- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
FTA, Courtesy of u/LethalSmack:
Two Republicans, TJ Shopes and Shawnna LM Bolick, joined all 14 Democrats to pass the measure, sending it to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk
FTA, Courtesy of u/LethalSmack:
Two Republicans, TJ Shopes and Shawnna LM Bolick, joined all 14 Democrats to pass the measure, sending it to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk
The 1864 ban will still be in effect for months though:
Unfortunate— nonetheless, it will be repealed literally as fast as possible.
A quote from the Democratic AG:
Um, you’re the AG. Just instruct your prosecutors not to prosecute. No one’s going to lose their election because they didn’t prosecute a law from the 1800s that has already been repealed.
The DAs who make those decisions in Arizona are elected at the county level, so the state AG can’t just order them to not prosecute.