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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against Arizona’s top two legislators in their attempt to avoid having to sit for depositions in an ongoing lawsuit that claims two state voting laws are racially discriminatory.
The Hill reports that “Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma (R) and Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen (R) had filed an emergency request urging the justices to pause a lower ruling that mandates the lawmakers hand over documents and be deposed in the case.”
In their filing, Toma and Petersen argued that forcing them to sit for a deposition would violate their legislative privilege, the outlet said, but without any notable dissent, the nation’s highest court rejected that argument.
The Hill adds: “Last year, Arizona’s Republican-controlled Legislature passed voting bills that require individuals to submit documentary proof of citizenship in order to vote and change rules dictating when individuals are dropped from voter rolls. Among others, the Justice Department, the Democratic National Committee, and voting groups filed legal challenges, with some…
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