PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s book that provides behind-the-scenes details of her handling of the state’s 2010 landmark immigration law is now facing scrutiny in a legal challenge of the contentious statute.
Lawyers seeking to overturn the surviving parts of the law have subpoenaed all documents used by the governor in writing the 2011 book.
Justin Cox, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney, says the content of the documents is unknown, but they might provide insight into the law’s passage.
Brewer spokesman Andrew Wilder declined to comment on the subpoena.
The subpoena is one of several issued as the law’s challengers have sought lawmakers’ emails to see why proponents of the law believed it was needed.
They’re seeking documents to support their claim that the law was passed with discriminatory intent.
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