Dershowitz: Zimmerman Indictment "Thin"

Prof. Alan Dershowitz, noted liberal and criminal law expert, describes the written indictment of George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin as "thin" and suggests that the affidavit of probable cause (the official name of the document) won't hold up in court at least insofar as a charge of second degree murder.



Although all the facts have yet to come out in this particular case, in general it wouldn't be the first time that political considerations might have motivated an indictment and/or that a prosecutor overcharged a defendant.

 

Casey Anothony News: Defamation Trial Goes Forward

Here's the latest on Casey Anthony: After considering several motions, a Florida Judge has ruled that a civil lawsuit against her by Zenaida Gonzalez for defamation, i.e. character assassination, can proceed to trial early next year.

As the Orlando Sentinel reports, "Gonzalez claims that Anthony ruined her reputation in 2008 when she told authorities a babysitter with the same name kidnapped her 2-year-old daughter Caylee."

The case has a January 2013 trial date.

Poll Worker Gives U.S. Attorney General's Voting Ballot to Complete Stranger

Eric Holder's politicized Justice Department is on a vendetta against laws to prevent vote fraud such as showing a government-issued picture ID at the polls. Playing the phony voter suppression card, Holder and his politicized minions claim that there is no evidence of voter fraud, despite indictments for same all over the country, most recently in Indiana (although the latter involves petition fraud).

James O'Keefe of Project Veritas shows how anyone can apparently walk in and vote in the name of none other than Eric Holder.



John Fund adds the following on National Review Online:

State Senator Harold Metts of Rhode Island got a photo-ID law put on the books in his state last year after he was told by several constituents of a pattern of voter fraud in his home town of Providence. Indeed, his own state representative and her daughter had their votes stolen by someone voting in their names in one election...Metts, the state senate’s only African-American member, says that he took a lot of heat from national Democrats for getting the ID law approved by an overwhelmingly Democratic legislature. But he says party loyalty only takes him so far. “It’s time to stop crying wolf and make the voter-ID law work for those on both sides of this issue who want to ensure the integrity of the system, while guarding against disenfranchisement.”

As one of the commenters writes under Fund's article, "It's clear to pretty much everybody that the reason the Dems are against voter ID is that they perpetrate most of the voter fraud."

Is the Obama Campaign Abetting Credit Card Fraud?

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In 2008, there were allegations that the Obama campaign was accepting illegal online campaign donations by disabling the standard, universal credit card security verification system.

Well, according to this video, they are apparently at it again.

Video here.

Wouldn't this be a violation of campaign finance laws as well as any consumer protections laws that may apply?

Photo ID Foes Require Photo ID

Irony.

The U.S. Justice Department and various dishonest or delusional civil rights groups that bitterly oppose photo ID voting laws demand that you show an ID to enter their offices:




Based on its own pronouncements, is the Justice Department committing a civil rights violation?

Sarasota Signage: Defeat Obama in 2012

This sign--"Defeat Obama in 2012"--at a major intersection in downtown Sarasota, Florida, has stirred up some controversy, but the city attorney says that it is protected by the free speech provisions of the First Amendment. Local businessman Michael Fox is responsible for installing the sign.

Spring Training 2012: Quick Hits

                                       Sunset at Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Fla.

Tomorrow is U.S. Opening Day for the 2012 MLB season. With that in mind, here are some glimpses of our recent Florida Grapefruit League visit.

By the way, a warning to all the delusional or dishonest liberals that oppose photo identification for voting: Don't ever try to go to Spring Training. To get on a plane, you need to show your driver's license or other acceptable photo ID. To check in to your motel, you need to show ID. To buy tickets at the box office with a credit card, you need to show ID. And to buy a beer at the park, yes, you need to show ID. Get the picture?

Washington Nationals' phenom Stephen Strasburg deals against the Atlanta Braves at Disney:

Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers, the 2011 American League MVP and Cy Young Award winner, pitches against the Orioles at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland.

Phillies ace Cliff Lee runs to the dugout after the inning ends at McKechnie Field in Bradenton. Lee was the losing the pitcher in the game against the Pirates by a score of 3-2.

The  Boston Red Sox wore green to commemorate St. Patrick's Day in the their March 17 game against the Baltimore Orioles at Ed Smith in Sarasota. Daniel Nava shown here blasted a grand slam home run on the first pitch of his Major League debut in 2010--only the second player in MLB history to do so. The split-squad game ended in a 3-3 tie.