JURIST

JUNE 26, 2022

Arizona lawmakers in the House Friday approved House Bill 2319 (HB 2319), making it unlawful for someone to knowingly record law enforcement activity within eight feet of the incident that is transpiring. John Kavanagh, now awaits final approval from Arizona Governor Doug Ducey.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake Friday filed a lawsuit against Arizona election officials challenging the certification of November 8 election results naming Katie Hobbs the Governor-elect. ” Arizona’s certified election results were released Monday.

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APRIL 15, 2021

Russ Wiles, Arizona Republic, Arizona Republic Interviews Diane L. Drain about Arizona homestead protection and exposure to creditors. Homeowners who refinance their mortgag es could lose protections from debt collectors and other creditors under a bill that’s quietly making its way through the Arizona Legislature.

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JURIST

MAY 23, 2023

A judge for the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County dismissed a lawsuit by former Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake on Monday, denying Lake’s final claims of election misconduct in the 2022 Arizona general election. Well, we can play by those same rules. We’ve got to work in this rigged, corrupt system.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2022

An Arizona district court Tuesday ordered former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake to pay Arizona’s governor-elect Katie Hobbs court fees relating to a lawsuit that challenged the outcome of the November election. The case arose on December 9 when Lake challenged her loss in the race for Arizona governor.

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JURIST

JUNE 13, 2023

Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch announced in a press conference and confirmed in a Monday interview with ABC 15 Arizona that Navajo law enforcement have found 271 Native Americans in Phoenix, Arizona—mostly of the Navajo Nation—who lost housing due to the closure of sober living homes found to have defrauded Medicaid.

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JURIST

JULY 1, 2021

In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, the US Supreme Court upheld provisions of a restrictive Arizona voting law, stating that the provisions do not violate the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Out-of-precinct voting is prevented by Arizona law, which states that ballots cast at the wrong precinct must be discarded.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2022

An Arizona court Friday granted Kari Lake, former Arizona gubernatorial candidate, permission to inspect ballots from the Arizona general election on November 8. In its ruling, the court noted, “The law in Arizona does not permit an election challenge to proceed based solely upon a vague sense of unease.”

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JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2022

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU) and a group of 10 news organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging an Arizona law that makes it a crime for the public to record law enforcement within eight feet without an officer’s permission. The law was signed by Republican Governor Doug Ducey in July.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Arizona governor-elect Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County officials Monday filed for sanctions against former Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake after a state judge dismissed Lake’s remaining claims of election misconduct. Hobbs is “far narrower than the number of presumptively illegal and illegally cast ballots in Arizona.”

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JURIST

JULY 20, 2021

The US District Court for the District of Arizona Friday ordered the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Recovery (ADC) to trial for failure to make agreed-upon progress toward prison healthcare reforms.

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Diane Drain

APRIL 16, 2022

ARIZONA IS ONE OF 2 STATES THAT WILL TAKE YOUR TAX REFUND IF THIS HAPPENS. By RUSS WILES, Arizona Republic (reprinted for educational purposes only). A bill before Arizona lawmakers, Senate Bill 1222, would change that by exempting federal tax refunds from the list of personal assets used to pay off debts. SHOULD THE LAW CHANGE?

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JURIST

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Seven lawsuits were filed Monday in Arizona against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for allegedly covering up sexual abuse in church-sponsored Boy Scouts of America (BSA) troops. The allegations span more than 30 years, ranging from 1972 to 2009. Thanks for your support! DONATE NOW.

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Diane Drain

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff’s Bidding Requirements at a Sheriff’s Execution Sale of a Judgment Debtor’s “Homestead” Residence. The Arizona statute, which includes the conditions that must be complied with before the Sheriff will even schedule a Sheriff’s Execution Sale of a Homestead Residence, is set forth in full below: 33-1105.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

At the center of the order was Clean Elections USA, a group committed to monitoring ballot drop off boxes in Arizona. Protect Democracy and the League of Women Voters, filed suit in federal court in Arizona, seeking an injunction to prevent further voter intimidation. The US midterm elections take place on November 8. .

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2024

110 law and undergraduate students from over 70 universities across the US, including myself, converged on Phoenix, Arizona Friday for the first day of the first-ever student-run US Model Constitutional Convention , hosted by the Center for Constitutional Design at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

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JURIST

MARCH 11, 2023

The US man who filed the complaint with the Judicial Council, Jon Crump, told the publisher of the Vancouver Sun , Postmedia, that he engaged in a physical altercation with Brown at an Arizona resort. Brown was in Arizona for the awarding of the O’Connor Justice Prize to former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Louise Arbor.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 30, 2021

There will soon be a big change for jury selection in Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court published a rule modification Friday ending the use of…

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Voters across Nevada, Connecticut, Michigan, Arizona, Nebraska and Ohio Tuesday voted on whether to expand or restrict voter access to election procedures. Though there are still unreported votes, Arizona appears poised to reject a law requiring voters to show identification before casting a ballot.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wednesday ruled that Arizona does not have to give voters who forget to sign their mail ballots time to resolve the issue following the election, reinstating Arizona’s election day deadline for fixing the issue. In June 2020, the Arizona Democratic Party sued the state.

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CourtTechBulletin

MARCH 24, 2022

Apple launches the first smartphone driver’s license/ID with Arizona Additional states to follow, including Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi, Ohio, and the territory of Puerto Rico Read more ».

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Above The Law

JULY 19, 2024

The post Arizona Offers Alternate Path To Practice After Almost Passing Bar appeared first on Above the Law. Practice has many doors, Ed boys.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 20, 2025

“Arizona Supreme Court launches AI ‘reporters’ to make ‘justice more accessible than ever”: Stacey Barchenger of The Arizona Republic has an article that begins, “The newest staffers at the Arizona Supreme Court are unlike any prior hires — They are avatars created using artificial intelligence.”

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Above The Law

JANUARY 17, 2023

Lose Arizona Election Again appeared first on Above the Law. We see you, Professor. The post Republicans — And Dersh!

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LawSites

MAY 7, 2021

The Arizona Supreme Court has approved the first three entities to be licensed as alternative business structures, enabling businesses owned by non-lawyers to deliver legal services under the liberalized licensing rules the court approved last August. The two principles are Kent Phelps, an Arizona lawyer since 1996, and Jeffery B.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

“Arizona to resume executions after two-year pause”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

Last week, the Arizona attorney generals office announced the creation of a Cold Case Homicide Unit, which will partner with local law enforcement agencies to…

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JURIST

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The program is only available to voters in certain swing states, including Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. He’s since offered financial incentives to other voters to sign on and refer more voters. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has previously expressed concerns regarding the petition.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 29, 2025

In 2020, the Arizona Supreme Court established its Alternative Business Structure (ABS) program which allows nonlawyers to have an economic interest or decision making authority in a law firm. A few days ago, the Big Four accounting firm KPMG applied for Arizonas ABS license. He is also sympathetic to people with large student loans.

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EvidenceProf Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Similar to its federal counterpart, Arizona Rule of Evidence 405(b) provides that When a person's character or character trait is an essential element of a charge, claim, or defense, or pursuant to Rule 404(c), the character or trait may also.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 4, 2023

Republican Kari Lake, who lost Arizona's gubernatorial race by nearly 20,000 votes, has asked the state Supreme Court to hear her lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the election.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

By a vote of 6-3, the justices upheld two Arizona voting provisions that Democrats and civil rights groups challenged as disproportionately burdening minority voters. In light of these considerations, Alito explained, neither of the Arizona rules at issue in this case violates Section 2.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

A woman who used medicinal cannabis to treat morning sickness during her pregnancy was placed on Arizona’s Confidential Registry for child abuse in 2019, after her newborn child tested positive for cannabis. .

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The lawsuit alleges that Arizona has not only usurped the federal government's jurisdiction over border policy but actively prevented civil servants from continuing routine work along the U.S.-Mexico Mexico border.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

2021), the Supreme Court of Arizona addressed a question of first impression: "whether an appearance of impropriety, arising from a prosecutor's actual misconduct, may be. In its opinion today in State v. Honorable James E. Marner, 2021 WL 2197962 (Ariz.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Supreme Court on Monday refused to block a federal judge’s decision to allow depositions of two Republican legislative leaders in Arizona who intervened…

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LawSites

MARCH 13, 2024

Training kicked off last month in Arizona for a new class of legal advocates who will work at community-based organizations throughout the state to provide free limited-scope legal help to clients in domestic violence and housing matters.

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