The Supreme Court yesterday decided to review the federal government's challenge to Arizona's restrictive immigration law, SB 1070.
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In the space of a month, the Supreme Court has thrust itself into the center of American political life, agreeing to hear three major cases that could help determine which party controls the House of Representatives and whether President Obama wins a second term.
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Justice Elena Kagan said Monday that she would recuse herself from the challenge to Arizona's controversial immigration law, presumably because she served as President Obama's solicitor general when the federal government filed the original lawsuit against the state.
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The Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors on Friday to take a first look at a challenge to Arizona's strict immigration law and decide whether or not to take up the case. The law, passed in April 2010, is one of several recent attempts by various states to...
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Arizona's two U.S. senators said Thursday they are concerned about reports of a large number of sex-crime investigations being botched by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office during a three-year period ending in 2007.
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio apologized Monday to victims for his office's botched investigations of a large number of sex-crimes cases as the tough-talking lawman faced a growing outcry over mismanagement in his office. Arpaio held a news conference to discuss the investigations in the city of El Mirage a day...
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Why is Sheriff Joe Arpaio endorsing Rick Perry for president? For those not familiar with the Arizona lawman, Sheriff Arpaio has built up a reputation as perhaps the nation's the fiercest anti-illegal immigration crusader, rounding up thousands of undocumented workers in Maricopa County for deportation.
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Earlier this fall, we wrote about the hoops that the 2012 GOP presidential candidates were jumping through to earn the endorsement of notoriously anti-immigrant Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Now, in what the Atlantic calls "one of the many mind-bending absurdities of the 2012 race," Arpaio has chosen a...
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona will campaign with Rick Perry in New Hampshire on Tuesday, the Texas governor's campaign told CNN on Saturday. The man famous for his tough stance on illegal immigration has not endorsed a presidential candidate.
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Nov 18, 2011
When Attorney General Eric Holder testified on Nov. 8 before the Senate Judiciary Committee on a dangerous federal gunrunning scheme called Operation Fast and Furious, he vowed to continue filing federal lawsuits against any state that passed its own immigration laws.
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