Legal Opinion
Ruiz v. Hull
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided April 28, 1998No. CV-96-0493-PRPublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*444OPINION
MOELLER, Justice.
SUMMARY
¶ 1 This opinion addresses the constitutionality of Article XXVIII of the Arizona Constitution (the “Amendment”), which was adopted in 1988 and which provides, inter alia, that English is the official language of the State of Arizona and that the state and its political subdivisions — including all government officials and employees performing government business — must “act” only in English.
¶ 2 We hold that the Amendment violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution because it adversely impacts the constitutional rights of non-English-speaking…
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