Judge: GOP ballot measure aimed at teachers union unconstitutionally guts police, fire unions too

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: July 28, 2026

Words: 666

Last Updated: 5 days, 22 hours ago

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A Republican ballot referral that sought to amend the state’s constitution to put the state’s largest teacher’s union out of business was tossed off the ballot on Tuesday after a judge concluded that it also would have outlawed all public sector unions.

And that violates the Arizona Constitution’s Separate Amendment Rule, which demands that proposed constitutional amendments be limited to a single action, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Gregory Como ruled.

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