(The Center Square) - The Arizona Supreme Court ruled in a 4-2 decision on Monday that the 1864 ban on abortion altogether will take effect in two weeks, instead of keeping a 2022 law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. “Absent the federal constitutional abortion right, and because [the law] does not independently authorize abortion, there is no provision in federal or state law prohibiting [the law’s] operation. Accordingly, [the 1864 law] is now enforceable,” the court’s...
Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Arizona to promote the killing of the unborn following a historic ruling from the state supreme court upholding an 1864 law that bars nearly all abortions.
A number of Arizona Republicans are rapidly distancing from the state’s controversial Supreme Court ruling protecting almost all unborn babies from abortions. The state Supreme Read More
Arizona Republicans are blasting the state Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that upholds a Civil War-era near-total abortion ban, claiming the decision goes too far in a state where abortion rights will likely weigh heavily on the outcome of the 2024 election. The Arizona Supreme Court ruling bans abortions with no exceptions for rape or […]
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins takes a look at Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake and other state politicians who have seemingly changed their views on abortion or spoken out after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled the state must adhere to a century-old law banning nearly all abortions.
In a historic decision Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled the state must adhere to a 123-year-old law barring all abortions except in cases when “it is necessary to save” a pregnant person’s life. The law, which can be traced to as early as 1864 and was codified in 1901, also carried a prison sentence of two to five years for abortion providers. There is a 14-day stay on the law. Arizona’s near-total abortion ban will be one of the strictest in the nation, placing it alongside Texas,...
Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Arizona on Friday, the White House announced Tuesday, shortly after the state Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban. Harris will travel to Tucson, the White House said in an advisory, "to continue her leadership in the fight for reproductive freedoms." It noted that it will be the vice president's second trip to Arizona this year and her fifth time since being sworn in. "Last month, the Vice President visited Phoenix, AZ to highlight how...
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(The Center Square) - The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled against exorbitant government fees in a case that centered on one California retiree forced to pay a flat-rate $23,000 “traffic impact fee” for the construction of a single small home to raise his grandson in. This ruling combined earlier rulings on government permitting fees, which must both have “essential nexus” — related to the government interest from having the fee — and be “roughly proportional” to the...
Montana Supreme Court Tries To Move The State Left Authored by Rob Natelson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Montana State Supreme Court. (Screenshot via GoogleMaps) Commentary The Epoch Times reported on March 28 that the Montana Supreme Court struck down four state “election integrity” laws. The court’s decision appears to be part of a wider judicial effort to reverse conservative electoral trends in Montana. Manipulating elections might not seem like a proper role for...
Leaders, activists and groups across Arizona are reacting to the state Supreme Court's ruling to revert to a 1864 pre-statehood law, handing Arizona one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously reversed a lower court’s decision, which blocked the state’s ban on ghost guns – firearms without serial numbers – to go into effect.