored anti-birthright citizenship bills. On Tuesday, Senate President Russell Pearce withdrew the bills from Judiciary to the Appropriations Committee for consideration (SB1309 and SB1308). They are scheduled for consideration there on Tuesday, February 15 (next … Read more
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …but this isn't over yet. Before a packed meeting room, the Judiciary Committee of the Arizona Senate listened to well over two hours of testimony regarding SB1308 and SB1309, the anti-14th Amendment/birthright citizenship bills proposed by Sen. Ron Gould, the committee's chair. Anybody who watched the proceedings, in … Read more