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Gov. Greg Abbott Wants To Use Anticipated Decision in Dobbs To Reverse 1982 SCOTUS Precedent On Educating Immigrant Children

May 10, 2022 by AZ BlueMeanie

We first have to take a trip in Mr. Peabody’s time travel WAYBAC Machine, to 2011 when Arizona’s leading anti-immigrant racist, then Senate President Russell Pearce, unsuccessfully tried to prohibit undocumented immigrant children from receiving a public school education, even though it was a violation of a 1982 Supreme Court decision. Pearce moves to officially … Read more

AZ Supreme Court: Planning And Organizing An Insurrection Against The Government Is Not Disqualifying From Office

May 10, 2022 by AZ BlueMeanie

Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution provides in clause 1: “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.” … Read more

Georgia ALJ Rules Marjorie ‘Q’ Greene Can Remain On the Ballot, Appeal To Follow

May 9, 2022 by AZ BlueMeanie

An administrative law judge in Georgia ruled Friday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) can run for reelection after a group of voters challenged the congresswoman’s eligibility because of allegations that she participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol after the 2020 presidential election. Georgia judge rules Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene … Read more

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Coury Halts 14th Amendment Disqualification Lawsuit From Proceeding

April 22, 2022 by AZ BlueMeanie

Ths decision will be appealed. This is not the last word. Howard Fischer reports, Ruling: 3 Arizona candidates can stay on ballot: A judge will not bar three officials who allegedly were involved in some way in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot from running again for office in Arizona. In a 19-page ruling [not yet … Read more

Citizens Clean Elections Debate: Democratic Candidates For Secretary Of State

April 22, 2022 by AZ BlueMeanie

Ted Simons of Arizona Horizon (PBS) moderates an “informal” debate for Arizona’s Citizens Clean Elections for the pro-democracy Democratic candidates for Secretary of State, Adrian Fontes, the former County Recorder for Maricopa County, and Rep. Reginald Bolding, the current Democratic house minority leader. The video is at the link below, I cannot embed it in the … Read more

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