Nov 11, 2009 -
The Hasan Case: Overt Clues and Tactical Challenges
By Scott Stewart and Fred Burton
In last week’s global security and intelligence report, we discussed the recent call by the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasir al-Wahayshi, for jihadists to conduct simple attacks against a variety of targets in the Muslim world and the West. We also noted how it is relatively simple to conduct such attacks against soft targets using improvised explosive devices, guns or even knives and clubs.
The next day, a lone gunman, U.S.
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Nov 11, 2009 -
Jerry Brown: Acorn, Suspicion and the Rule of Law
by Thomas Del Beccaro
According to the legendary Greek Historian Plutarch, when asked why he divorced his wife, Caesar stated that: “All women shall be as Caesar would have his wife, not only free from sin, but from suspicion.” At the time, Caesar’s wife, Pompeia, was loosely associated with the commission of a sacrilege by someone else. As recent events have confirmed, Attorney General Jerry Brown is hardly burdened by suspicions – let alone high ethical standards.
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As most everyone in the political world now knows, ACORN is under investigation in many states, and by the federal government, for a host of crimes.
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Nov 04, 2009 -
Do prosecutors have total immunity from lawsuits for anything they do, including framing someone for murder? That is the question the justices of the Supreme Court face Wednesday.
On one side of the case being argued are Iowa prosecutors who contend "there is no freestanding right not to be framed."
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Oct 23, 2009 -
Yes, "The One" Should Fail
By Quin Hillyer on 10.23.09 @ 6:08AM
We will not be intimidated, we will not be bullied, we will not be silenced, and we will not lose. Barack Obama's thugocracy is dishonest, dangerous, and malicious, but it cannot be stronger than the aroused might of a free people. His foreign policy deliberately debases U.S.
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Oct 02, 2009 -
In announcing on Wednesday that it would review a case that asks whether individuals have a fundamental right to bear arms under the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court did more than just step into a heated debate over gun control. Although McDonald v.
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Oct 07, 2009 -
A white cross erected on a rock outcropping on federal land in California's Mojave Desert is at the heart of a Supreme Court case about the government's display of religious symbols.
Critics say the cross violates the Constitution's ban on government establishment of religion. The case will be argued Wednesday.
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Oct 16, 2009 -
Not sure why this topic is the judges business, but thought people might find it interesting.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BBNUJ80&show_article=1
Interracial couple denied marriage license in La.
Oct 15 04:00 PM US/Eastern
HAMMOND, La.
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Oct 16, 2009 -
By The Associated Press: Mary Foster of The Associated Press wrote this report.
October 16, 2009, 6:15AM
A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. 'My main concern is for the children,' said Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish.
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Oct 15, 2009 -
by Troy Senik
http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california
My apologies for having nothing originally in this post. The text was here but didn't show up.
Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages. It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your mind up what to believe before reading.
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Oct 15, 2009 -
NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.
"I'm not a racist.
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