arizona issues

The good people of Maricopa County, Arizona (Phoenix metro area) have elected this man their sheriff six times in a row: While the people in Maricopa County apparently have no problem with this scumbag whackjob, a federal judge does and may finally hold him personally accountable.

And Arizona for the umpteenth time proves how backwards and depraved it is as it tries to resolve its "problems" with prostitution. There's more...much more...and much worse, in the article. I think it's time we took a star off our flag at this rate if this is how Arizona treats the human...

The Supreme Court of the US has declined to hear an appeal of a May 2013 ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that stated the Arizona law that restricted abortions to no later than the 20th week is unconstitutional. The issue at hand was apparently that the Arizona law was unnecessarily...

Maddening. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/01/25/arizona-republicans-propose-bill-that-would-not-allow-atheists-to-graduate-high-school/ A group of Arizona politicians — all Republicans, of course — have proposed a law (House Bill 2467) requiring public high school students...

Sheriff Joe, the birther clown. Judge Rules: Sheriff Joe Arpaio engaged in racial profiling, violating the Constitutional rights of Latinos

Two separate bills have been introduced into the Arizona state legislature that would require students recite the pledge of allegiance daily and the other would require a oath to support the constitution in order to graduate from high school. I think this is an appalling turn of events. You do...

The Supreme Court has sided with the Federal Government and overturned most of the provisions of the controversial Arizona immigration law. The one part, and a controversial part it is, is that they say it is okay to check immigration status when a person is being detained for any other...

First McCain said: "There is substantial evidence that some of these fires have been caused by people who have crossed our border illegally... The answer to that part of the problem is to get a secure border." Oops! He really meant: “Arizona is currently facing the worst wildfire season in...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/liberals-southern-arizona-seek-form-state-130257516.html "A long-simmering movement by liberal stalwarts in southern Arizona to break away from the rest of the largely conservative state is at a boiling point as secession backers press to bring their longshot...

Interesting case. Shawna Forde shot and killed a man and his daughter whilst 'looking for fugitives'. Reports of the case indicate it was a vigilante anti-immigrant group and that they suspected the man shot of being a drug dealer, so they were going to rob him to fund their organisation...

I have been fomenting a cessesion from the state of Arizona. I feel that because the vast majority of Arizona's population reside in maricopa county (the greater phoenix area) those of us in the outlying counties are not being represented to a satisfactory degree. Our state legislators are...

In an early bid to win the 2011 title for most unconstitutional law passed in America, an Arizona legislator has introduced a bill which ... citation The bill's sponsor insists that it is not symbolic legislation and claims that he seriously hopes it will pass. When asked if the federal...

There appears to be an interesting controversy over the origin of Arizona’s SB1070 immigration law. A recent investigation by NPR indicates that the drafting of the law originated and was drafted by private prison contractors, who stand to profit from the law...

The Arizona legislators that authored SB1070 have another proposed law they want to introduce. One that is blatantly unconstitutional. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/10/17/20101017russell-pearce-immigration-law.html#ixzz13gOgoQMW I wonder if he has ever heard of the 14th amendment.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/31/signs-in-arizona-warn-of-smuggler-dangers/ And as noted, this isn't right on the border … this is 100 miles inside the border. 100 MILES. Now here's a question for you Obama supporting *skeptics*. Why is the Federal Government asking people...

The ACLU website says the Arizona immigration law "requires law enforcement agents to demand "papers" from people they stop who they suspect are not authorized to be in the U.S. If individuals are unable to prove to officers that they are permitted to be in the U.S., they may be subject to...

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/06/clinton-says-administration-will-sue-over-arizona-immigration-law/1?csp=34news "Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has told NTN24 station out of Quito, Ecuador, that the Justice Department will sue over Arizona's...

OK, maybe not the whole state, but certainly the most obnoxious part. Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce is at it again. The author of the last controversial immigration law is now claiming that he will introduce legislation to strip citizenship from U.S. born children of illegal aliens...

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Power-Play-Over-Immigration-Law-94251079.html "An Arizona utility commissioner said he's willing to pull the plug on Los Angeles if the city goes through with a boycott of his state...

Are you considering not visiting Arizona because of the recent immigration, Birther, and ethnic education legislation that has been passed or proposed in the State? I must admit...I am having thoughts of not passing through.

I heard something on the news which states that police and possibly a helicopter were fired on by drug-smugglers crossing the border into the United States. Anybody got a link to this? This has already caused proponents of the new immigration bill in Arizona to point to this as being a reason...

Where are your papers citizen? Didnt see a thread on this yet. If there is one merge or whatever. So today fill in Governor Brewer signed the new immigration bill into law here in Arizona. http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/az-gov-will-sign-immigration-bill.php?ref=fpa In...

...To our quaint little town... The 'Walmart' subject is probably not worth opening a new thread but here it is. Feel free to take a break from big city politics and the war in Iraq to indulge in small town America. The Walmart 'big box' issue has been a hot political topic this year: Walmart...

I got one of those "Urban legend looking things" via e-mail from one of my relatives today. It was about how tough Sheriff Joe Arpaio is on crime in Arizona. Here is a link; http://www.snopes.com/crime/deserts/pink.asp I was reading up on it a bit when I remembered a news story about the...