Arizona Chief Justice Ruth

McGregor Resigns in Disgrace

“Today the People Took Ruth McGregor Down”
said Roy Warden

CSII Press
March 24, 2009

Ruth McGregor, the embattled Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court,
resigned her high office today, effective July 01, 2009, nearly a year before her
term was due to expire.

McGregor gained unwanted notoriety last year when she used her position to
promulgate “Pro Raza” policy and advance the political interests of a powerful
group of left wing lawyers and judges called “Los Abogados.”

On September 12, 2008 Los Abogados, objecting to the use of legal terminology
commonly used in Arizona courts, wrote a letter to McGregor strongly
“encouraging” her to influence the lower courts to refrain from using terms like
“Illegal Aliens,” “Illegal Immigrants,” and “Anchor Babies” because, “these terms
attach an illegal status to the person thereby establishing a brand of
contemptibility.”

Los Abogados suggested to McGregor that the use terms like “Foreign Nationals,”
“Unauthorized Workers,” etc, would “increase the professionalism of the courts,
reduce the perceptions of judicial bias, and lead to greater confidence in Arizona
courts.”

McGregor passed the letter on to the lower judges along with her own letter and
stamp of approval. A public watchdog group, Judicial Watch, got wind of the
incident and reported it on their blog. Cari Gerchick, a member of Los Abogados
and an assistant to Chief Justice McGregor, angrily called Judicial Watch and
threatened to sue.

Subsequently, “Close the Border” activist groups from around the state wrote
articles, filed complaints and set off a firestorm.

“McGregor violated the Canons of Judicial Conduct which prohibit judges from
showing partiality, engaging in improper acts, or even creating the appearance of
impropriety,” said Tucson activist Roy Warden.

“Then she threatened Judicial Watch and tried to weasel out.”

On December 10, 2008 Arizonans for Immigration Control held a rally in front of
the Arizona Supreme Court, to bring the matter to public view.
“At the rally we handed out contact information; subsequently a number of
officials called me. At their suggestion I produced a document which summarized
the incident, and Lee Ewing, the President of Arizonans for Immigration Control,
sent a copy to a large number of Arizona Legislators and Senators, and every
member of the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct.”

“I sent the same information to over 1,000 Pima County lawyers and judges who
read Common Sense II. Some of them called me to express their concerns. Let’s
just say a growing number of Arizonans don’t like officials, and judges, who
promote Pro Raza Policy.

“Here’s the bottom line, and it’s inexcusable: the Chief Justice of the Arizona
Supreme Court bent over and grabbed her ankles to advance the political
interests of La Raza, the Open Border Lobby, and Los Abogados,” said Warden.

“Last year I told a whole lot of people we’d hold McGregor responsible, and we
did.

“Her resignation proves that in America no person is above the law, even a
Supreme Court Chief Justice. Today, the wheels of justice finally turned. Today
the people took Ruth McGregor down.”

For more information, please contact:

Roy Warden
Director, TWPF
roywarden@cox.net