At the start of this year’s legislative session, some Arizona lawmakers and gun-rights organizations were sure this would be a banner year for gun rights.
They had one of the most conservative legislatures in the state’s history, a governor with a solid pro-Second Amendment record and a handful of bills that would put guns on college campuses and inside public buildings.
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill into law that authorizes the construction of a fence along the state’s portion of the U.S.-Mexico border, either with other states or by itself. Continue reading
PHOENIX – The Arizona Legislature has become the first in the nation to pass a measure requiring presidential candidates to provide proof of citizenship to get on the state’s ballot.
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After suffering a major legal setback in the summer, Arizona regained its footing in court Friday when a federal judge dismissed parts of the U.S. Justice Department’s challenge to the state’s new immigration law and rejected several claims made by Hispanic activists and Phoenix police officers.
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Gov. Jan Brewer’s office is “condemning” a U.S. State Department report to the U.N. Human Rights Council because it mentions Arizona and Senate Bill 1070.
Brewer, in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is asking that the paragraph referring to the state’s tough new immigration law be removed.
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