Update -- The death of the ballot initiative movement as Court gives de facto veto power to government officials who want to lose a case....
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...
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...
Mideast Media Sampler - 06/26/2013...
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 -...
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...
If you’re an environmentalist who supports Obama, you’d better make sure you got the memo on climate change. A group of climate leaders has issued talking points to pro-Obama activists and organizers on climate change, urging them to stay away from economic arguments and talk...
A report this afternoon has confirmed suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden has taken steps to make his trove of NSA documents available to others in the event "anything happens" to him, in an effort to insure that any information he hopes to see disclosed...
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
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...
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,...
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...
Unfortunately. From Russell, spotted in New Jersey: ...
Today saw the completion of opening statements and the launch of the State's case, with four of the State's witnesses being brought to the stand. In a nutshell, I thought the defense did a far superior job in cross-examination than the State did on...
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...
While the public shifts its attention to more recent scandals, such as that of the flap regarding the NSA, the scandals of days gone by like the IRS and Benghazi still haven't been resolved. USA Today reports this afternoon that an IRS official says the agency...
