SCOTUS Watch: Court adds review of DACA to its 2019-2020 term

The 2019-2020 U.S. Supreme Court term is slowly shaping up to be a momentous one, dropping a bombshell or two into the 2020 presidential campaign. The Census case is not over, and could return as early as this summer, or in early October. As Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern note at Slate: If there … Read more

Democratic Presidential Debates

BfAZ Authors React to the Second Democractic Debate

By Blog For Arizona’s Authors Mike Bryan, David Gordon and Pamela Powers Hannley Here is the full video of the event: https://youtu.be/cX7hni-zGD8 Here is the debate transcript. Reactions from Michael Bryan: The first and primary takeaway of the second debate was to totally throw open the race: All of the leading candidates are now on … Read more

BfAZ Authors React to the First Democratic Debate

By Michael Bryan, Larry Bodine, Pam Powers Hannley and David Gordon. First of all, if you missed it and want to recap in prose: here’s the debate transcript. Here’s the full video: Comments by Michael Bryan: If you ask me, the debate accomplished a few things: It moved forward the debate on immigration and refugees. Julian … Read more

Conservative activist judges threaten ‘Obamacare’ and the U.S. health insurance system

Back in early May, the Trump administration asked the court to strike down all of Obamacare: The Trump administration filed a motion in opposition to the entire Affordable Care Act aka “Obamacare” on Wednesday, arguing in a federal appeals court that the signature Obama-era legislation was unconstitutional and should be struck down. Trump Administration Files Formal Request … Read more