BREAKING: Phoenix's (Scottsdale's) Jewish Community Center was one of 3 U.S. targets in April for Iranian-backed militia commander charged with multiple terrorist attacks in Europe. Mohammad al-Saadi to make initial court appearance in NYC next week. nytimes.com/2026/05/15/n...

UPDATE, LISTEN: Appeals Court Poised To Uphold AZ Senator Mark Kelly's Injunction Against Pete Hegseth Oral arguments today saw the judges appearing to corner the government's attorney at least twice. tinyurl.com/AZlaw2053

UPDATE: All (but one) of the candidate challenge appeals have now been decided by the Arizona Supreme Court. NO reversals yet. No Labels gubernatorial candidate Hugh Lytle stays on. Lawmakers (& sisters) @almaforarizona and @consueloforaz stay on the ballots in their districts.

BACKGROUND: This case was brought in Jan. by DOJ's Civil Rights Division/Harmeet Dhillon. It was brought several months after similar cases elsewhere. AZ is the 6th state to prevail, and the 2nd to find the law did not require the handover. 1/2

Joint stmt from @adrian.fontes.bsky.social and @azagmayes.bsky.social: "Today, Judge Susan Brnovich rightfully dismissed the Trump Administration's lawsuit demanding Arizona hand over its statewide voter registration rolls to the federal government. That database contains the sensitive..." 1/3

Order now posted, with more details: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2051

BREAKING: Judge DISMISSES Trump Admin lawsuit vs Arizona trying to force Secretary of State @Adrian_Fontes to turn over Arizonans' voter registration info MORE TO COME: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2051

TODAY: The Arizona Supreme Court Weighs In On a Day of Kings, Wannabe Kings and Quasi-Kings (A legal water fight between the city of Chandler and the Roosevelt Water Conservation District) READ Article, Opinion: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2052

OFF-TOPIC: Well, April is in the books as far as @dbacks.com home games go. But, if you want to join our "Game of the Month Club", we can pro-rate you. Since '98, we have had 2 great season tickets in the 2nd row of the upper deck right behind home plate. You get 5 games, 1 per mth!

UPDATE: Paul Johnson's No Labels-at-the-moment Party filed an appeal yesterday, challenging the March Superior Court decision that their name change to "Arizona Independent Party" was illegitimate ("political bait and switch").

OFF-TOPIC: Join our D'backs "Game of the Month Club"! We have TWO great season tickets, but can't go to many games. They are in 2nd row of upper deck right behind home plate. Great seats! I'll work with you to find 6 games (Apr thru Sept), and you'll get our discounted price!

BREAKING: Arizona (@AZAGMayes/@Adrian_Fontes ) have joined with 23 other states in filing a suit today against Trump's Wednesday Executive Order trying to limit mailed-out/mailed-in ballots this November. (Complaint will be posted shortly.)

This conflict with AZ law jumped out at me -- The EO requires the list of approved mail voters go to USPS at least 60 days before an election, but AZ law lets voters register up until 29 days before an election and request a mail ballot up to 11 days before an election.

The other key objective is trying to clamp down on who states send early ballots to, by requiring the states to submit a list of persons (to USPS). Some 80% of AZ voters get a ballot by mail - this would whittle it down, mostly impacting lower-efficacy voters (of all parties)

From his perspective, Trump thinks he's come up with a clever idea to try to find non-citizens on VR rolls. He's losing the suits to force states to turn over VR databases so feds can run citizenship checks. Now saying: we'll give states a list of citizens & you'd better search.

Reading the EO now. Several things that won't stand jump out. Leading the list (so far): forcing states (counties) to give the USPS a list of all people who will be receiving an early ballot by mail. (Along with bar codes that will allow USPS to track ballots.)

AMICI WANTED: The DOJ is *still* appealing the injunctions stopping Trump's Executive Orders vs some large law firms. If you're an attorney/law firm and would like to sign on to a national amicus brief in the DC Circuit opposing Trump's vindictive overreach, please let me know ASAP.

BONUS: Sen. Mark Kelly questioning Trump's Tulsi Gabbard and John Radcliffe (DNI and CIA, respectively). He makes the points that Putin is a prime beneficiary of the war on Iran. Also that Trump is promising contributors unfiltered intel briefings: www.c-span.org/clip/senate-...

DON'T CATCH ME ON CAMERA: Tulsi Gabbard - Trump's Natl Intelligence Director - actually provided written testimony to Senate today indicating that Iran was NOT trying to rebuild nuclear enrichment capability. (She refused to say it on camera, however.) www.intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

NEW from Judge: Arizona's @azsecretary.bsky.social Adrian Fontes & @azagmayes.bsky.social can ably defend Arizonans against Trump effort to grab voters' info Denies intervention effort in case where Trump Admin is seeking to grab AZ's voter registration list/info. MORE: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2051

A GOP candidate turning over audit records Trump's FBI already had access to warranted a news notification from NY Times. <smdh>

UPDATE: @azagmayes.bsky.social calls Senate President (& likely opponent) Warren Petersen "unrepentant election denier" - and uses term "crackpot" - in noting that audit/AG investigations/court cases/etc have already rebutted Trump claims re 2020. azag.gov/press-releas...

BREAKING: The AZ Senate's ultra-successful 2020 election "audit" lives on. Now, the Trump Admin can see more evidence that he lost AZ in 2020! x.com/votewarren/s...

BREAKING: Judge rules Arizona's Kari Lake was illegally appointed by Trump and invalidates ALL of her (7/31-11/19) actions as U.S. Agency for Global Media's "acting CEO". 1st reported by @kyledcheney.bsky.social. The ruling voids an August RIF. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

As an attorney with occasional experience with the Equal Time rule, I can explain what's going on here and how the FCC's Brandon Carr is leveraging his position to force late night and daytime talk show hosts to exclude Democratic candidates. First I need to explain the Equal Time rule itself. 1/

Every four years i have to relearn the rules of curling. I'll definitely bookmark this for next time

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In preparation for bringing back the @arizonaslaw podcast - and cuz I had so much fun with that attorney-in-olympics article😉 - I uploaded today's @SunSoundsofAZ broadcast. (Check out our vintage episodes while you're there, and send me some feedback.) podbean.com/eas/pb-vfk5a...

This is a crazy, great scoop by @jeremyduda (with great background digging for each detail)! (I'm guessing there'll be new shoes to drop in this, given changes in leadership since Kelli Ward apparently approved the scheme, given the ongoing nature of the case, etc.) www.axios.com/local/phoeni...

NEW: Opening up the Trump admin's attack on Minnesota refugees to greater public scrutiny. On Tuesday, Law Dork, with Public Justice, filed a motion to improve access to a key court case challenging ICE's new effort to detain thousands of law-abiding refugees.

BREAKING, AZ @SenMarkKelly v. Secy of Defense Pete Hegseth: Judge delivers BLISTERING Opinion granting Kelly's preliminary injunction to prevent DOD from reducing Kelly's rank/retirement pay. Military doesn't have right to limit RETIRED servicemembers' speech. MORE, Opinion: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2048

About to read the very funny feature... and it features AN ATTORNEY! (Relevance)

REMINDER: AZ's U.S. Atty, Timothy Courchaine, IS lawfully in the position. However, he has NOT been vetted and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Details: ArizonasLaw.substack.com

NOW: Join me on @SunSoundsofAZ for today's @WSJ. Some very good reporting, some bad opinion pieces and 1 very funny feature about the U.S. curling team! Sunsounds.org/listen Sunsounds.org/donate

BREAKING: New reporting Trump DOJ today *FAILED* to get a grand jury to criminally indict AZ @SenMarkKelly and 5 other veteran/Members of Congress who made the video re not following illegal orders. MSNow saying they went for "seditious conspiracy". www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

BREAKING: Judge Strikes Down Several Arizona Abortion-Restricting Laws and Regulations MORE, READ Decision: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2050

Tooooo weird!

Hey, Arizona, remember when we thought it was a massive conflict of interest when Anthony Kern was handling ballots on which his name appeared (as a presidential elector)?during the Cyber Ninjas debacle?

AZ UPDATE: Only 3 of AZ's 9 Representatives voted for today's measure ending partial govt shutdown. It passed 217-215. All 3 of AZ's Dems voted "nay" (as did all but 21 Dems). @repciscomani.bsky.social, @RepAbeHamadeh and @RepGosar were 3 of 21 GOPers voting "aye". t.co/ZubZQEdJVj

UPDATE, @SenMarkKelly v @PeteHegseth: Judge Leon held hearing on Kelly's Prelim Injunction this afternoon, has taken it under advisement. MORE, case filings: t.co/mgRVQFn0fa

AI LAWSUIT FILED IN AZ SUPERIOR COURT by 3 Az women naming over 50 men! youtube.com/shorts/c_8Fy... @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social

This is one example of the utter bumbling side of the current admin. Going after Mark Kelly has netted him 4 million in extra campaign contributions. Arnold and Porter is pricy, but not that pricy.

This is a truly extraordinary order.

BREAKING: Initial takeaways from AZ @SenMarkKelly 's new campaign finance filings: - $13M* raised in Q4, averaged $9M/ rest of '25 -$15M* cash on hand -made initial $10k contributions to legal defense funds for himself, Schiff, Slotkin *combined, principal comm + leadership PAC

At some point, even if you think you’re one of the good ones…you’re going to have to decide which side to take. As an ex marine jag Tim probably thinks of himself as always doing the right thing. This isn’t it.

Does this statement indicate: A) Arizona's U.S. Attorney has been instructed to join in right wing's overblown pile-on on @AZAGMayes B) Arizona's U.S. Atty is busy redacting Epstein files and has not been following the news C) All of above D) None of above E) _________

MINOR UPDATE, Mark Kelly v Pete Hegseth: The severe winter storm and scheduling conflicts have prompted Judge Leon to POSTPONE the hearing on the preliminary injunction from the Wednesday to next Tuesday. MORE on case: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2048

UPDATE, U.S. v Arizona: The DOJ filed its case for Arizona voters' records on Jan 6, weeks later than vs the other states. No motions fully briefed yet, no hearings set. Case is in front of Judge Susan Brnovich.

UPDATE, @SenMarkKelly v. @SecWar @PeteHegseth: SWORDPLAY: Hegseth accuses Sen. Mark Kelly of using his military service as sword and hiding behind his office and the Constitution as shields. Hearing next week. READ More, Hegseth Response: tinyurl.com/AZlaw2048