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Abortion in Arizona set to be illegal in nearly all circumstances, state high court rules

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It will be on the ballot.

Morning Digest: Arizona GOP seeks to end judicial elections after unpopular abortion ruling

Arizona's Republican-run legislature has approved a ballot measure that would eliminate regular judicial elections, a move designed to insulate two conservative incumbents who recently upheld a near-total ban on abortion from voters this fall.

Those justices, Kathryn King and Clint Bolick, will face retention elections in November, when voters will have the chance to decide whether they merit new six-year terms with a simple yes-or-no vote. But if the GOP's new amendment were to pass that same day, the results of those judicial elections would be retroactively wiped from the books, even if King and Bolick fail to earn majority support.

[If the amendment doesn't pass, and the justices are rejected, Democrat Katie Hobbs would name the replacements to the court.]

Asking the voters to remove their power to remove judges....that should go over real well.
 
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It really really really will be on the ballot.

Arizona Supreme Court rejects final challenge to abortion ballot initiative, sending issue to voters

The Arizona Supreme Court rejected a final challenge to Proposition 139 that places abortion access in the hands of voters, officially placing the measure on the ballot this year.

The ruling comes less than 48 hours before the ballot printing deadline.
 
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Arizona Republicans move to protect anti-choice Supreme Court justices on the ballot in November

Knowing that Bolick and King are probably toast, Republicans Legislators are now floating a resolution that would deny voters the right to remove terrible judges:

[It has passed the AZ Senate and heads to the House -- curiously, if passed it would be a referendum on the November ballot, so Arizonans could choose to give up the right to vote for justices.]
This will also be on the ballot. [A progressive group had challenged its constitutionality, but judges overruled those concerns. The two judges named above recused.]

Voters will get to decide whether to give AZ judges virtual lifetime appointments

The proposal would virtually eliminate term limits for Arizona Supreme Court Justices, Arizona Court of Appeals judges and trial court judges in Maricopa, Coconino, Pima and Pinal counties. Currently, state supreme and appellate court judges have six-year tenures and trial court judges serve for four years before they must convince voters to award them another term.

But Prop. 137 would grant state judges indefinite terms.
 
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Arizona Republicans move to protect anti-choice Supreme Court justices on the ballot in November

Unlike some states, [AZ Supreme Court Justices] do not have a seat for life and must run for their judgeship every four to six years. Usually most voters check YES without knowing much about them, but occasionally a judge will rule in a way that draws enough negative media scrutiny that causes him or her to be defeated in the next election.

[2 are up for election this year.]

To no one’s surprise, reproductive rights advocates are targeting both justices for removal. In addition to a November referendum that asks voters to approve an amendment to the Arizona Constitution protecting abortion rights, the ballot will also provide voters an opportunity to reject ... Associated Judges Clint Bolick and Kathryn King.

Longtime Arizonans will know Bolick, who is married to Republican Legislator Shawnna Bolick. When he was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gov. Ducey in 2016, Bolick had no judicial experience.

Knowing that Bolick and King are probably toast, Republicans Legislators are now floating a resolution that would deny voters the right to remove terrible judges:

[It has passed the AZ Senate and heads to the House -- curiously, if passed it would be a referendum on the November ballot, so Arizonans could choose to give up the right to vote for justices.]
That website is definitely showing their bias there.

Not that it really matters, anyway.
 
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And it looks like it is really really popular.

FoxNews polls: Abortion-rights ballot initiatives backed by at least half of Republicans in Arizona, Nevada

Fifty percent of Republicans in Arizona and 54 percent of Republicans in Nevada say they would vote for their states’ proposed constitutional amendments to “establish the right to an abortion up until fetal viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health,” according to the polls, which were conducted Aug. 23-26.

Overall, 73 percent of Arizona voters say they back the proposed state amendment, including 95 percent of Democrats and 76 percent of independents.

The only Arizona demographic listed as having less than 50 percent backing the initiative is “white evangelicals,” 49 percent of whom support the amendment.

A majority (58 percent) of white evangelical voters in Nevada back the initiative
 
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