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Supreme Court to review Arizona law making voters prove citizenship
Supreme Court to review Arizona law making would-be voters prove citizenship (via The Christian Science Monitor) The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case examining whether an Arizona law requiring proof of US citizenship before allowing someone to register to vote is preempted by a federal…
Pro-choice groups file lawsuit over Arizona law defunding Planned Parenthood
The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood of Arizona filed a lawsuit against an Arizona law which prohibits Medicaid patients from receiving any covered services at clinics like Planned Parenthood simply because they also provide abortion care. The complaint (PDF) was filed in an Arizona District Court on Monday…
Arizona law would criminalize being lewd or annoying on the Internet
The Arizona state legislature apparently finds it difficult to tell the difference between a telephone and the Internet and has passed a bill that would extend the definition of harassment originally devised for phone conversations to anything communicated or published online. As summarized by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund,…
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