Justin Heap at an August 2024 rally for Donald Trump in Glendale. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
Heap prevails at Arizona Supreme Court as justices reject Maricopa supervisors’ election duty grab
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap in the ongoing fight between him and the county board of supervisors over election duties.
In a unanimous order, the state’s highest court vacated a June ruling from the Arizona Court of Appeals, and reinstated injunctions put in place in April that required...
An election worker hands out “I Voted” stickers in Salt Lake City on Election Day in 2024. More than 30 initiatives on ballots across the country this year focus on democracy, including questions on voting rights, election processes, redistricting and similar issues. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)
DOJ letter threatens Arizona election officials with prosecution as Fontes calls it ‘intimidation’
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday sent a letter to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office threatening to prosecute election officials who knowingly count the ballots of noncitizens or keep them on the voter rolls.
A near-identical letter was sent to more than a dozen other states on Tuesday, ranging from...
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Mayes settles voucher lawsuit that challenged documentation requirements
Parents who purchase supplementary educational materials through Arizona’s K-12 school voucher program don’t have to prove that those materials were necessary for a specific curriculum being taught to their child, under a new agreement between the attorney general and education department.
In July 2024 Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes told the director of the voucher program...
A resident sits on a bench at Make the Road New York, a community center in Corona, Queens, in New York City. An appeals court ruling against mandatory detention applies to states where many New York immigrants are transferred after arrest. (Photo by Tim Henderson/Stateline)
New ruling against mandatory detention is another blow to Trump immigration policy
A new appeals court ruling is another blow to the Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy that threatens millions of immigrants with unlimited incarceration without bond if they ever crossed a border illegally.
A sharply divided 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 on July 2 that such immigrants must...
(Illustration by Alex Cochran for Stateline)
States will shape America’s future as nation confronts a pivotal choice
A quarter millennium after its founding, the United States faces a stark choice that will define its future.
In the years ahead, the country can continue to follow the path blazed by President Donald Trump, who is attempting to bring states under the authority of a more powerful federal government led by him. Or it can move in a different direction, one where states...
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