Daily Archives for June 25, 2012
Aaron Walker SWAT-ed [Darleen Click] [updated by Jeff] [UPDATE x2 Darleen]
TweetBREAKING No joke. It happened around 6 p.m. Eastern. I briefly talked with one of the police officers at the scene, who confirmed that someone had called saying he had shot his wife, and sent officers to Aaron’s address. I … Continue reading
“Federal hotline set up on Arizona immigration”
TweetAP: The Justice Department has set up a hotline for the public to report potential civil rights concerns regarding the Arizona law that requires police to check the immigration status of those they stop for other reasons. The hotline phone … Continue reading
Mark Levin: “we now have de facto amnesty in Arizona”
TweetThink it through: if you are an illegal and you haven’t committed a felony, the only recourse Arizona law enforcement has is to alert ICE. And the feds have already alerted AZ law enforcement that, unless the illegal in question … Continue reading
“A new measure of consumption inequality”
TweetTurns out “income inequality” as proof of capitalism’s fundamental flaw is every bit as pointedly misleading as it was intended to be. Sadly, we free marketers have to come out with detailed studies proving our claims, while all the Left … Continue reading
A good day for free speech.
TweetAaron Walker can once again write “Brett Kimberlin is a convicted bomber” online should he wish, online, to note that Brett Kimberlin is in fact a convicted bomber. Yay! And you thought our country was becoming less free. Hobbits.
In case you thought your day might get better
Tweet“Bad Decision: Supreme Court Strikes Down Mandatory Life Sentences Without Parole for Teenagers, But Does Not Cite “International Norms”, Hans Bader, CEI: The Supreme Court has just ruled 5-to-4 that states cannot mandate life sentences without the possibility of parole … Continue reading
On dissent in the AZ ruling
TweetSdferr cites this part of the dissent by Justice Scalia: [...] But there has come to pass, and is with us today, the specter that Arizona and the States that support it predicted: A Federal Government that does not want … Continue reading
Portent
TweetFederal government 1, states, 0. The Supreme Court today struck down as unconstitutional most of Arizona’s controversial law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants. [...] The court, in a 5-3 ruling, left standing only the “show me your papers” … Continue reading
