BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 30, 2010
Mexico redefines chutzpah by filing amicus brief against SB 1070
Brewer seeks order addressing whether amici briefs may be filed and considered by the court, and, if so, the procedures to be followed
PHOENIX – In Yiddish, the term chutzpah means brazen nerve, audacity, gall, which is what some people used to describe Mexico’s actions last week when it filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the case docketed as Friendly House v. Michael B. Whiting, expressing “its grave concerns over Arizona Senate Bill 1070 … and to underscore the importance of declaring SB 1070 unconstitutional in its entirety.” More...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 30, 2010
SCOTUS rules in Chicago gun ban case
The right to keep and bear arms is ‘a privilege of American citizenship’
WASHINGTON – On June 28, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito delivered the opinion of the court, in McDonald v. Chicago, which Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Clarence Thomas joined, holding that “the Second Amendment right is fully applicable to the states.” More...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 30, 2010
Milwaukee supervisor calls Arizona ‘a ways removed from the border’
Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007 was right about maps after all
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – One would have had to be living under a rock not to have seen, heard or read about Lauren ‘Caitlin’ Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007, who gained international notoriety for the bizarre response she gave during the question and answer portion of the 2007 Miss Teen USA pageant, where she subsequently placed fourth.
Actress Aimee Teegarten asked Upton, “Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?” More...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | JUNE 30, 2010
First Hispanic elected under new vote early, vote often rules
‘You have the power to award your six votes as you wish … including casting more than one vote for your favorite candidate’
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. – On June 16, unofficial results indicated the citizens of the Village of Port Chester, N.Y. elected Luis Marino, as its first Hispanic member to the village Board of Trustees, ending a legal challenge filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in December 2006, claiming Hispanic citizens had less opportunity than white citizens to participate in the political process and to elect candidates of their choice, in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. More...
