By JACQUES BILLEAUD and MORGAN LEE (Associated Press) PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans…
The law was enacted decades before Arizona became a state on Feb. 14, 1912. A court in Tucson had blocked its enforcement shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing the constitutional right to an abortion.
Benjamin Franklin had a good idea that laws should sunset after 20 years and have to be renewed. Maybe we need to look into something like that so when we think things are settled, we don’t go back to the stone ages due to a federal court re-reinterpreting the law.
Benjamin Franklin had a good idea that laws should sunset after 20 years and have to be renewed. Maybe we need to look into something like that so when we think things are settled, we don’t go back to the stone ages due to a federal court re-reinterpreting the law.