Obama continues in his relentless attempt to follow in Nixon’s footsteps
Executive privilege claimed for the Fast and Furious documents.
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SCOTUS and HCR: thinking it over
Not yet, but soon, the Supreme Court finally will be issuing its long-awaited ruling on HCR. When? By the end of the month, and speculation abounds. I won’t even try to predict what will happen; I’ve discussed the legal issues … Continue reading →
Obama and illegals: is it constitutional?
So, who’s right about Obama’s announcement that, at least on his watch, we won’t be deporting any more illegals who came here as children with their illegal-immigrant parents: Utah’s Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who says it’s well within the president’s … Continue reading →
Mubarak gets…
…a sentence of life imprisonment. Probably a rather short sentence, considering that the former president is 84 and ill. Predictably, protests erupted from some Egyptians wanting blood. The protestors, of course, are vocal and loud and get a lot of … Continue reading →
Edwards verdict
Fox News has announced that there’s a hung jury on most counts and a verdict on Count 3, which is illegal campaign contributions from Rachel Mellon (see this for a list of all the counts against Edwards). The maximum penalty … Continue reading →
The Florida voter “purge”
I’ve read several articles about how the evil Republicans are purging the voter ranks in Florida at the eleventh hour in order to get rid of as many Democrats as possible, complete with egregious examples such as that of “Bill … Continue reading →
Kafka…
…had nothing on this story.
Continue reading →Has Etan Patz’s murderer been found?
I’m going to go on record here as saying that I think this will turn out to be a false confession. Unfortunately—because it would be a good thing if this terrible and tragic mystery of over three-decades duration were to … Continue reading →
The changing eyewitness testimony
Several eyewitnesses in the Zimmerman-Martin case have changed their original accounts, mostly to reflect more poorly on Zimmerman. This is disturbing, but not at all unusual. Eyewitness testimony, which many people give extreme weight to, is notoriously unreliable. And that’s … Continue reading →
Perceptions actually changing in the Zimmerman-Martin case
Some of the new evidence about the Zimmerman-Martin confrontation actually appears to be penetrating the public awareness, according to the results of this poll: A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 24% of American Adults still believe the … Continue reading →
Alan Dershowitz continues…
…to take on the Zimmerman prosecutor. And he is a formidable foe: A medical report by George Zimmerman’s doctor has disclosed that Zimmerman had a fractured nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head and a … Continue reading →
More evidence in the Zimmerman-Martin case
The autopsy report found that the shot that killed Trayon Martin was fired from what’s called an “intermediate” distance. That actually means: In intermediate-range wounds, the muzzle is held away from the skin but close enough that it still produces … Continue reading →