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Arizona Numbnuts

Arizona and their sandbilly wannabe kluckers are always good for a laugh, and Stephen Lemmons of Phoenix New Times is always there to point it out for us. Russell Pearce, Bigot, Claims President Will Need “Papers” to Visit Arizona In D.C. to attend the oral arguments on Arizona’s employer sanctions law before the U.S. Supreme Court,

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DOJ Lawsuit against Joe Arpaio “imminent”?

Published on 2010/08/03 by in Uncategorized

The Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, is apparently fed up with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio refusal to cooperate with their investigation into allegations of discrimination and unconstitutional searches and seizures. In a letter sent to Arpaio today, Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez gave the Sheriff’s Office until Aug. 17 to cooperate with the

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DOJ lawsuit filed against Arizona & SB-1070 sets the stage for milestone ruling

Published on 2010/07/07 by in Uncategorized

As expected, The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit yesterday against Arizona’s darconian SB-1070, weeks before the law is scheduled to go into effect. SB 1070 “is pre-empted by federal law and therefore violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution,” legal papers filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix contend. The

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Mexico’s “Amicus Curiae” brief accepted by Judge Susan Bolton

Published on 2010/07/02 by in Uncategorized

Mexico gets to have a say in one of the lawsuits challenging Arizona’s immigration enforcement law. A US District Court Judge Susan Bolton on Thursday granted Mexico’s request to be allowed to file a legal brief supporting the challenges to Arizona’s draconian and controversial SB-1070. What this means is the Court will consider the amicus

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