Arizona Republic: “Arizona’s Probate Courts need better-trained judges and a better way to monitor the costs and care of people who can’t manage their own money or affairs because of advanced age or illness. These are among the dozen initial recommendations by an Arizona Supreme Court committee”
Goldwater Institute: Wickberg vs. Owens – “On Sept. 20, 2010, the Goldwater Institute filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Flagstaff resident Diane Wickberg to defend her right to vote at her polling place while wearing a T-shirt for the Flagstaff Tea Party. Poll workers have twice threatened to block Mrs. Wickberg from voting unless she removed or covered her T-shirt. The lawsuit says the actions of Coconino County and County Recorder Candace D. Owens violate Mrs. Wickberg’s constitutional rights and put her at risk of being arrested.”
Read the complaint filed with the district court and the Arizona Republic story called “Flagstaff grandmother’s ‘tea party’ shirt spurs lawsuit.”
Arizona Republic: “Glendale today sued the federal government over its decision to turn 54 acres near the city’s sports and entertainment district into a reservation. The city’s legal challenge is an attempt to stop the Tohono O’odham Nation’s plans to build a casino and resort on land near 95th and Northern avenues.”
Arizona Republic: “The Gila River Indian Community began a legal fight Thursday to stop the Tohono O’odham Nation from building a casino and 300-room resort near Glendale.”
On December 8, 2010, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in Chamber of Commerce v. Candelria, the case that questions the constitutionality of Arizona’s 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act. The law provides that the employer that knowingly hire illegal aliens can lose their licenses.