By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/East Valley Tribune
A federal appeals court agreed Thursday to hear new arguments about whether Arizona voters can legally make bail off limits to some people charged with crimes who are not in this country legally.
In a brief order, Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said enough of his colleagues want to review last year’s divided ruling by a three-judge panel of the court to uphold the 2006 constitutional provision. A hearing before an 11-judge panel was set for March.
Thursday’s order does not mean the ballot measure is illegal, but it does effectively void the earlier appellate ruling, giving the full court a chance to reach an entirely different conclusion.
