Arizona lawmakers have voted to send an initiative to the November ballot that would protect two state Supreme Court justices targeted for removal over their support for a near-total abortion ban. Both chambers of the Legislature agreed Wednesday to let state voters decide Nov.
FILE - Kathryn Hackett King, left, speaks with Arizona Supreme Court justices before taking the oath of office to join the state’s high court, July 8, 2021, in Phoenix. From left to right are: Hackett King, Vice Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer, Justices Clint Bolick, John R Lopez IV, James Beene and Chief Justice Robert M. Brutinel.
Several Democrats who voted against the measure noted that the retention rules were championed by the late former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who had been an Arizona state senator and Superior Court and Appellate Court judge. The final Senate vote on the judicial ballot initiative was 16-10, with four senators not voting. Republican Sen. Shawnna Bolick, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick, ignored requests by several colleagues to recuse herself and voted in favor.
If approved by voters, the measure would apply retroactively to Oct. 31, days before the election, and would effectively throw out the results of any vote on judicial retention this year.
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