"Arizona
Revisits the Jury Patriotism Act" looks at some of the issues
surrounding jury duty across the country, focusing on an Arizona law
(obviously) that has made it hard for chronically ill seniors to
demonstrate they cannot serve.
What's up with
"Army
Grants Discharge to Black Chaplain"? It says "More than a century
later, an Army board has upheld the court-martial but granted Plummer a
posthumous honorable discharge," which raises several questions in my
mind. One, what are they looking at a century old case for? Two, how in
the world do you uphold the court marshal but change the discharge?
Someone who understands these things please explain this seeming illogic
to me.
In furtherance of "security," we have
"House
OKs Citizenship Check for Licenses," under which you would have to
be a citizen to get a driver's license. What's the Federal government
doing involved with this? Good question.
Along the same lines,
"House
to Vote on Immigration Bill" states that a "guestworker" program is
still not coming up for a vote. I'm not sure what I think of that one.
It isn't right the way we have people who need work who can't legally
get it, but it also isn't right to reward them for having broken the law
to be here. I'm not sure what the right answer is, the amnesty or
deporting them all.
I've been asked to look for crime news, and so the following:
"Texas
Father Criticized After Baby's Death" drives home
a
point I made yesterday that some people are monsters.
"Ill.
Man Charged With Second Murder" is similar, at least he seems to be
stopped now, hopefully they will lock him up for life.