Robert Robb | Arizona Republic
For most of the state’s history, the Arizona Supreme Court has rendered the gift clause provision of the state Constitution, intended to prohibit subsidies to private businesses, a dead letter.
In 2010, the court opted to bring it at least partially back to life, in a decision (Turken) that claimed to clarify previous rulings.
In 2016, the court took a detour, with a ruling (Cheatham) that threatened to return the provision to the dead letter bin.