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Kris Kobach with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Kris Kobach on the Supreme Court's immigration decision.

Ingraham slammed the court's decision as it seemed to overreach in weighing what is humane treatment rather than what is legal.  Kobach said the government doesn't have discretion in how to apply the law except in cases of asylum.  Ingraham said all the other states who have considered or have their own immigration laws are in limbo.  

Ingraham and Kobach criticized the court's ruling on employment of illegal immigrants.  Both noted the nose trading on this partial verdict by the court.  

High court rejects part of Arizona immigration law

The DREAM Act Isn't Legal

Split Decision In AZ Immigration Law?

The Supreme Court appeared split on Arizona's controversial immigration law, saying that the provision allowing law enforcement to refer people who are suspected illagal aliens upon being stopped is within the bounds of federal law as the person could be released by the federal authorities if the person was not an alien. But the requirement that official documents be held or that illegal immigrants cannot be employed, making either a state crime would go against federal law.  

"Ingraham Angle": GOP Race, Media Censorship

The "Ingraham Angle" with Laura Ingraham on "The O'Reilly Factor" focused on the health care law at the Supreme Court and the Trayvon Martin case.

Ingraham commented on the Trayvon Martin case, saying that we don't know yet if this case is a comment on race relations in America.

Ingraham spoke about the oral arguments from the Supreme Court on the Affordable Care Act.  She said there is a conference today in which a preliminary vote will be taken on where the justices stand on the issue.  The assignment of who will write the majority and minority opinions will be made and the final opinion will be issued in late June.  This all will be kept secret until that time.  

Mike Carvin With Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Mike Carvin.

Carvin said the Solicitor General appeared to have no arguments to defend the personal mandate and other issues with the health care law.  He said he stays polite regardless of how inane it gets as one needs to be attentive.  He said severability is one of the most important parts of the health care case because it could mean the whole law could be cancelled.  He said he had two days to moot court this case.  

Carvin said it is essential to get conservative justices on the court where the constitution and the rule of law holds true.  Ingraham lamented that there haven't been questions about this during the campaign debates.  

Senator Obama argued against health care individual mandate in 2008

Then Senator Barack Obama argued against the health care individual mandate first raised for Hillary Clinton's health care program.  Of course, he can blame the Congress, even though he signed it into law. 

 

 

Rep. Michele Bachmann with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota. 

Bachmann said that the course suggested by AG Eric Holder should be followed -that we have a reasoned conversation about race in the Trayvon Martin shooting.

Bachmann quoted a poll in which two thirds of those polled said they are against the Affordable Care Act.  Both Ingraham and Bachmann noted that the Interstate Commerce Act defense has been used on and off and could throw off the individual mandate.  

Bachmann said she just returned from Israel where they have used a protective dome to hold off incoming from all the enemies that surround them.  She and Ingraham commented on  on the suspicious comments by President Obama on flexibility.

Bachmann says that she isn't urging any candidate to get out of the race and seeks to be a uniter when a final candidate emerges.  She prides herself in forcing every candidate to say they will repeal Obamacare.  

David Rivkin with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted David Rivkin, attorney at Baker and Hostetler.  

Rivkin said the implications of the individual mandate transcends the health care law.   Ingraham said the Interstate Commerce Clause has been stretched.  The clause only allows things to be managed or ruled, not people at the federal level.  It is the role of the states.  He referenced the Vioence Against Women Act and Gun Free Zone School Act.  He said states get to exert police power versus the federal government.  

Rivkin has never argued before the Supreme Court, but at the court of appeals level.  He said the preparation for this health care case is herculean.  He said one has to balance answering the justices questions and making one's point.  He is quite confident that the individual mandate will be tossed out.  He said oral arguments don't make that much difference, but one needs to maximize every opportunity.  He said there was no chicanery as far as the time or motive for this case being presented at this time.  

Ilya Shapiro With Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Ilya Shapiro on media censorship.

Shapiro and Ingraham agreed that one person's slurs are another persons free speech in regard to the LA city council looking to curb talk radio hosts. 

Ingraham and Shapiro commented on Media Matters campaign to shut down Rush Limbaugh and said the free exchange of ideas and the free market will control content better than the heavy hand of government or paid boycotts.  Ingraham noted thattalk radio has been stronger than ever.  She said it is hypocritical and that any concern for minorities or aggrieved parties is a ruse.  

Shapiro said that the individual mandate has a 60% chance of being thrown out while Ingraham is not confident that Justice Kennedy will join the four conservative members.  Shapiro said that if Kennedy joins the liberals, some of the conservatives could follow suit.  

Running Scared: "Too Much At Stake" - Obama Now Encourages Donations To HIs "Priorities USA" Super PAC

President Obama's head of political operations Jim Messina has penned a piece for the Huffington Post that the Obama administration is going to encourage donations to "Priorities USA", his Super PAC - after seeing the money filings of GOP candidates who raked in millions from wealthy donors.  

Obama can stop pretending he is different from other politicians and stop bragging about his campaign being funded by small donors - which was always a fiction.  He's as sleazy and money grubbing as the next politician.

 

With so much at stake, we can't allow for two sets of rules in this election whereby the Republican nominee is the beneficiary of unlimited spending and Democrats unilaterally disarm.

Therefore, the campaign has decided to do what we can, consistent with the law, to support Priorities USA in its effort to counter the weight of the GOP Super PAC. We will do so only in the knowledge and with the expectation that all of its donations will be fully disclosed as required by law to the Federal Election Commission.

Justice Ginsburg: Constitution "Too Old"

Paging Ron Paul...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has advised other nations such as Egypt not to look to the US Constitution as a model as it is "too old".

 

The Declining Influence of the US Constitution 

“I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012,” Ginsburg said in the interview, which aired on Jan. 30 on Al-Hayat TV.

“Much more recent than the U.S. Constitution, Canada has a Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” Ginsburg said. “It dates from 1982. You would almost certainly look at the European Convention on Human Rights.”

“Yes,” she concluded, “why not take advantage of what there is elsewhere in the world?”

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Gingrich Does Judiciary in "No Spin Zone"

Newt Gingrich followed rival Mitt Romney on "The Factor" to defend is controversial position on the judiciary.  O'Reilly parried with him over his choice of target and Gingrich came right back.  Clearly Gingrich was leveraging this appearance to buoy back up his approval ratings prior to the Iowa caucuses.  

Gingrich brought up terrorists getting rights they shouldn't, and spoke about rebalancing the courts with impeachment and other tactics.

 

High Number of Obama's Choices For Judgeships "Not Qualified"

The New York Times reports that a record number of President Obama's nominations for judgeships have been deemed "not qualified" by the American Bar Association.  

The White House has chosen not to nominate any person the bar association deemed unqualified, so their identities and negative ratings have not been made public. But the association’s judicial vetting committee has opposed 14 of the roughly 185 potential nominees the administration asked it to evaluate, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The number of Obama prospects deemed “not qualified” already exceeds the total number opposed by the group during the eight-year administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush; the rejection rate is more than three and a half times as high as it was under either of the previous two presidencies, documents and interviews show.

 

POTUS to SCOTUS: Health Law Will Be Upheld

The Supreme Court will be taking up arguments on health care overhaul - probably in the spring of 2012, just before the presidential election.  The White House has fired back that the health care law will be upheld.

Will the White House win the battle but lose the war as whatever the decision is gets mucho airtime during the camapaign if it is upheld - or lose the war and the credibility for pre-emptive victory dance?

 

Justice for Adria Sauceda

Justice has been hard to come by for murdered young girls and Adria Sauceda is no exception.

Sauceda, 16, was brutally raped, murdered with a piece of asphalt and left naked on a rural road  by Mexican national Humberto Leal Garcia Jr. 38 in San Antonio on May 24, 1994. Mr. Garcia, who has been in the US since age 2 is scheduled for execution on Thursday.  

But wait!  Poor Leal didn't have contact with his  governments' representatives as dictated by the U.N.'s Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.  Tuesday the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole's 4-1 rejection of Leal's bid for a 180-day reprieve would allow Thursday's execution of Leal to go forward.

Leal has options Sauceda never got.  Governor Rick Perry could grant him a 30 day reprieve and the Supreme Court can consider a stay of execution requested by the Obama administration.  This would allow Congress time to act on a bill introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, that would provide for federal review of capital cases involving foreigners denied consulate contact.  

Once again liberals are more concerned with the international community, diplomatic and military representatives who warn about the effect this would have on Americans abroad involved in criminal cases than justice for a young woman whose rape and murder is an unspeakable affront to an innocent person's life and dignity.  

As our leaders review our visa process, one important element should be to warn visitors and potential immigrants of the consequences that could befall them if they dare to inflict such horrific crimes on any American citizen.  This would be an example of American exceptionalism, coming down on the side of the lives of citizens over the international "rights" of wanton criminals.   

  

The Battle of the Big O's: O'Reilly Vs. Obama

The big political show before the Super Bowl was Fox News Bill O'Reilly in his interview with President Obama on the big day.

O'Reilly opened with thanks to Obama for facilitating the release of Fox News personnel in Egypt from potentially a dangerous fate. 

O'Reilly first asked Obama about the situation in Egypt and when Mubarak would go.  Obama gave the stock responses abou† how this is the decision of the Egyptian people, hoping for an orderly transition.  When O'Reilly queried him about the Muslim Brotherhood, Obama demurred that they were but one group at the table as Egypt seeks to reform its government and that not all elements are radical jihadists.  

O'Reilly asked Obama if he was prepared to for Obamacare to be rejected by the Supreme Court and what he thought of the ruling by Judge Vinson in Florida against Obamacare.  Obama said that there were a dozen other rulings in its favor and that he doesn't see a Supreme Court battle or rejection.  

Obama said he was surprised by the number of up to then unsolvable problems that come to his desk.  He said he is basically the same person he's been, but conceded that he is more guarded.  He said the longer he's on the job the more he likes it and its responsibilities.  He is optimistic about America.

Obama said in response to O'Reilly's contention that people hate him is that they don't know him.

Obama said he has no Super Bowl pick and will watch the game.

O'Reilly said there would be more with the president on "The Factor" on Monday.  

O'Reilly packed in questions in the first ten minutes and cut Obama off when he tried to filibuster but wasted too much time chatting about the Super Bowl and on personal questions.  He was also a bit too deferential at the end.  It was a win for both sides in that O'Reilly got ginormous ratings and Obama came off easily handling the interview.

Howard Kurtz reaction

National Journal

President Obama plays defence with Bill O'Reilly as he brags in Super Bowl interview 'I know football, man'