Arizona
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
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Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
Criminal Law Reform
Status: Ongoing
Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix’s practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
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Arizona
Apr 2023
Jensen v. Thornell
UPDATE: In a thorough and sweeping injunction issued on April 7, 2023, U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver is requiring the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (“ADCRR”) to make “substantial” changes to staffing and conditions so that medical care and mental healthcare at Arizona prisons comes up to constitutional standards.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Arizona
Mar 2014
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Maricopa County Branch, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum vs. Tom Horne, et al.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Arizona have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the NAACP of Maricopa County and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) challenging a state law that relies on harmful racial stereotypes to shame and discriminate against Black women and Asian and Pacific Islander (API) women who decide to end their pregnancies.
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Arizona
Reproductive Freedom
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Maricopa County Branch, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum vs. Tom Horne, et al.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Arizona have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the NAACP of Maricopa County and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) challenging a state law that relies on harmful racial stereotypes to shame and discriminate against Black women and Asian and Pacific Islander (API) women who decide to end their pregnancies.
Mar 2014
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2013
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
Whether Arizona may require proof of citizenship before registering to vote in federal elections when federal law does not.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Voting Rights
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
Whether Arizona may require proof of citizenship before registering to vote in federal elections when federal law does not.
Jun 2013
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2012
Arizona v. United States
Whether Arizona’s effort to enforce federal immigration law by creating its own rules for the interrogation, arrest and detention of undocumented persons is unconstitutional under the Supremacy Clause.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Immigrants' Rights
Arizona v. United States
Whether Arizona’s effort to enforce federal immigration law by creating its own rules for the interrogation, arrest and detention of undocumented persons is unconstitutional under the Supremacy Clause.
Apr 2012
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2011
Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting
(formerly Chamber of Commerce v. Candelaria)
Whether an Arizona law imposing severe sanctions on employers who hire immigrants that the state believes are unauthorized to work in the United States, and requiring employers to participate in a federal employment verification program that the federal government made voluntary, is pre-empted by the carefully calibrated and comprehensive scheme that the federal government has enacted to regulate immigration.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Immigrants' Rights
Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting
(formerly Chamber of Commerce v. Candelaria)
Whether an Arizona law imposing severe sanctions on employers who hire immigrants that the state believes are unauthorized to work in the United States, and requiring employers to participate in a federal employment verification program that the federal government made voluntary, is pre-empted by the carefully calibrated and comprehensive scheme that the federal government has enacted to regulate immigration.
May 2011
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2011
Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn
Whether Arizona’s use of tax credits funneled through state-certified and state-supervised non-profits to award student scholarships based on religious criteria and for use in religious schools violates the Establishment Clause.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Religious Liberty
Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn
Whether Arizona’s use of tax credits funneled through state-certified and state-supervised non-profits to award student scholarships based on religious criteria and for use in religious schools violates the Establishment Clause.
Apr 2011
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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