In Arizona this week a state court judge ruled a woman seeking election to the San Luis city council inelligible since she did not speak English well enough to carry out her responsibilities if elected. This is exactly the kind of crazy judicial decisions that make most Americans boil. The question of who is and who is not qualified to be a city councilman is up to the voters, not the courts. Sure, there can be minimum requirements like American citizenship and adulthood. A state could even ban felons from office if it chose. Beyond those minimal prerequisites, however, the choice of public officeholders is supposed to be made by the public, not the courts.
If Alejandrina Cabrera, an American citizen, can be stopped from running by a judge, something is very wrong. Governor Brewer of Arizona should step in and put the weight of the state government behind the appeal filed by Ms. Cabrera.
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