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Arizona’s Enduring Battle Over Hound Hunting

Dec 16, 2025

By Janelle Leung. Introduction The use of dogs in hunting has become a legal and political battle in Arizona, pitting environmental groups against hunting associations and state agencies. At its core, this conflict is a struggle over who holds the authority to…

Public Funds Meet Private Blockchains: Balancing State Investment, Market Volatility, and Consumer Protection

Dec 16, 2025

By Ali Karamali. Following the 2008 financial crisis, cryptocurrencies (crypto) began attracting interest by offering a new way to manage money with greater independence, transparency, and security. Based on a theory of decentralization, crypto operates on networks not controlled by…

Guardrails on Direct Democracy: Nondelegation Constraints on Citizen Initiatives After <em>Montenegro v. Fontes</em>

Guardrails on Direct Democracy: Nondelegation Constraints on Citizen Initiatives After Montenegro v. Fontes

Dec 16, 2025

By Armando Montero. Article IV, Part 1, Section 1 of the Arizona Constitution states: “The legislative authority of the state shall be vested in the legislature . . . but the people reserve the power to propose laws and amendments to…

When Punishment Fails: What Arizona Can Learn from Tribal Approaches to Truancy

Dec 16, 2025

By Drew Meester. The Problem Arizona faces a truancy crisis that disproportionately harms Native American students. Chronic absenteeism rates have nearly doubled from pre-pandemic levels. Almost half of Arizona’s Native students are chronically absent from school, one of the highest…

Impact of the Arizona Hands-Off Law

Nov 09, 2025

By Lauren Gold. Arizona lawmakers and their constituents are well aware of the problems associated with distracted driving. However, this issue is difficult to mitigate. Although most drivers understand the risks associated with using a cell phone while driving, many drivers…

What Will Happen to Buyers if the Ritz-Carlton, Paradise Valley Gets Foreclosed?

Nov 09, 2025

By Owen Warner. For nearly two decades, the Town of Paradise Valley has eagerly awaited the opening of a new project that promised to reinvent the town: the Ritz-Carlton Paradise Valley, also known as “The Palmeraie.” The Palmeraie, first announced in…

Show Your Work: <em>Abraham</em> and the Future of Arizona’s Public Record Review

Show Your Work: Abraham and the Future of Arizona’s Public Record Review

Nov 09, 2025

By Annie Weiler. The First Amendment’s speech, assembly, and petition protections mean pretty little if citizens can’t actually access and share the information that fuels public debate. In this way, the First Amendment functionally relies on the right to request government…

SLAPPing Down Meritless Claims: Arizona’s Anti-SLAPP Expansion, Questionable Constitutionality, and the Continued Need for Judicial Interpretation

Nov 09, 2025

By Sophie Adams. Imagine that a large corporation sues a filmmaker for making a documentary which makes the corporation look bad. The film was vague and not defamatory by any standard, but the corporation did not want the film circulating in…

Death at Any Cost: Maricopa County’s Moral and Fiscal Failures in Pursuing the Death Penalty

Nov 09, 2025

By Sam Stumpf. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s (MCAO) persistent pursuit of the death penalty reveals the costs and inefficiencies of overzealous prosecution. A joint investigation published in June 2025 by ABC15 Arizona and ProPublica revealed that when MCAO prosecutors seek…

The Pragmatic Parenthetical: “Citation Modified”

Oct 19, 2025

By Rayce Miller. The 22nd edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation marks a victory for legal pragmatists, with Rule B5.3 creating the “citation modified” parenthetical. Before the 22nd edition, strict adherents to The Bluebook had to add multiple…

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