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June 2013

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 26, 2013 2 Comments

The military trial of Private First Class Bradley Manning resumes today at Fort Meade in Maryland.  Manning stands accused of charges that include violation of the Espionage Act and aiding the enemy for his actions in releasing a trove of classified files to the anti-secrecy...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 26, 2013 33 Comments

Full opinion embedded at bottom of post. Via ScotusBlog live blog: 10:02 Amy Howe: 5-4 per Kennedy. 10:02 Amy Howe: Roberts dissents. Scalia dissents. Equal protection. 10:02 Amy Howe: Alito dissents, joined by Thomas in part. 10:03 Amy Howe: DOMA is unconstitutional as a deprivation of...

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 26, 2013 76 Comments

Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial live, all day, with streaming video. Continuing commentary will be posted in the Twitter feed of selected contributors below the first video feed, and breaking news will be added at the bottom of this post. We're...

Posted by Anne Segal on June 26, 2013 8 Comments

Think the Tea Party's disappearing? Not according to advertisers, who featured the theme in two ads broadcast in the prime final moments of Monday's Boston v. Chicago NHL finals game. FiatUSA takes the continually on-trend Founding Fathers theme as the centerpiece of its "Italian Invasion -...

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 25, 2013 165 Comments

Today can only be characterized as an utter debacle for the prosecution in Florida v. Zimmerman. Besides the testimony of a couple of highly professional law enforcement witnesses, the testimony of the the other State witnesses ranged from signing George Zimmerman's praises, to acknowledging the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2013 95 Comments
will surprise no one. They cling bitterly to racial politics even though the decision was based on the Constitution and the change in society since 1965. They certainly don't understand the decision itself, and that discrimination as to voting rights still is illegal. All the decision did was do away with a remedial anachronism based on outdated facts as to the South. Here's a key portion of the decision:
Our decision in no way affects the permanent, nationwide ban on racial discrimination in voting found in §2.
Here's the ignorant and confused reaction: https://twitter.com/businessinsider/status/349560354503794688 https://twitter.com/aaldef/status/349569255848673281 https://twitter.com/jvdet/status/349568907528511489 https://twitter.com/TPM/status/349571684111613952 https://twitter.com/donnabrazile/status/349538552117329921 https://twitter.com/DWStweets/status/349535772652740610

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2013 38 Comments

NOTE:  Tomorrow is the last opinion day -- so we will get gay marriage and DOMA decisions.  Be here at 10 a.m. Section 4 of Voting Rights Act held invalid. Full Opinion embedded at bottom of this post. Via ScotusBlog live blog: 10:10 Amy Howe: Shelby County. The...

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 25, 2013 106 Comments

Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial live, all day, with streaming video. Continuing commentary will be posted in the Twitter feed of selected contributors below the first video feed, and breaking news will be added at the bottom of this post. Also,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2013 19 Comments

The amnesty charade which has taken place in the Senate with the visible advocacy of several Republican Senators -- Rubio, McCain, Graham, Corker, Hoeven -- and the assistance of 10 other Republican Senators who voted for cloture is just about the last straw. I'm not going...

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 24, 2013 49 Comments

Today marked the first day of the trial proper of Florida v. Zimmerman, and accordingly was the first opportunity for each side to present their “theory of the case” to the jury.   This day covered both the party's opening statements, as well as the first...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2013 15 Comments
The Senate is debating the amended amnesty immigration bill. Technically it's the Leahy amendment as modified by the Hoeven-Corker amendment. A vote is expected around 5:30 p.m. Eastern. UPDATE -- the cloture motion passed by over 60 votes (still awaiting final count). (Apparently several Senators who would vote yes are delayed and not present, so Harry Reid is keeping to vote open to get as many Yes votes as possible to reach the artificial 70 goal.) -- FINAL COUNT 67-27, with 15 GOP yes votes: Corker Ayotte Chiesa [Christie appointee] Collins Flake Graham Hatch Heller Hoeven Kirk McCain Murkowski Alexander Rubio Wicker [live video removed] https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/349300986961080321 https://twitter.com/robertcostaNRO/status/349300294989004802 https://twitter.com/trscoop/status/349297398411042817 https://twitter.com/DanaBordeaux/status/349294668154023937 https://twitter.com/allahpundit/status/349288583892443138
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