In 2000 in an unspecified [1] Arizona business publication, senator Jon Kyl not only praised Judge Susan Bolton - she of yesterday's decision that gutted the new Arizona immigration law - but Mary Murguia, the sister of Janet Murguia of the National Council of La Raza. Bolton was also apparently recommended by Kyl (judgepedia.org/index.php/Susan_Bolton).

In 2000, Kyl wrote this:

"We ought to vote on judgeships based on merit, not political games. There's too much of that in Washington already. The delay in confirming these judges is hurting the people of Arizona because we need them now… The three nominees are Jim Teilborg, a 34-year litigation lawyer in Phoenix with a lifetime of experience in the courtroom; the Honorable Susan Bolton, a widely respected Maricopa County Superior Court judge; and Mary Murguia, a respected career prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney's Office on leave to the Justice Department in Washington...It's time they were confirmed. Politicians in Washington should stop playing political games – especially with other people's lives.”

[1] politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0710/
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