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The constitution was amended by the constitutional convention removing the recalling of judges and resubmitted, upon which President Taft approved Arizona's statehood as the 48th state on February 14, 1912. [1] Fairly quickly after Arizona became a state, the state legislature approved a constitutional amendment which restored the ability to ...
The Arizona municipal courts, also known as city courts or magistrate courts, are nonrecord courts of limited jurisdiction that have criminal jurisdiction over misdemeanor crimes and petty offenses committed in their city or town and share jurisdiction with justice courts over violations of state law committed within their city or town limits ...
These two provisions indicate states did not surrender their wide latitude to adopt a constitution, the fundamental documents of state law, when the U.S. Constitution was adopted. Typically state constitutions address a wide array of issues deemed by the states to be of sufficient importance to be included in the constitution rather than in an ...
Arizona voters on Tuesday approved an amendment enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution, NBC News projects. The ballot measure, Proposition 139, will create a “fundamental right ...
A ballot proposition in the state of Arizona refers to any legislation brought before the voters of the state for approval.. In common usage, the term generally applies to the method of amending either the state constitution or statutes through popular initiative, although it may also refer to any legislation referred to the public by the state legislature.
The Arizona Constitution says the winning ballot measure with the most votes shall prevail “in all particulars as to which there is conflict.” In the past, the Arizona Supreme Court has cited that provision to merge parts of competing measures. For example, in 1992, voters approved two amendments dealing with the state mine inspector.
If approved, the ballot measure would add the following text to Article 2, Section 8.1, to the Arizona Constitution: [11] 8.1. Fundamental right to abortion; definitions A. Every individual has a fundamental right to abortion, and the state shall not enact, adopt, or enforce any law, regulation, policy, or practice that does any of the ...
Arizona voters will decide if the right to an abortion should be part of the state’s constitution in November after organizers successfully gathered enough signatures for the initiative to end ...