Four birthright bills coming from Republicans

by David Safier One, two or three are not enough. The Republicans are planning to file four — count them, Four! — birthright bills. The bills, which have not yet been introduced, would likely establish that an Arizona citizen must be a U.S. citizen. They would define a U.S. citizen as someone who was born … Read more

SB1071

by David Safier NOTE: This is my first post since Saturday that deals with a topic unrelated to the tragic shooting of Giffords and others. After being able to think of little else since then, I'm ready to expand to other topics. David Schapira is introducing legislation to ban racial profiling by police officers. The … Read more

Redistricting and other updates: 1st court proceeding set for January 18

by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As most observers of the AZ political scene are already aware, the lawsuits over redistricting have already started, even before the actual redistricting process has begun. The first lawsuit was filed by Kirk Adams and Russell Pearce, Speaker of the Arizona House and President-elect of the Arizona Senate, respectively, … Read more