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Less Water for Arizona: State Reactions and Implications

Oct 23, 2022

By Ashley Hutton.The Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”) released its highly anticipated report in June, which delivered devastating, but unsurprising, news: The southwest is running out of water. The report highlighted the trajectory of reservoir conditions of Lakes Mead and Powell,…

Jurisdictional Gymnastics: How the European Union Influences Arizona Business Practices

Oct 06, 2022

By Alexander Egber. At first blush, it might not be obvious why legislation coming out of the European Union is pertinent to Arizona residents. Europe is about 5,000 miles away, after all, and intuition suggests that a more appropriate focus…

Phoenix Property and Business Owners have Sued the City over the Handling of the Homelessness Crisis

Oct 06, 2022

By Aubrey Davis. Debbie and Joe Faillace opened their sub shop over 35 years ago in downtown Phoenix, within walking distance from the Arizona State Capitol. They have enjoyed watching the Capitol community grow and flourish over the years. When…

A Call for Accountability: U.S. Border Patrol Officers Confiscate and Discard Sikh Turbans

Oct 03, 2022

By AnnaMarie Lively.Upon reaching the U.S.-Mexico border, a Sikh asylum-seeker who had left his country in pursuit of political asylum in America encountered Border Patrol agents who mandated that he surrender his belongings. Among these belongings were two valuable symbols…

Fight for the Right to Film: ACLU Sues Arizona Over Law Restricting the Filming of Police

Oct 03, 2022

By Erin Jenkins. In July 2022, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey ratified a law that makes it illegal for people to videotape within eight feet of law enforcement activity. Expected to go into effect in September 2022, critics argue the law limits…

The Case for Corporate Climate Ratings: Nudging Financial Markets

Jun 20, 2022

Felix Mormann & Milica Mormann Capital markets are cast as both villain and hero in the climate playbill. The trillions of dollars required to combat climate change leave ample room for heroics from the financial sector. For the time being,…

Fumble! Anti-Human Bias in the Wake of Socio-Technical System Failures

Jun 20, 2022

Joseph Avery In 2018, an autonomous Uber vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian. Although autonomous, the vehicle was not driverless: the onboard artificial intelligence (AI) had handed off control to a safety driver at the last second. “Handed off”—a just-launched…

The Myth of Conflicting Interests: Guarding a Victim’s Right To Be Called the “Victim” During Trial

May 09, 2022

Alanna Ostby Since 1791, the Constitution of the United States has guarded the rights of the criminal defendant. Those rights include the right to an attorney, the right to a speedy trial, the right to confront witnesses against him—and the…

Bringing Justice Online: Why Arizona Should Transition Its Civil and Family State Courts to an Online Platform

May 09, 2022

Gideon Cionelo Maria stood outside her apartment, where she lived with her three youngchildren, scanning the packet of papers just handed to her by the process server. Although each page was littered with words and phrases she did not understand,…

Fresh from the Freezer: Exploring the “Knead” for Transparent Bread Labeling

May 09, 2022

Kole Lyons Consider the stories of two bakers: Bryan, a small business owner, who has developed his affinity for baking into a livelihood, and Jim, an employee working in his local grocery store’s bakery department. . . . Full Article.

Author: Alexander Barouch