Arizona Legal Headline News January 27, 2011
A federal judge declared a court emergency in Arizona that lengthens the time period allowed for bringing certain criminal cases to trial, a response to the rising number of illegal-immigration and drug-smuggling cases in the state. Arizona’s new voter-approved medical marijuana law has cities scrambling to approve zoning and permit regulations for dispensaries and cultivation. A plan in Arizona to require presidential candidates to prove their eligibility to occupy the Oval Office is approaching critical mass, even though it has just been introduced.
