JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The US District Court for the District of Arizona on Tuesday blocked provisions of a restrictive Arizona abortion bill from taking effect. The Arizona legislature enacted SB 1457 in April 2021. Pregnant people who seek abortion in these cases would be subject to up to 8.75 years in prison.

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JURIST

AUGUST 8, 2023

Abortion rights advocates in Arizona filed the initial paperwork on Tuesday to put a proposed amendment to the state constitution on the ballot in 2024 that would affirm the right to an abortion in Arizona. Abortion has been a contentious issue in Arizona.

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2024

The Arizona House of Representatives erupted into chants of “shame” on Wednesday after Republican members voted to adjourn instead of discussing a bill that would repeal the state’s 1864 abortion ban. The law also includes provisions allowing for the prosecution of physicians and doctors that perform abortions.

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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

JUNE 25, 2023

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced an executive order on Friday that protects abortion rights within the state one year after the Dobbs v. Abortion is generally legal before 15 weeks in Arizona under a law passed by former Governor Doug Ducey. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization decision.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 3, 2023

State of Arizona on Tuesday, banning Arizona from excluding gender-affirming care in state health insurance plans. ” The case was originally filed in 2019 by Russell Toomey, an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona. US District Court Judge Rosemary Marquez affirmed the final consent decree in the case Toomey v.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overruled Monday a federal district court’s decision that doctors lacked standing to challenge an Arizona law banning abortion in cases of fetal abnormality. SB 1457 was passed in 2021 by a Republican-led legislature and signed into law by then-Governor Doug Ducey.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 8, 2022

An Arizona state appeals court Friday blocked enforcement of a 1901 abortion ban, which bans all abortions unless the procedure is necessary to save a pregnant person’s life. Planned Parenthood said, with the stay in place, Arizona clinics will now resume abortion procedures.

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2024

JP Leskovich is a rising 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and JURIST’s News Managing Editor. In a keynote speech last night, Richard Albert, William Stamps Farish Professor in Law and Director of Constitutional Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, presented us with three questions: Who are we here for?

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JURIST

MARCH 24, 2023

The Arizona Supreme Court Wednesday declined to force Governor Katie Hobbs to carry out the death row sentence of Aaron Gunches. Under Arizona law , the court’s role is to issue a warrant of execution that “authorises” the action. He later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death in 2004.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2023

The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Friday that licensed physicians can legally perform abortions insofar as the fetus is less than 15 weeks old. Judge Eckerstrom concluded the law now permits “physicians to perform elective abortions up to fifteen weeks but only in conformity with a host of exacting regulations.”

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Diane Drain

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

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

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 9, 2024

“Abortion in Arizona set to be illegal in nearly all circumstances, state high court rules”: Ray Stern and Stacey Barchenger of The Arizona Republic have this report. Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star reports that “ Court ruling makes nearly all abortions in Arizona illegal.”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In an opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the court ruled that the Arizona Supreme Court incorrectly held that the 2016 case Lynch v. Arizona was “not a significant change in law” meriting a second post conviction relief application. South Carolina “did not apply” in Arizona.

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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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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Monday afternoon denied a request from the leaders of the Arizona legislature to put on hold an order that would require them to be deposed about the legislature’s enactment of voting laws that make it more difficult to register to vote. The laws at the center of the dispute were enacted in 2022.

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2021

A group of Arizona plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday seeking to block implementation of two provisions of an abortion law set to go into effect in September. The personhood provision, on the other hand, “alters the entire Arizona Revised Statutes.”

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Diane Drain

MAY 15, 2021

On January 1, 2022, HB2617 will become the law of Arizona. Your home is no longer protected from your judgment creditors, which will have a devastating effect on Arizona’s consumers, and those hardest hit by Covid-19. The purpose of the homestead exemption is to protect a person’s home. (i)

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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

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

An Arizona Senate committee Thursday voted in favor of a bill that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The bill comes amidst the much-anticipated Supreme Court decision on Mississippi’s abortion law, which has the potential to drastically transform abortion rights in the US. The bill will soon move to a second reading.

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Diane Drain

APRIL 16, 2022

ARIZONA IS ONE OF 2 STATES THAT WILL TAKE YOUR TAX REFUND IF THIS HAPPENS. SHOULD THE LAW CHANGE? By RUSS WILES, Arizona Republic (reprinted for educational purposes only). Current state law precludes debtors like the Hebenthals from receiving tax refunds if they recently filed for bankruptcy before getting the funds.

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JURIST

JULY 6, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona over an election law that requires state residents to provide proof of citizenship in order to vote in presidential and other federal elections. House Bill 2492 was signed by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey in March. Inter Tribal Council, Inc.

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JURIST

MAY 27, 2024

JP Leskovich is a rising 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and JURIST’s News Managing Editor. This is the third in a series of dispatches he’s filed as an embedded reporter for JURIST at the Model Constitutional Convention sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Design at ASU Law.

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JURIST

MAY 13, 2021

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill into law on Tuesday that would remove individuals from a list of voters who automatically receive mail-in ballots if they fail to vote in the primary and general elections for two consecutive election cycles. Arizona voters can opt-in to automatically receive mail-in ballots for every election.

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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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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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HowAppealing

MAY 1, 2024

“Arizona Lawmakers Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban, Creating Rift on the Right; Two Republican state senators broke with their party to ensure final passage of the repeal; Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is expected to sign it on Thursday”: Jack Healy and Elizabeth Dias of The New York Times have this report.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

New Arizona Law Gives Motorists Room To Get Ahead appeared first on Above the Law. Motorists moving to the front of the queue should still remain cautious of blue shells. The post Safety First!

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Planned Parenthood of Arizona Monday asked an Arizona state judge to stay a September 23 ruling which would allow a 1901 abortion ban to go into effect. Arizona also passed a 15-week abortion ban back in February. Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc. Planned Parenthood Arizona, Inc. PPArizona) September 26, 2022.

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LawSites

JANUARY 23, 2023

Axiom , one of the longest-running alternative legal services providers, today joins the ranks of licensed legal services providers as it opens Axiom Advice & Counsel LLC (AA&C), a law firm in Arizona, where it plans to provide corporate legal services to businesses. to operate with an integrated law firm.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 11, 2023

District Judge has ordered the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry to make “substantial” changes to its staffing and facility operations after determining that conditions in Arizona’s prisons represent an “unconstitutional substantial risk of serious harm” to people in the state’s custody. .

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JURIST

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As part of an ongoing lawsuit , Arizona Governor Douglas Ducey agreed Wednesday to dismantle a wall of shipping containers installed on the border between Arizona and Mexico. The suit also alleges that the double-stacked containers threaten public safety and impede law enforcement officers from carrying out their duties.

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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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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2021

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill into law Thursday that will allow landlords to retrieve the pets of deceased or incapacitated tenants. ” The governor’s office recognized the bill as “Matthew’s Law,” named for Matthew Meisner , who was murdered by two teenagers while on a walk.

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