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BREAKING: Arizona Supreme Court unanimously rules that AZ's laws for retention elections for Court of Appeals judges are constitutional.
Plaintiffs - repped by retired Supr Ct Justice Andrew Gould - sought to force statewide elections for all.
OPINION: www.azcourts.gov/Portals/0/Op...
Plaintiffs - repped by retired Supr Ct Justice Andrew Gould - sought to force statewide elections for all.
OPINION: www.azcourts.gov/Portals/0/Op...
www.azcourts.gov
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
BREAKING: Arizona Supreme Court unanimously rules that AZ's laws for retention elections for Court of Appeals judges are constitutional.
Plaintiffs - repped by retired Supr Ct Justice Andrew Gould - sought to force statewide elections for all.
OPINION: www.azcourts.gov/Portals/0/Op...
Plaintiffs - repped by retired Supr Ct Justice Andrew Gould - sought to force statewide elections for all.
OPINION: www.azcourts.gov/Portals/0/Op...
Judge Boasberg REJECTS the goat's request to end the contempt inquiry into Sec Noem and others who seemed to disobey his Order to not let planes go to El Salvador's CECOT internment camp.
Doesn't accept minority judge's opinion that Noem& Co were not "contumacious" (willfully disobeying).
Doesn't accept minority judge's opinion that Noem& Co were not "contumacious" (willfully disobeying).
New filing: "J.G.G. v. TRUMP (Boasberg: Alien Enemies Act)"
Doc #196: Order
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Doc #196: Order
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November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Judge Boasberg REJECTS the goat's request to end the contempt inquiry into Sec Noem and others who seemed to disobey his Order to not let planes go to El Salvador's CECOT internment camp.
Doesn't accept minority judge's opinion that Noem& Co were not "contumacious" (willfully disobeying).
Doesn't accept minority judge's opinion that Noem& Co were not "contumacious" (willfully disobeying).
While Plaintiffs get a bit of latitude in choosing where a case is filed (venue), this Florida judge is willing to hear why his court is the correct venue.
New filing: "Trump v. New York Times (defamation etc.)"
Doc #41: ENDORSED ORDER: The defendants "joint motion" 22 is GRANTED, and the defendants, as agreed, may file "two dismissal motions: the Venue Motion and the 12(b)(6)…
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Doc #41: ENDORSED ORDER: The defendants "joint motion" 22 is GRANTED, and the defendants, as agreed, may file "two dismissal motions: the Venue Motion and the 12(b)(6)…
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November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
While Plaintiffs get a bit of latitude in choosing where a case is filed (venue), this Florida judge is willing to hear why his court is the correct venue.
Time for ice cold (literally) Friday beers in Moldova.
The dog we're rescuing shall heretofore be known as Chisinau. (After his hometown, not just the beer.)
🎶It's 10pm somewhere.
The dog we're rescuing shall heretofore be known as Chisinau. (After his hometown, not just the beer.)
🎶It's 10pm somewhere.
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Time for ice cold (literally) Friday beers in Moldova.
The dog we're rescuing shall heretofore be known as Chisinau. (After his hometown, not just the beer.)
🎶It's 10pm somewhere.
The dog we're rescuing shall heretofore be known as Chisinau. (After his hometown, not just the beer.)
🎶It's 10pm somewhere.
UPDATE: @StubHub & @Ticketmaster's systems are not playing nice with each other, so I switched my listing to TM. Holy crap, their (hidden) fees are larger than SH's! 46%!!!
Message me, save a FORTUNE! I'll sell 'em to you for UNDER my cost, $85/per!
Monday vs Rockets. Sxn.218/1
Message me, save a FORTUNE! I'll sell 'em to you for UNDER my cost, $85/per!
Monday vs Rockets. Sxn.218/1
OFF-TOPIC: I have a pair of Suns/Rockets
tickets on Nov. 24 that we can't use (change in travel plans). KD's 1st game back in Phx, etc.
At cost, $90/each. Sxn 218, Row 1.
Book 'er, Danno!
tickets on Nov. 24 that we can't use (change in travel plans). KD's 1st game back in Phx, etc.
At cost, $90/each. Sxn 218, Row 1.
Book 'er, Danno!
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
UPDATE: @StubHub & @Ticketmaster's systems are not playing nice with each other, so I switched my listing to TM. Holy crap, their (hidden) fees are larger than SH's! 46%!!!
Message me, save a FORTUNE! I'll sell 'em to you for UNDER my cost, $85/per!
Monday vs Rockets. Sxn.218/1
Message me, save a FORTUNE! I'll sell 'em to you for UNDER my cost, $85/per!
Monday vs Rockets. Sxn.218/1
NEW: Maricopa County Tells Judge To Stop Harassing Them About Costs In Long-Running Sheriff/Racial Profiling Melendres Case
Judge had told them the Sheriff's Office first raised the cost issues, needs to make sure they're accurate.
Read Response, More: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2047
Judge had told them the Sheriff's Office first raised the cost issues, needs to make sure they're accurate.
Read Response, More: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2047
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW: Maricopa County Tells Judge To Stop Harassing Them About Costs In Long-Running Sheriff/Racial Profiling Melendres Case
Judge had told them the Sheriff's Office first raised the cost issues, needs to make sure they're accurate.
Read Response, More: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2047
Judge had told them the Sheriff's Office first raised the cost issues, needs to make sure they're accurate.
Read Response, More: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2047
UPDATES: (1) We have confirmation that the Petition has now been filed; and
(2) The State has filed - UNDER SEAL - 1483 pages of grand jury transcripts (from 13 days of testimony), and 966 pages of exhibits given the grand jurors.
(2) The State has filed - UNDER SEAL - 1483 pages of grand jury transcripts (from 13 days of testimony), and 966 pages of exhibits given the grand jurors.
BREAKING: We now have the Arizona AG's Petition for Review in the so-called "fake electors" case
READ, more: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2046
READ, more: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2046
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
UPDATES: (1) We have confirmation that the Petition has now been filed; and
(2) The State has filed - UNDER SEAL - 1483 pages of grand jury transcripts (from 13 days of testimony), and 966 pages of exhibits given the grand jurors.
(2) The State has filed - UNDER SEAL - 1483 pages of grand jury transcripts (from 13 days of testimony), and 966 pages of exhibits given the grand jurors.
BTW, the AG's Office declined the opportunity to answer our questions about the decision-making process, and whether reaction to Mayes's November 7 interview with @brahmresnik played any role. (Her non-committal answers led most to assume she would not appeal.)
BREAKING: We'll post the Petition for Review as soon as it's available.
BREAKING Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes will keep 'fake electors' case alive with appeal to Arizona Supreme Court. www.12news.com/article/news...
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
BTW, the AG's Office declined the opportunity to answer our questions about the decision-making process, and whether reaction to Mayes's November 7 interview with @brahmresnik played any role. (Her non-committal answers led most to assume she would not appeal.)
The crux of the AG's argument:
"The trial court erred in two respects. First, it imposed a novel duty on prosecutors to instruct the grand jury on a non-criminal federal statute that provided no defense to the charges and was otherwise irrelevant..."
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"The trial court erred in two respects. First, it imposed a novel duty on prosecutors to instruct the grand jury on a non-criminal federal statute that provided no defense to the charges and was otherwise irrelevant..."
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BREAKING: We now have the Arizona AG's Petition for Review in the so-called "fake electors" case
READ, more: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2046
READ, more: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2046
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The crux of the AG's argument:
"The trial court erred in two respects. First, it imposed a novel duty on prosecutors to instruct the grand jury on a non-criminal federal statute that provided no defense to the charges and was otherwise irrelevant..."
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"The trial court erred in two respects. First, it imposed a novel duty on prosecutors to instruct the grand jury on a non-criminal federal statute that provided no defense to the charges and was otherwise irrelevant..."
1/2
BREAKING: We now have the Arizona AG's Petition for Review in the so-called "fake electors" case
READ, more: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2046
READ, more: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2046
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
BREAKING: We now have the Arizona AG's Petition for Review in the so-called "fake electors" case
READ, more: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2046
READ, more: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2046
BREAKING: We'll post the Petition for Review as soon as it's available.
BREAKING Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes will keep 'fake electors' case alive with appeal to Arizona Supreme Court. www.12news.com/article/news...
Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes decides to keep 'fake electors' case alive
Mayes asking Arizona Supreme Court to review lower court ruling that would have returned case to grand jury. Court had set Friday deadline for decision.
www.12news.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
BREAKING: We'll post the Petition for Review as soon as it's available.
TUNE IN NOW: I just started reading on @SunSoundsofAZ, articles from today's @WSJ, for people who have vision or reading issues.
Go to SunSounds.org, and donate while you're their. (SunSounds is part of the KJZZ/KBAQ/Spot127 family of services.
Go to SunSounds.org, and donate while you're their. (SunSounds is part of the KJZZ/KBAQ/Spot127 family of services.
Sun Sounds of Arizona
Sun Sounds of Arizona provides audio access to print information to people who cannot read or hold print material due to a disability. Sun Sounds broadcasts the reading of over 200 local and national ...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
TUNE IN NOW: I just started reading on @SunSoundsofAZ, articles from today's @WSJ, for people who have vision or reading issues.
Go to SunSounds.org, and donate while you're their. (SunSounds is part of the KJZZ/KBAQ/Spot127 family of services.
Go to SunSounds.org, and donate while you're their. (SunSounds is part of the KJZZ/KBAQ/Spot127 family of services.
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MARICOPA COUNTY ELECTIONS CANVASS: Kumbaya moment, signature verification process, and more
INVESTIGATION RESULTS: NO Breaks in the Chain of Custody In Maricopa County's Case of Misplaced Ballots
Article: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2045
INVESTIGATION RESULTS: NO Breaks in the Chain of Custody In Maricopa County's Case of Misplaced Ballots
Article: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2045
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
MARICOPA COUNTY ELECTIONS CANVASS: Kumbaya moment, signature verification process, and more
INVESTIGATION RESULTS: NO Breaks in the Chain of Custody In Maricopa County's Case of Misplaced Ballots
Article: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2045
INVESTIGATION RESULTS: NO Breaks in the Chain of Custody In Maricopa County's Case of Misplaced Ballots
Article: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2045
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Y'know what this means: The 30 day deadline for release will fall on 1 of the deadest Fridays of the year, just before Christmas.
And, if things go as I expect*, victims/survivors & Congress will be spending Christmas drafting suits.
*Yesterday's thread: bsky.app/profile/ariz...
And, if things go as I expect*, victims/survivors & Congress will be spending Christmas drafting suits.
*Yesterday's thread: bsky.app/profile/ariz...
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Y'know what this means: The 30 day deadline for release will fall on 1 of the deadest Fridays of the year, just before Christmas.
And, if things go as I expect*, victims/survivors & Congress will be spending Christmas drafting suits.
*Yesterday's thread: bsky.app/profile/ariz...
And, if things go as I expect*, victims/survivors & Congress will be spending Christmas drafting suits.
*Yesterday's thread: bsky.app/profile/ariz...
Y'know what this means: The 30 day deadline for release will fall on 1 of the deadest Fridays of the year, just before Christmas.
And, if things go as I expect*, victims/survivors & Congress will be spending Christmas drafting suits.
*Yesterday's thread: bsky.app/profile/ariz...
And, if things go as I expect*, victims/survivors & Congress will be spending Christmas drafting suits.
*Yesterday's thread: bsky.app/profile/ariz...
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Y'know what this means: The 30 day deadline for release will fall on 1 of the deadest Fridays of the year, just before Christmas.
And, if things go as I expect*, victims/survivors & Congress will be spending Christmas drafting suits.
*Yesterday's thread: bsky.app/profile/ariz...
And, if things go as I expect*, victims/survivors & Congress will be spending Christmas drafting suits.
*Yesterday's thread: bsky.app/profile/ariz...
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tl;dr:
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
tl;dr:
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
MARICOPA COUNTY ELECTIONS CANVASS: Kumbaya moment, signature verification process, and more
INVESTIGATION RESULTS: NO Breaks in the Chain of Custody In Maricopa County's Case of Misplaced Ballots
Article: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2045
INVESTIGATION RESULTS: NO Breaks in the Chain of Custody In Maricopa County's Case of Misplaced Ballots
Article: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2045
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
MARICOPA COUNTY ELECTIONS CANVASS: Kumbaya moment, signature verification process, and more
INVESTIGATION RESULTS: NO Breaks in the Chain of Custody In Maricopa County's Case of Misplaced Ballots
Article: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2045
INVESTIGATION RESULTS: NO Breaks in the Chain of Custody In Maricopa County's Case of Misplaced Ballots
Article: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2045
Valid concern. It was up to Spilsbury to check as soon as the signatures were turned in.
Makes me wonder if the signatures for the Mesa District Two council recall were legitimate? Paid circulators gathered signatures door to door, ignored me guessing because I’m registered as an Independent but wanted my wife to sign (she didn’t).
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Valid concern. It was up to Spilsbury to check as soon as the signatures were turned in.
OFF-TOPIC: I have a pair of Suns/Rockets
tickets on Nov. 24 that we can't use (change in travel plans). KD's 1st game back in Phx, etc.
At cost, $90/each. Sxn 218, Row 1.
Book 'er, Danno!
tickets on Nov. 24 that we can't use (change in travel plans). KD's 1st game back in Phx, etc.
At cost, $90/each. Sxn 218, Row 1.
Book 'er, Danno!
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
OFF-TOPIC: I have a pair of Suns/Rockets
tickets on Nov. 24 that we can't use (change in travel plans). KD's 1st game back in Phx, etc.
At cost, $90/each. Sxn 218, Row 1.
Book 'er, Danno!
tickets on Nov. 24 that we can't use (change in travel plans). KD's 1st game back in Phx, etc.
At cost, $90/each. Sxn 218, Row 1.
Book 'er, Danno!
🧵Concerned about what Trump's DOJ won't disclose from the Epstein files? There are TWO truck-sized holes in the bill - ongoing investigations AND an EXECUTIVE ORDER CLAIMING NATL DEFENSE OR FOREIGN POLICY.
Let's look at each - both the text and the implications.
1/7
Let's look at each - both the text and the implications.
1/7
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🧵Concerned about what Trump's DOJ won't disclose from the Epstein files? There are TWO truck-sized holes in the bill - ongoing investigations AND an EXECUTIVE ORDER CLAIMING NATL DEFENSE OR FOREIGN POLICY.
Let's look at each - both the text and the implications.
1/7
Let's look at each - both the text and the implications.
1/7
As I was driving around yesterday, I heard Chris Matthews join Katy Tur on CNN.
Thought I had accidentally discovered MS-Then. (Has anyone checked in on Olbermann recently?)
Thought I had accidentally discovered MS-Then. (Has anyone checked in on Olbermann recently?)
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As I was driving around yesterday, I heard Chris Matthews join Katy Tur on CNN.
Thought I had accidentally discovered MS-Then. (Has anyone checked in on Olbermann recently?)
Thought I had accidentally discovered MS-Then. (Has anyone checked in on Olbermann recently?)
BREAKING: Fmr lawmaker Austin Smith has reached a plea agreement, guilty of two charges (1 misdemeanor, 1 Class 6 undesignated) for forging nomination petitions.
He admits signing a deceased woman's signature, and to submitting other forgeries. 5 year ban on running for office.
He admits signing a deceased woman's signature, and to submitting other forgeries. 5 year ban on running for office.
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING: Fmr lawmaker Austin Smith has reached a plea agreement, guilty of two charges (1 misdemeanor, 1 Class 6 undesignated) for forging nomination petitions.
He admits signing a deceased woman's signature, and to submitting other forgeries. 5 year ban on running for office.
He admits signing a deceased woman's signature, and to submitting other forgeries. 5 year ban on running for office.
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guy who shot himself in the foot yesterday wants credit for not doing it two days in a row
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
guy who shot himself in the foot yesterday wants credit for not doing it two days in a row
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Epstein documents include emails with a controversial former ASU professor
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Epstein documents include emails with a controversial former ASU professor
Lawrence Krauss, a world-renowned physicist and former ASU professor accused of sexual misconduct, exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.azcentral.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Epstein documents include emails with a controversial former ASU professor
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
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That sounds like a displeased Judge.
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
That sounds like a displeased Judge.