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Renee Nal, Noisy Room • Tue 2018 Jul 10, 2:20pm

President Trump pardoned ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond, a father and son who were effectively political prisoners under the behemoth, politicized Bureau of Land Management.…

I've never known a President to wield the pardon power with such surgical precision and understanding of the worth of the pardon.
Tim Stickings, Mail (UK) • Fri 2018 Jul 6, 10:19am

Shoko Asahara has been executed after being on death row for nearly 14 years…
He was the leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult which carried out the 1995 atrocity…
The cult dumped bags of sarin on rush-hour trains causing horrendous injuries…
Four other cult members were also hanged and eight more remain on death row…

Inquisitor
Diana Stancy Correll, Wash Examiner • Wed 2018 May 2, 8:00am

…In Caputo’s closing statement obtained by the Washington Examiner, he said the panel's investigation “forced” his family out of their home and “crushed” his children due to mounting legal costs associated with the inquiry.

"Today, I can’t possibly pay the attendant legal costs and live near my aging father, raising my kids where I grew up,” Caputo said. “Your investigation and others into the allegations of Trump campaign collusion with Russia are costing my family a great deal of money — more than $125,000 — and making a visceral impact on my children."…

Tom Servo, Ace of Spades • Wed 2018 Apr 4, 11:04am

…It wasn't about the facts in the case - it was about the fact that the 9th Circuit ruled that the Officer should have known Judicial Precedent was against him, because of a decision that they handed down some months AFTER the shooting. Seriously, that was the 9th Circuit's reasoning.

The Supreme Court, in a surprising 7-2 margin, took this rather insignificant case about a lawsuit just for the chance to once again publicly slap down the 9th Circuit and tell them they are all ignoramuses who wouldn't know a legal precedent if it jumped up on the table and danced and sang a little song saying "I am a Legal Precedent!"

Katherine Rodriguez, Breitbart • Sun 2016 Oct 16, 8:46pm

A judge has handed down a 30-year suspended sentence to a Montana man after he pleaded guilty to raping his 12-year-old daughter. District Judge John McKeon sentenced the man to 60 days in jail for incest, including 17 days time served… Prosecutor Dylan Jensen recommended a 100-year jail sentence with 75 years suspended, the recommended sentence under state law, as part of a plea deal that dropped two other incest charges.…

Jen Mills, Metro (uk) • Fri 2016 Oct 14, 11:37am

Indonesia has passed severe new laws against sex offenders following the gang rape and murder of a teenage girl.

Paedophiles can now be castrated, microchipped or executed, depending on the severity of their crimes…

Dept of Justice • Sun 2016 Jul 24, 8:23pm

The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, alleging that the township violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) when it denied zoning approval to allow the Bensalem Masjid to build a mosque on three adjoining parcels of land in the township.…

What could go wrong with having an Islamic armory in one's neighborhood?
Kylen Mills, OKCFox • Fri 2016 Jul 22, 11:58am

…Moore was arrested and charged with killing a man in Oklahoma City, but his attorney says there was no physical evidence linking him to the crime. …found guilty and handed 2 life sentences without parole.… spent his 20's locked up in a state penitentiary. "Those years, you know. I've been depressed, you know, I almost gave up. I almost gave up, I tried to take my life once or twice…” During his incarceration, Moore crossed paths with his now Fiancée Lola Gaines and things eventually started to turn around. "Once I started committing my life to God, you know what I mean he started doing things for me, he started doing things through her. I feel he put her in my life for a reason,” said Moore. …private investigators… found a key witness who was willing to come forward with new testimony that would prove Moore's innocence.… July 18, 2016 in an Oklahoma County Court, the state dismisses the case and Moore is cleared of all charges. At 11:00 that night Moore walks out the doors of the jail a free man for the first time in 18 years.…

Fox News • Wed 2016 Jul 20, 10:42am

A Yale University dining services worker who resigned after smashing a stained-glass window depicting slaves has gotten his old job back.…

Daniel Greenfield, Frontpage • Tue 2016 Jun 28, 12:23am

…You may have heard about the sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl in Idaho by Muslim migrant children and a teenager. The facts are still not entirely clear. And the authorities are not helping matters any by making the defense of "refugees" into their priority.

United States Attorney Wendy J. Olson… seems to have made Muslim refugees into her priority.…

Ringo
Daniel Nussbaum, Breitbart • Thu 2016 Apr 14, 9:55am

Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr cancelled an upcoming performance in North Carolina Wednesday …

Ringo, Ringo, Ringo! Just, just play the drums, man. Do what you know.

A reminder: the NC law prevented government from forcing businesses to let men in the girls' room. Horrifying, isn't it?

Breitbart / Reuters • Tue 2016 Mar 15, 10:54pm

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik goes to court on Tuesday to accuse the Norwegian state of inhuman treatment… will argue that his isolation in Skien jail violates a ban on “inhuman and degrading treatment”…

Give him what he gave his victims - that should solve the problem.
CNS Editor, YouTube • Thu 2016 Mar 10, 7:22pm

New Video of Deadly Shooting at Militia Occupation in Oregon… The new release pairs already-public aerial footage from the FBI with a 12-minute cellphone video shot by one of the militants inside Finicum’s truck.…

Terrifying. Video: 12:18
Timothy Cama, The Hill • Thu 2016 Mar 3, 7:28pm

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected a plea Thursday to block a contentious air pollution rule for power plants in a big victory for the Obama administration.

Roberts’s order came despite his court’s 5-4 decision last year ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulation, known as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, is illegal…

Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs • Fri 2016 Feb 19, 7:56pm

Our legal team, the AFLC, has taken on the case of the Oklahoma gun range that was targeted in a jihad sting by designated terror group CAIR. On February 17, 2016, Raja’ee Fatihah, a board member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) of Oklahoma, with the assistance of CAIR legal counsel and the ACLU, sued Chad (a disabled Iraqi war veteran) and Nicole Neal, the owners of the Save Yourself Survival and Tactical Gun Range, which is located in Oktaha, Oklahoma.…

…alleges that he was not permitted to use the Neal’s firing range because he was Muslim… But the facts will prove otherwise…

Most headlines refer to "Army Reservist," some refer to "Muslim Army Reservist," few refer to CAIR-associated Muslim.
Dr. Everett Piper, Examiner Enterprise • Tue 2016 Feb 16, 7:15pm

…Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was a “fool…” for believing in human equality…for believing in parents’ rights… for believing in God… for believing in the meaning of words… for believing in human freedom… for believing in marriage… Antonin Scalia was an obedient, humble, and “foolish” follower of Christ.…

SooperMexican • Sun 2016 Feb 14, 10:58pm

There are a lot of homages on Twitter from people who knew him well, but one of the best ones is from someone I trust to be honest about this story. It’s very short, but I think it sums up the character of Antonin Scalia. …

…He told a story about a small dinner he attended in England. His hosts raised their classes and said “God save the queen.”

He asked his hosts what the equivalent statement would be in the United States. They responded, “God save the President.”

Justice Scalia said, “no, God save the Constitution.…”

Jeffrey Tucker, Foundation for Economic Education • Sun 2016 Feb 14, 8:09pm

Some of Justice Antonin Scalia’s decisions I agreed with and some I disagreed with. But I’ve never once doubted the sincerity of his beliefs.

Now that he is gone from this earth, I can tell a story I’ve held inside for many years, a scene that touched me deeply and profoundly. I cannot think of him without remembering this moment.…

J.J. Sefton, Cut Jib Newsletter • Sun 2016 Feb 14, 7:21pm

…Antonin Scalia was one of the most consequential justices on the Supreme Court in at least a generation, not for what he did necessarily but for standing up for and not abrogating his pledge to the Constitution; something that tragically too many of his colleagues at all levels of the Judiciary have not. … If Mitch McConnell allows President Obama to pick a justice to fill the vacancy, he will doubtless choose a fellow ideological traveler who will trash the Constitution or twist it for political expediency to legislate from the bench…

Dianny, Patriot Retort • Sun 2016 Feb 14, 7:06pm

…When I saw the news my stomach dropped. This is not only a tragedy for his family and friends, it is a tragic loss for our country.

This nation is balancing on a slender thread of Liberty. And one of our fiercest defenders is lost. When a warrior falls while holding the line, it is up to us to ensure that the line holds.

It shouldn’t be this way. The fate of our great nation should not be at risk from the death of one man. But this is the sad fact. If we lose the Supreme Court, the damage to our Republic may be irreparable.…

William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection • Sun 2016 Feb 14, 6:56pm

We have lost a great man and a great Justice.…

Quotes, links, video interview, and selections from his legal opinions
Jordan Schachtel, Breitbart • Sun 2016 Feb 14, 6:54pm

…Sen. Ted Cruz… following the tragic death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, pledged to honor his name by asking his followers to help prevent Barack Obama from nominating his replacement to the nation’s highest court.

Justice Scalia, one of the court’s most steady Constitutional voices for decades, passed away at his West Texas ranch on Saturday. The 79-year-old died of natural causes, according to reports. …

Bob Owens, Noisy Room • Fri 2016 Jan 29, 7:59pm

…Many stories, including so-called “eye witnesses” have communicated versions of the incident leading to the death of Mr. Finicum of Mohave County, Arizona who had been protesting in Burn, Oregon the past five weeks. The most recent “eye witness” account distributed nationally was reported by Victoria Sharp. Ms. Sharp’s account is false. The video below is taken from the FBI plane following the Finicum vehicle, and shows the shooting event as it occurred.…

Finicum appears to have made two bad mistakes and struck out. Attempted to flee the police, then did not keep his hands up. Video: The Oregonian, YouTube, 0:32 (from a longer video linked on the page linked here which also shows that, at first, he had his hands up).
Breitbart / AP • Wed 2016 Jan 27, 9:09pm

Authorities say shots were fired Tuesday during the arrest of members of an armed group that has occupied a national wildlife refuge in Oregon for more than three weeks. …one individual “who was a subject of a federal probable cause arrest is deceased.” No other information about the deceased was immediately released. …authorities arrested Ammon Bundy, 40, his brother Ryan Bundy, 43, Brian Cavalier, 44, Shawna Cox, 59, and Ryan Payne, 32, during a traffic stop on U.S. Highway 395 Tuesday afternoon. …another person, Joseph Donald O’Shaughnessy, 45, was arrested in Burns. …

Nickarama, Weasel Zippers • Wed 2016 Jan 27, 8:46pm

…4 Arrested In Oregon Occupation, Including Ammon Bundy… Occupier, Ryan Paine, Shot Multiple Times… Dead, Six Arrested…

Liam Deacon, Breitbart • Wed 2015 Dec 16, 6:26pm

A London court has cleared a rich Saudi Arabian immigrant of raping an 18-year-old girl as she slept. He argued that he accidentally tripped and penetrated her with his erect penis, which just happened to be protruding from his underwear…

Of course. Sure. Could happen to anyone. Happens all the time. WHHAAAT?
Jon Herskovitz, Reuters • Thu 2015 Jun 25, 6:15pm

A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of an Oklahoma death row inmate who died in a flawed execution… the process did not violate constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment.…

Raf Sanchez, Telegraph UK • Thu 2015 May 14, 12:21pm

…After a four-month trial… prosecution and defence closed their cases on Wednesday.
The US government argued that the 21-year-old deserves to die because of the “heinous, cruel and depraved” way he brought carnage to the marathon finish line in the name of jihad. … Tsarnaev’s defence team countered that he was a naive teenager who followed his domineering older brother into terrorism but is now “genuinely sorry” and has “great potential for redemption”. …All twelve members of the jury must agree unanimously to impose a death sentence, meaning that any one juror can vote to save his life.hellip;

Mark Pulliam, City Journal • Sat 2015 Apr 11, 10:45am

When identity politics intersect with liberal judicial activism, expect bizarre results.… Punishing criminals is a basic state function, and deciding how (and at what expense) to run prisons is a quintessential legislative judgment. As long as prisoners are adequately fed and housed and are not arbitrarily abused, it should be of no concern to a judge—and especially a federal judge—whether prisoners have access to color TV, air-conditioning, recreational facilities, or elective medical procedures. Serving a prison sentence is a punishment; it is not supposed to be enjoyable.

It is nonsensical to grant imprisoned convicted felons health-care “entitlements” that many law-abiding, hardworking taxpayers don’t enjoy. One hopes that the state appeals Judge Tigar’s unprecedented ruling. Unless resisted, jurismania will destroy popular sovereignty. …

Dr. Robert Owens, Pundit Press • Thu 2015 Feb 19, 8:15pm

This brings us to the aforementioned interview of Chief Justice Moore by Chris Wallace on his Sunday Fox television program.

Chris Wallace seemed baffled by Chief Justice Moore’s arguments as if he had never heard such things before. When he questioned how anyone could dispute a ruling of a Federal Judge, Chief Justice Moore replied, “When federal courts start changing our Constitution by defining words that are not even there, like marriage, they’re going to do the same thing with family in the future,” Moore declared. The Chief Justice went on to say, “When a word’s not in the Constitution, clearly the powers of the Supreme Court do not allow them to redefine words and seize power. Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively or to the people. This power over marriage which came from god under our organic law is not to be redefined by the United States Supreme Court or any federal court.”

The look on Mr. Wallace’s face was one of bewilderment.

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