Opinion Forum

Federal District Court Upholds Arizona Abortion Restrictions

July 31st, 2012

By Dan Miller Recognizing that prior to “viability” a fetus experiences pain during an abortion, and that the Arizona statute does not prohibit abortions necessary for the health of pregnant women, the court rejected a challenge to the law. By Order released on July 30th, Federal District Judge James A. Teilborg declined to hold an […]

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Tags: abortion, Arizona, decision, fetus, late term, pain, Roe v. Wade, viability
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Supreme Court Partially Affirms Ninth Circuit Ruling on Arizona Immigration Laws

June 25th, 2012

By Dan Miller The Ninth Circuit had ruled that Arizona had improperly preempted Federal immigration law. (The Court will probably release its ObamaCare decision on Thursday.) I am The Master and will enforce or ignore whatever laws I wish.

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Tags: Arizona, crime, enforcement, federal, illegal immigration, Supreme Court
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Is President Obama’s Dream Order a Legal Nightmare?

June 19th, 2012

By Dan Miller The Executive Decision not to enforce Federal immigration laws in order to give President Obama a badly needed political boost may run afoul of the soon-to-be-released Supreme Court decision in the Arizona Immigration Law case. President Obama’s own Nightmare Dream Act

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Tags: Arizona, Congress, Constitution, Dream Act, Executive, illegal immigration
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SCOTUS to Review Arizona Immigration Law Case

December 13th, 2011

By Dan Miller Today, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from the Ninth Circuit decision of April 11th holding the then new Arizona immigration statutes unconstitutional due to federal preemption. Of some interest, Justice Elena Kagan will not take part in the Arizona case, presumably because of her work on the issue when […]

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Tags: 9th Circuit, Arizona, Constitution, decision, immigration, Law, Supreme Court
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Indiana Court Decision Makes Less Sense than Before

May 14th, 2011

By Dan Miller A SWAT raid in Arizona may suggest that homes are becoming No Rights Zones. There are lots of questions about what happened during a SWAT raid apparently gone very wrong in Pima County, Arizona; after more than a week most of them have not been answered. However, combine the news as reported […]

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Tags: Arizona, Fourth Amendment, Guerena, Indiana, killing, Pima, police, SWAT
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