The Arizona Supreme Court ruled against a Trump-aligned law firm that wanted to force the Democratic secretary of state to rewrite a ballot description of a proposed constitutional amendment that makes sweeping changes to how elections are conducted. In a split decision, the majority of the justices agreed with the trial court that the three […]
After a flurry of cases were decided Tuesday by the Arizona Supreme Court, the November ballot is set and voters will be deciding the fate of eight different ballot measures. One result of the expedited appeals that the high court decided this week is that voters won’t have any direct say over how Arizona’s universal […]
(The Center Square) - The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an initiative to regulate the state’s school choice program appears to lack enough valid signatures to qualify for the Nov. 3 ballot.
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Republican-backed ballot referral that would amend the state’s constitution to make sweeping changes to how elections are conducted can remain on the November ballot. Critics had argued that Proposition 144, also known as the “Fast Accurate Secure Transparent Election Results Act,” violated a provision in the Arizona […]
Whether voters this fall will get a chance to weigh in on a ballot measure to implement sweeping new restrictions on the state’s billion-dollar universal school voucher program hinges entirely on whether the Arizona Supreme Court buys an argument from the initiative’s backers that a trial court judge’s plan for determining valid signatures means some […]
Attorneys representing the children of a father who sexually abused them and reported that abuse to church leaders are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to reconsider its unanimous ruling last month siding with religious leaders who argued the state’s clergy-penitent privilege law shielded them from reporting that abuse to authorities. The justices also declared that […]
The Arizona Supreme Court shot down a request from Republican lawmakers to preserve their summary of the voucher-regulating Protect Education Act in a voter education pamphlet, ruling that the description violates state law because it tries to sway voters against the initiative. The Protect Education Act, which will be on November’s ballots as Proposition 212, […]
Public school advocates hoping to rein in the Grand Canyon State’s billion-dollar universal private school voucher program told the Arizona Supreme Court that Republican legislators hope to “weaponize the popularity” of protecting money for military families to gut a citizens initiative — and rewire the separation of powers. Proposition 145 is ostensibly about protecting money […]
Republican legislative leaders deny that a measure they proposed was aimed at heading off a rival measure to regulate the state’s school voucher system – but say it would be constitutional even if it did. Voucher opponents are preoccupied with a clause in Proposition 145 that they say will nullify Proposition 212, the Protect Education […]
The Arizona Supreme Court sided with religious leaders this week who argued the state’s clergy-penitent privilege law shielded them from reporting child sexual abuse to authorities. And in declaring that any intervention by the courts would violate the First Amendment, the justices made clear they don’t think any changes to Arizona law aimed at forcing […]
