Arizona Capitol Times: “Arizonans will get the chance to legalize the use of medical marijuana yet again this November – the fourth such opportunity in the past 15 years. The Medical Marijuana initiative became the first to qualify for the 2010 general election ballot after the Secretary of State’s Office verified on June 1 that supporters had turned in the required number of signatures from registered voters.”
Wall St. Journal: “Criminal defendants won’t get the benefit of the Miranda rule against self-incrimination unless they specifically invoke it, the Supreme Court said Tuesday [June 1, 2010].” See the 5-4 opinion in the case of Berghuise, Warden v. Thompkins.
The case involves Van Chester Thompkins who was being investigated for murder when the police asked Thompkins if he prayed for forgiveness for “shooting that boy down.” Thompkins said, “Yes.” The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Thompkins and said that his Miranda rights were not violated and the question and answer could be admitted into evidence at his trial.
Mickey Kaus is a Democrat running against Barbara Boxer for the Democrat nomination for one of California’s seats in the United States Senate. He wrote a column called “Dems kidding themselves on immigration.” He says:
“the Democrats’ dogma on immigration — they’ve never met an amnesty they didn’t like — is at odds with common sense. After all, why don’t we have free, unfettered immigration – so-called “open borders”? Because half the world would happily move to our country if given a chance. Los Angeles and the Bay Area would soon look like Rio de Janeiro, with vast communities of shacks and slums.”
Pictures taken at the May 29, 2010, protest march against Arizona’s immigration law you will not see in the main stream media. Here are some of the captions from signs carried by protesters: