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The Arizona Supreme Court and the state bar association are grappling with how to apply professional standards of conduct, as a rise in sanctions and disciplinary scrutiny is prompting debate about exactly when lawyers who bring election challenges are crossing the line.
Just after the Arizona Senate voted to repeal a territorial-era abortion ban on Wednesday, Planned Parenthood of Arizona filed a motion asking the state Supreme Court to issue a stay, delaying the implementation of the ban until after the repeal takes effect. The near-total abortion ban was originally implemented in 1864 and then made unenforceable […] The post Planned Parenthood asks AZ Supreme Court to block the 1864 abortion ban until repeal takes effect appeared first on Arizona Mirror.
Two weeks after the deadline to file court challenges to candidate petitions to get on the July primary ballot, nearly all of the cases have been resolved — either because the cases have been dismissed or the challenged candidate has dropped out of the race. And although court sanctions for the people who file petition […] The post Nearly all candidate challenges are resolved, setting the 2024 ballot appeared first on Arizona Mirror.
Residents in Arizona’s Congressional District 1 dropped their legal challenge that alleged Democrat Marlene Galán-Woods did not qualify for the ballot.The plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the challenge after the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office found Galán-Woods collected more than the 1,495 signatures she needed to qualify for the ballot.
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled to make abortion largely illegal in the Grand Canyon State, reinstating a 160-year-old law that forbids all procedures except those to save a woman’s life. Justice John R. Lopez IV, writing for the court in a 4-2 split decision, said that a 2022 law allowing abortions up to […] The post Abortions are banned in Arizona after the Supreme Court upholds an 1864 law appeared first on Arkansas Advocate.