Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Has Mark Brnovich *ever* defended the will of the voters?

FYI - Brnovich is Arizona's Attorney General and may become proof that, in R primaries anyway, access to scads of money matters more than name recognition.

From RealClearPolitics -

















From AZ Mirror, written by Kira Lerner -

U.S. sues Arizona over proof of citizenship voting law

The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announced Tuesday that it has sued Arizona over a law signed by the state’s Republican governor in March that requires people registering to vote prove their citizenship to participate in a presidential election or to vote by mail in any federal election.

Republican proponents of the law, House Bill 2492, claim that requiring voters to provide a documentary proof of citizenship, like a birth certificate or passport, helps prevent voter fraud. But voting rights advocates say that non-citizen voting is extremely rare, and the law will disenfranchise voters who will have to jump through additional hurdles to be eligible to vote. 

  

Even though he wants their support, Brnovich is unashamed of his hatred for voters.

From Arizona Public Media, written by Andrew Oxford -

[snip]

Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, said he would defend the law in court.

"It’s another round of Brnovich v. Biden as his DOJ continues its attempts to undermine our election integrity laws," Brnovich said on Twitter.

Of course, his hatred is a long-standing one.

From a press release from his office (actually, it's the entire press release), dated October 1, 2021 -

PHOENIX -- Attorney General Mark Brnovich released the following statement today on Arizona School Boards Association Inc. (ASBA) v. Arizona:

“I am pleased the Arizona Supreme Court accepted jurisdiction in the case because Arizonans deserve clarity as soon as possible,” said Attorney General Mark Brnovich. “The legislature has spoken – there is no place for Critical Race Theory or vaccine mandates in our schools.”


He does frequently defend acts from the state legislature, but I can't find an instance of him defending the public *from* the state legislature.  Maybe, if his whole "running for U.S. Senate" doesn't work out, he's bucking for a job at the office of the Legislative Council.


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