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The Arizona Territory was authorized to hold a constitutional convention in 1910 at which the constitution was drafted and submitted to Congress. The original constitution was approved by Congress, but subsequently vetoed by President William H. Taft on his objections concerning the recalling of judges.
The supreme court has appellate jurisdiction in death penalty cases, but almost all other appellate cases go through the Arizona Court of Appeals beforehand. The court has original jurisdiction in a few other circumstances, as outlined in the state constitution. The court may also declare laws unconstitutional, but only while seated en banc ...
The Guarantee Clause of Article 4 of the Constitution states that "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." 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.
The Constitution of Arizona provides the Superior Court with jurisdiction over: [1] concurrent jurisdiction over cases and proceedings in which exclusive jurisdiction is not vested by law in another court; equity cases that involve title to or possession of real property or the legality of any tax, assessment, toll or municipal ordinance;
Abortion will be protected in Arizona until the point of fetal viability after voters approved a ballot amendment codifying those protections into the state constitution, according to a projection ...
The Arizona constitution was amended in 1960 to authorize a court of appeals, which the legislature created in 1964. The original judges were elected in November 1964. The first judges were James Duke Cameron , Henry S. Stevens, and Francis J. Donofrio for Division 1, [ 1 ] and Herbert F. Krucker, John F. Molloy, and James D. Hathaway for ...
NBC News projects the constitutional amendment has won enough votes to pass. It’s one of 10 pro-abortion rights measures on the ballot across the country Tuesday.
It would recognize the fundamental right to marry in the Constitution. Colorado had similar measures on the ballot aimed at removing antiquated language in the state’s Constitution that ...