AP – A federal judge has dismissed a firearms industry association’s lawsuit seeking to block the Obama administration from requiring gun store owners in Southwest border states to report when customers buy multiple high-powered rifles.
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Judge upholds reporting by gun store owners
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A federal judge is considering a request by attorneys for former vice presidential candidate John Edwards to delay his criminal trial due in part to an “unanticipated medical issue,” court documents show.
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Judge Mulls Edwards’s Request for Delay
Also addressed in today’s Jolt are Newt Gingrich’s comments over the weekend, suggesting that as president, he would abolish whole courts to be rid of judges whose decisions he feels are out of step with the country, and that Congress has the power to dispatch the Capitol Police or U.S. Marshals to apprehend a federal judge who renders a decision lawmakers broadly oppose. Keep reading this post . . .
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Newt Gingrich’s Big Gamble on the Judiciary’s Role
The news summary at the beginning of this clip is especially good. Protesters are planning to occupy the Rose Parade? Folks down in Pasadena won’t take too kindly to that. And Portland Mayor Sam Adams sounds tentative in his crackdown on the protesters, and Jim Oliver, the representative of Occupy Portland started out by reading some communique, but he warms up and sounds pretty articulate toward the end of the video: And at Christian Science Monitor , ” Officials crack down on Occupy Wall Street camps around the country .” Plus, at Gateway Pundit, ” Federal Judge Denies #Occupy St. Louis Permission to Continue Hobo Camp at Kiener Plaza ” (via Memeorandum ). PREVIOUSLY : ” Pressure Is Growing to Shut Down ‘Occupy’ Camps Across the Nation .”
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Cities Around the Nation Confront Question of How to Deal with Occupy Protesters
AP – A federal judge Friday dismissed Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s lawsuit that accused the Obama administration of failing to enforce immigration laws or maintain control of her state’s border with Mexico.
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APNewsBreak: Brewer’s case against feds dismissed
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Reuters – The Obama administration on Friday asked a federal appeals court to block Alabama’s strict new anti-illegal immigration law after a federal judge allowed key portions to take effect.
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Obama administration appeals Alabama immigration law
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AP – A federal judge indefinitely delayed on Monday the sentencing for ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on multiple corruption convictions, including attempted extortion for trying to sell or trade President Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat in exchange for campaign donations or a high-paying job.
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Judge delays Blagojevich sentencing indefinitely
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