Category Archives: politics
Jury deadlocks on all but 1 charge against Blago
CHICAGO -A federal jury deadlocked Tuesday on all but one of 24 charges against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, including the most explosive of all — that he tried to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. Blagojevich was convicted on a single, less serious count of lying to federal agents Continue reading
Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law
PHOENIX -A federal judge stepped into the fight over Arizona’s immigration law at the last minute Wednesday, blocking the heart of the measure and defusing a confrontation between police and thousands of activists that had been building for months. Coming just hours before the law was to take effect, the ruling isn’t the end. It sets up a lengthy legal battle that could end up before the Supreme Court — ensuring that a law that reignited the immigration debate, inspired similar measures nationwide, created fodder for political campaigns and raised tensions with Mexico will stay in the spotlight Continue reading
Kagan insists she didn’t block military at Harvard
WASHINGTON -Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan clashed Tuesday with a Republican senator over the limits she ordered on military recruiters while dean of Harvard Law School, repeatedly denying she blocked them as she sought to deflect foes’ efforts to slow her apparently smooth road to confirmation. Despite a testy exchange with the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, President Barack Obama’s nominee soldiered through her second day of public testimony on Capitol Hill apparently in good shape to win Senate approval — barring a major gaffe — in time to take her seat before the court opens a new term in October. If confirmed, Kagan, 50, would succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens Republican foes weren’t giving up quietly Continue reading
“Muslim McCain Fans Confront Intolerance At Rally (VIDEO)” I call bullshit.
Not that the Huffington Post is anything less than a wooooonderful organization, but I’m gonna call bullshit on this. Looks completely staged to me. I don’t give a shit who wins, Obama and McCain are one in the same as … Continue reading