"Holder Hasn't Read Arizona Law he Criticized": Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times, reports that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. admitted he had not read Arizona's new immigration law he criticized last weekend, and was only going by what by what he read in newspapers and saw on television. "I've just expressed concerns on the basis of what I've heard about the law. But I'm not in position to say at this point, not having read the law, not having the chance to interact with people are doing the review, exactly what my position is," Holder told the House Judiciary Committee. This past weekend Holder told NBC's "Meet the Press" that the Arizona law "has the possibility of leading to racial profiling" and is "unfortunate." He also questioned whether the law was unconstitutional because it tried to assume powers that are reserved for the federal government. Texas Republican, Ted Poe, told the attorney general, "It's hard for me to understand how you would have concerns about something being unconstitutional if you haven't even read the law." At President Obama's request, Holder is conducting a review of the law to see if the federal government should challenge it in court. He plans to have read the law by the time his staff briefs him on their conclusions.
Modifying Miranda for Terrorists: Charles Krauthammer, has a Washington Post editorial, suggesting that the 1984 "public safety" exception to issuing Miranda warnings (New York v. Quarles) be modified for terrorists such as confessed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad. Krauthammer stresses the importance of not Mirandizing terrorists until an interrogation is complete. Surprisingly, Attorney General Eric Holder is embracing the anti-terrorism measure. Holder said this on ABC: "If we are going to have a system that is capable of dealing in a public safety context with this new threat (international terrorism), I think we have to give serious consideration to at least modifying that public safety exception." Holder further explains that the public safety exception was originally based on a robbery back in '80s, but now we're dealing with international terrorists, which is why we need to be "perhaps modifying the rules that interrogators have" to be "more consistent with the threat that we now face." Krauthammer insists that terrorists be treated as enemy combatants, rather than as ordinary criminals, and the only way to do that is by modifying Miranda.
Court Claim's Governor Distorted Evidence in Parole Case: SF Chronicle writer Bob Egelko reports on a state appeals court ruling claiming Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger distorted the evidence to justify his decision to deny the parole of a San Francisco murderer Joseph Calderon, who killed a Mission District security guard in 1993. Wednesday's ruling by the First District Court of Appeals in San Francisco reinstated the Board of Parole Hearings' June 2008 decision granting parole to Calderon. The parole board's 2008 decision parole was based on acceptance of responsibility for his crimes, good behaved in prison, participation in treatment, and favorable mental health evaluations. The board also noted that Calderon dropped out his gang many years ago. The court alleged that Governor Schwarzenegger lacked evidence to support his denial of parole. In 2008, the governor overturned board grants of parole nearly 60% of the time, and in 2009, more than 70% of the time. The Governor based his decision on Calderon's lack of "full insight" into his crimes, a sporadic participation in rehabilitation programs and continued criminal behavior in prison. The Governor can appeal the District Court's ruling to the California Supreme Court.
Modifying Miranda for Terrorists: Charles Krauthammer, has a Washington Post editorial, suggesting that the 1984 "public safety" exception to issuing Miranda warnings (New York v. Quarles) be modified for terrorists such as confessed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad. Krauthammer stresses the importance of not Mirandizing terrorists until an interrogation is complete. Surprisingly, Attorney General Eric Holder is embracing the anti-terrorism measure. Holder said this on ABC: "If we are going to have a system that is capable of dealing in a public safety context with this new threat (international terrorism), I think we have to give serious consideration to at least modifying that public safety exception." Holder further explains that the public safety exception was originally based on a robbery back in '80s, but now we're dealing with international terrorists, which is why we need to be "perhaps modifying the rules that interrogators have" to be "more consistent with the threat that we now face." Krauthammer insists that terrorists be treated as enemy combatants, rather than as ordinary criminals, and the only way to do that is by modifying Miranda.
Court Claim's Governor Distorted Evidence in Parole Case: SF Chronicle writer Bob Egelko reports on a state appeals court ruling claiming Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger distorted the evidence to justify his decision to deny the parole of a San Francisco murderer Joseph Calderon, who killed a Mission District security guard in 1993. Wednesday's ruling by the First District Court of Appeals in San Francisco reinstated the Board of Parole Hearings' June 2008 decision granting parole to Calderon. The parole board's 2008 decision parole was based on acceptance of responsibility for his crimes, good behaved in prison, participation in treatment, and favorable mental health evaluations. The board also noted that Calderon dropped out his gang many years ago. The court alleged that Governor Schwarzenegger lacked evidence to support his denial of parole. In 2008, the governor overturned board grants of parole nearly 60% of the time, and in 2009, more than 70% of the time. The Governor based his decision on Calderon's lack of "full insight" into his crimes, a sporadic participation in rehabilitation programs and continued criminal behavior in prison. The Governor can appeal the District Court's ruling to the California Supreme Court.
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