Literally, the middle of the night, just before dawn....
Also, Trayvon pot smoking to come into evidence via toxicology report...
The Guardian today released a second part of its exclusive video interview with NSA leaker Edward Snowden, purportedly recorded on June 6th, as a follow-up to the initial interview released on June 9th. A couple highlights, transcribed from today's video release: "We were actually involved in misleading the...
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The defense team of Mark O'Mara and Don West began their first full day of presenting their case to the jury today, although so far this morning it's been nothing but O'Mara. Rumors are that the defense plans to call ~25 witnesses, and they moved...
A continuation of The Year In Which All Conspiracy Theories Want To Come True...
The defense will kick off its case Monday morning in the court martial of US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, who stands accused of leaking more than 700,000 files, many of which included classified information, to Wikileaks. The prosecution rested its case last week...
George Zimmerman, day 10 of Florida v. Zimmerman[/caption]
During the lunch recess, or immediately thereafter, we will TRY topost a mid-day update. We'll then follow up with the usual detailed end-of-day wrap up, including video and embedded Tweets, at the usual time in the evening.
Yesterday I posted up an analytical piece of Mark O'Mara's request for a judgment of acquittal. O'Mara's motion was well-reasoned and supported by Florida's case law. It was, of course, doomed to peremptory denial by Judge Nelson. In that piece I've linked almost all of the case citations made by O'Mara to full-length copies of the decisions, so you can see the sources for yourselves, if you like (most of the decisions are gratifyingly brief). You can see that here:
(NOTE: If you do wander over to the LOSD blog, be sure to come back to Legal Insurrection to comment, as nearly all my time is spent here for the duration of the trial.)
At least 42 were killed and 322 injured in clashes early Monday near the Republican Guard headquarters in the Egyptian capital, according to a Ministry of Health source. Supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi had been holding a sit-in near the compound. Reuters cited the Egyptian military as saying "a terrorist group" had tried to storm the building early Monday. A Ministry of Defense official said that 200 people were arrested after protesters attacked the site around 4 a.m. local time (10 p.m. ET on Sunday). Some were armed with guns, Molotov cocktails and knives, according to the official. One officer was killed and six troops wounded, the military said. However, Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and its allies accused security forces of attacking protesters. NBC News was not immediately able to reconcile the differing accounts.Updates: https://twitter.com/RagnarWeilandt/status/354240597835513856 https://twitter.com/SalmaZohdi/status/354240136826986496 https://twitter.com/nahlas/status/354239856639094784 https://twitter.com/Everywhereistan/status/354240491568644096
Cruz, that is. And he's hoping to make your wish come true. From J, taken in Charlottesville, VA: Update (h/t Twitchy) https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/354292225192124416...
Immediately following the close of the State’s case on Friday, Mark O’Mara, the lawyer leading George Zimmerman’s defense team, stood before Judge Nelson and made his oral motion for a judgment of acquittal for his client (a parallel written motion was also submitted to the...
The year in which all conspiracy theories want to come true...
Muddling through is becoming a kind description for the implementation of Obamacare. In addition to a multitude of operational problems and cost misfires we recently learned that the employer mandate would be delayed for a year. On Friday another shoe dropped. The government is delaying for...
A terrible candidate who won due to the organization of the Muslim Brotherhood but never attained the political support necessary to govern....
We've made this point time and again, the Palestinian culture of incitement is the core problem You will not see western boycotts, divestments or sanctions for the type of incitement against Jews routinely put out by Palestinian media and institutions. Anti-Jewish incitement is an accepted part of...
Zimmerman was not, in fact, in his vehicle at the time the police said "we don't need you to do that"...
There's sudden attention being paid to the 3rd Amendment: ‘Forgotten’ Third Amendment Surfaces in Nevada Case A Real Live Third Amendment Case Nevada Family Says Police Occupation of Homes Violated the Third Amendment At Legal Insurrection we supported the 3rd Amendment before it was cool to support the 3rd...
