The governor on Friday rejected an effort by 12 county attorneys in Arizona who asked her to rescind an order that stripped them of the authority to prosecute abortion cases.
By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs told 12 county attorneys late Friday she is on legal solid ground in rejecting their request to rescind her executive order stripping them of their authority to prosecute abortion cases.
"I will continue to use my legal authority to protect Arizonans from extremists who want to prosecute women and doctors for their healthcare decisions," she wrote in a Twitter post "Since statehood, it has been status quo in Arizona that the duty and discretion to conduct criminal prosecutions for public offenses rests with county attorneys unless a statute specifically provides otherwise," they told Hobbs. They called her order a"sweeping attempt" to"interfere with the discretion of prosecutors in fulfilling their duties as elected officials."
In general, judges do not like ruling on purely hypothetical cases. Instead, they prefer what the lawyers call a"live case or controversy," where they have actual facts to determine what is and is not legal.
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