Montini: Ducey's new Arizona Supreme 'Goldwater' Court
The
Goldwater Institute's Clint Bolick arguing at the Arizona Supreme Court, of
which he is now a member (Photo:
The Arizona Republic)
Excerpt Via Arizona Republic
Gov. Doug Ducey has decided that the newest member of the Arizona Supreme Court will be the conservative Goldwater Institute, the even more conservative American Legislative Exchange Council and the right-wing billionaire out-of-state brothers, Charles and David Koch.
Gov. Doug Ducey has decided that the newest member of the Arizona Supreme Court will be the conservative Goldwater Institute, the even more conservative American Legislative Exchange Council and the right-wing billionaire out-of-state brothers, Charles and David Koch.
Wait…didn’t
the press release from the governor’s office say that he named as the latest
Supreme Court judge an attorney named Clint Bolick?
Yeah.
Same thing.
Bolick is a very smart big shot litigator with the Goldwater
Institute, where he has been since 2007.
Technically,
he calls himself an “independent” but he’s fairly simpatico with ALEC, the
Kochs and their ilk.
And
if you look at Bolick’s record over the years you learn that he and the
institution he has run have worked very hard to cut the benefits and/or funding
from cops and firefighters, poor people and public school children.
Now
he is Gov. Ducey’s first appointment to the Supreme Court of Arizona.
I guess
this tells us a little bit about the people Ducey cares about as well.
The
Goldwater Institute fought to stop the Medicaid expansion for our poorest
brothers and sisters in Arizona, a law that was signed by then-Gov. Jan Brewer.
At the time, Attorney Tim Hogan of the Arizona Center for Law in the Public
Interest, which represented four Medicaid recipients who have intervened in the
lawsuit, told The Arizona Republic, "It is easy for legislators to
vote to deny benefits and health care to others when it's not going to affect
them. They are on the state plan at taxpayer expense, so they are all
set."
Balance of Article
Balance of Article
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