Edward Snowden, the now-former NSA contractor who leaked secret documents to The Washington Post and the Guardian, said he didn’t want to become the story. "I don't want public attention because I don't want the story to be about me. I want it to be...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on June 11, 201320 Comments
We will find out by the end of the month, maybe sooner, the Supreme Court ruling in Fisher v. U. Texas and whether the Court further limits the use of race in college admissions.
The main problem with affirmative action, particularly when there is competition for a...
Posted by Andrew Branca
on June 11, 201313 Comments
Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Jury Selection Day Two live, all day, along with a separate end-of-day wrap-up post. To catch up on the lastest events in State of Florida v. Zimmerman, click here to take a look at last night's wrap-up...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on June 11, 20139 Comments
We've covered the Turkish protests extensively.
To boil it down to basics, its Turks who value the country's secular political history trying to slow down the steady Islamization of political institutions by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Legal Insurrection readers long have heard of Erdoğan's dangerous antics and bullying towards Israel.
Overnight there was a massive police crackdown on the protesters, as well as attorneys sympathetic to the protesters.
Erdogan pledges ‘no more tolerance’ for protest amid police crackdown:
Turkey has ‘no more tolerance’ for violent protest, Prime Minister Erdogan told the parliament. He was speaking as police used water cannons and tear gas to take over Taksim Square in Istanbul from anti-government activists.
Erdogan lashed out at the protesters as he was addressing MPs on Tuesday. In his speech he separated the peaceful protesters concerned with the development plans at Gezi Park from those in Taksim Square, who he said are responsible for violent clashes with police forces.
The prime minister blamed the Taksim protesters of injuring security troops, damaging public property, disturbing public order and damaging Turkey’s image among international investors.
Erdogan’s speech came hours after hundreds of police walked into Taksim Square just after dawn and used tear gas and water cannons to fend of protesters attempting to enter it. Police removed protest banners from buildings overlooking the square. The prime minister hailed the move, which he described as tearing down “rags”.
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on June 10, 201324 Comments
When I first traveled the Soviet Union, and two guys we didn't know got out of a car and escorted me and some American friends past the long line waiting to get into a night club in Tallinn, seated us at a prime location table which...
Posted by Andrew Branca
on June 10, 20138 Comments
For live video and coverage for Tuesday June 11th, click here.
Just a quick note here to provide a brief wrap-up of today, Monday the 10th's, events in the Zimmerman trial. The morning saw the discussion of some motions and other open business. Notably, George Zimmerman's...
Today we learned that it only took Hillary Clinton less than an hour to become Twitter-verified. Twitter verification is the blue checkmark in the corner of a twitter profile.
This speedy event was unrelated to the alacrity with which a charity of Barack Obama's brother was...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on June 10, 201321 Comments
I'm not on the "Howard Snowden is a Hero" boat.
I'm may get on board the "Edward Snowden is no hero" boat.
As this plays out, it's not clear that Snowden has added a lot to what we already knew, as Mandy pointed out this morning, but...
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Posted by Andrew Branca
on June 10, 201316 Comments
For live video and coverage for Tuesday June 11th, click here.
This post marks the launch of Legal Insurrections’ comprehensive live coverage of State of Florida v. Zimmerman (1712FO4573).
In addition to the types of comprehensive legal analysis already posted in the course of last week’s pretrial...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on June 10, 201318 Comments
While you were watching the Obama Scandals and the NSA leaks, Harry Reid was moving the Gang of 8 immigration bill to a vote.
The Gang of 8 got a big boost when Sen. Kelly Ayote endorsed the bill this weekend.
But hope is not lost. ...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on June 09, 201367 Comments
It seems that nothing is ever as it seems.
It may be that Edward Snowden is what he seems to be -- an Obama-supporter who, despite barely gaining a GED, managed to work his way into sensitive technical positions at the CIA, NSA and private contractors,...
Posted by Andrew Branca
on June 09, 201326 Comments
As we enjoy today’s pause in the courtroom action of the Zimmerman trial it might be a nice time to do a quick overview of how the law of self defense will be fought over at trial.
Florida Self-Defense Statutes Most Relevant to the Zimmerman Trial
Florida...
The Guardian today unveiled the identity of the individual who provided National Security documents that sparked a firestorm of media attention and scrutiny of how the agency collects and utilizes the intelligence it collects from a multitude of commercial sources.
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/343799572012875776
From the Guardian:
The individual responsible for...
Posted by David Gerstman
on June 09, 20135 Comments
Erekat's Latrun gambit
In commemoration of the 46th anniversary of the start of the Six Day War, the New York Times published a press release for the Palestinian Authority, On Anniversary of Arab-Israeli War, a Palestinian Plea:
It was here on the wooded slopes of Latrun on...
