The Arizona legislature has been targeting panhandling for a number of years. In attempting prohibit the practice wholesale, they’ve run into a few roadblocks along the way. The basic battle is between the ability of “panhandlers” to exercise their First Amendment...
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Defense Lawyers Can Challenge Law Limiting Contact with Crime Victims
We all agree that crime victims need to be protected against harassment and other wrongful acts. On the other hand, the “protection” provided in Arizona goes far beyond what may be necessary to shield crime victims from harassment. In fact, the law expressly prohibits...
Arizona DOC Prisoner Mail Review Policy Illegal
The policy of the Arizona Department of Corrections is to check to make sure that “contraband” is not being sent out into the world by prison inmates. The problem is that the policy and practice of the DOC included a page-by-page review of the content of outgoing...
Free Speech Survives in Arizona . . . for now!
“Organize a Protest, Lose your Home” Bill May be Dead There are some Republicans in the Arizona legislature who are . . . well . . . let’s just say they are not students of the United States Constitution. In an effort to drive out and punish dissenters – that’s anyone...