Posted by William A. Jacobson
on July 01, 201328 Comments
A follow up to the Supreme Court's decision in Fisher v. U. Texas.
John Yoo writes at National Review (emphasis mine):
Some conservatives are probably taking heart that the Court, by seven to one, reversed the lower court, which had upheld UT’s explicit use of racial preferences in...
Posted by Andrew Branca
on July 01, 2013308 Comments
If you didn't listen to the live streaming of the Zimmerman case, you missed the most astonishing cross-examination of a trial that has been hip-deep in astonishing cross-examinations. (Fortunately for you, we provide the video, below, if you need to catch up--it's worth it.)
Chris Serino,...
Edward Snowden has issued a statement tonight through Wikileaks. He's not very happy with President Obama.
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/351823566435655681
It is posted in its entirety below, from its page at the Wikileaks website.
One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were...
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Posted by Andrew Branca
on July 01, 2013172 Comments
So far today the State has called two rather interesting witnesses.
Dr. Hirotaka Nakasone, FBI Expert, Speech Identification and Speaker Identification
The first you will recall from the pre-trial Frye hearings--Dr. Hirotaka Nakasone. You may refresh your recollection of the details of Dr. Nakasone's world-class qualifications and...
Egypt's military chief has issued an ultimatum of sorts - the army will intervene with its own solution if the country's leaders don't answer the demands of the people within 48 hours. Since protesters are demanding that Morsi resign, it's unclear precisely what this means...
Posted by Andrew Branca
on July 01, 2013446 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.
During the lunch recess, or immediately thereafter, we will post a mid-day update (not just a list of tweets this time!). 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.
This morning Court is expected to start at 9:00AM.
To see our weekend wrap-upp & reader poll, covering last week's State's witness testimony and our exclusive analysis of it, click 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.)
Live Stream Video
WITH COMMENTARY FROM CHANNEL 9 IN SANFORD
[For live-stream video without commentary, see NBC live feed at bottom of this post.]
Twitter Feed:
(My tweets can be identified as coming from @lawselfdefense.)
This week, I was going to address advanced search syntax and additional search databases in the next installment of the Research 101 series. But in light of the fact that July 1st is the shutdown of one of the most popular RSS readers, I thought...
Posted by Andrew Branca
on June 30, 2013183 Comments
Well, it's Sunday evening, and that means it's time to set the mood for . . . you guessed it, another week of Florida v. Zimmerman.
I thought I'd do that by sharing some thoughts on an aspect of the State's (apparent) theory of the case...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on June 30, 201346 Comments
It's fairly well known that prior to his role in the Gang of 8, Marco Rubio was opposed to an across the board amnesty, and was critical of the 1986 amnesty.
In this October 2009 interview, uncovered by Morgen Richmond (formerly of Verum Serum), Rubio takes a particularly hard line, insisting that "you cannot grant amnesty," and going on to explain how amnesty undermines the entire immigration system going forward.
The interview is pretty devastating to Rubio's role in the Gang of 8 immigration bill which puts legalization and a path to citizenship ahead of enforcement of current laws and securing both the borders and the visa system (starting at 0:38):
The problem is the American people have no trust in the federal government, and they're not going to have a trust in the federal government until the federal government deals with the issue of illegal immigration. Until the federal government gives people confidence that the law is being enforced, that the border is being secured, that our visa process is no longer being abused.
So I think step one is to enforce our existing laws. Secure our borders, fix our visa entry problem…deal with the illegal immigration problem first.
When the American people have confidence that the federal government has done that then we can move to step two. And step two is create a legal immigration that works, that once again is a positive for America.
You cannot grant amnesty. If you grant amnesty you will send a message that all you have to do is come into America illegally, stay here long enough, and we will let you stay.
Number 2, you will destroy any hopes you have of having a legal immigration system that works. If the American people see us grant amnesty they will never again believe in legal immigration, they will never again support it. And that's wrong for our country, bad for our future.
In fact in '86 when Reagan created an amnesty program, about 3 million people were granted amnesty. The result was that you had a bunch of people standing in line to enter legally who all claimed to be illegal because it was easier
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on June 30, 20136 Comments
While everyone is focused on protests in Cairo, the war continues in Syria.
Via Al Jazeera, Syria army launches intense bombing of Homs:
Air strikes killed at least three civilians as Syrian government forces intensified their attacks and pressed forward with a new bid to retake several...
After days of demonstrations and mounting tension, protests continue across Egypt today in what is expected to be a peak point in the movement against President Mohammed Morsi.
You can follow live coverage and updates below.
Video livestream:
Russia Today also has a good live streaming video feed without any commentary, but it's not embeddable - you can view it here in a separate window.
On Twitter:
Follow the #Egypt and #June30 hashtags:
Tweets about "#egypt"Tweets about "#june30"Other coverage:
Pat Poole is also live-blogging the protests at Pajamas Media. You can also follow him on Twitter at @pspoole.
https://twitter.com/zakariamj/status/351349295640879106
https://twitter.com/DoaaY/status/351349628349853696
https://twitter.com/MiroEgyptian/status/351349496363499521
Major demonstrations are taking place across Egypt Sunday on the first anniversary of President Mohammed Morsi taking office. Morsi, backed by the Muslim Brotherhood, was elected after the January 2011 Arab Spring, which led to the ousting of former president Hosni Mubarak.
Observers have grown increasingly...
