Returning the issue to the democratic processes isn’t an attack on democracy. By stressing that abortion is different, the tentative court majority indicated an intent to go no further regarding court-created rights.
The dilemma for Arizona swing voters in 2022
Validate an unsatisfactory Biden presidency or strengthen Trump’s place in our politics. That’s the choice Republican candidates are giving swing voters, who hold the balance of power in the state.
What Biggs’ America First Contract says about him and today’s populist right
Biggs had a chance to be a principled conservative voice in Congress. He choose Trumpism instead.
Corporate welfare at the Arizona Legislature
Putting $150 million of general fund revenue at risk … to make movies?
Ducey supports retail electricity competition by snuffing it out
If Ducey truly supports retail competition, why did he sign a bill pulling the rug out from under the only application the state has received to provide it?
What we can learn from the French presidential election about neutralizing extremism
In the U.S. two-party system, there’s no easy route to the ballot for a candidate from the abandoned middle.
Brnovich abuses his legal review authority over elections manual
A legal review is supposed to ascertain whether there are any manifest violations of state law. Brnovich has gone way beyond that.
Arizona Supreme Court usurps democracy in setting tax rates
As a result of the court’s actions, Arizona now has income tax rates not approved by any democratic process. Not by voters. Not by the Arizona Legislature.
Why are Republicans interrupting the Democratic meltdown on immigration?
Overpromising what state action, such as Ducey’s Border Strike Force, can do distracts from the real issues, both substantively and politically.
Yellen points toward a post-Ukraine trade policy
Reorienting supply chains away from countries that pose geopolitical risk is an intriguing concept, but the details would be difficult.