Dershowitz: Drop Second Degree Murder Chargers Against George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin Case

With the release of more evidence in the Trayvon Martin case, influential liberal law professor Alan Dershowitz is even more convinced  as he explains in this interview with Megyn Kelly that there was a political motivation behind the second degree murder charge against George Zimmerman.

Dershowitz contends that Zimmerman acted in self defense even if he provoked the encounter with Trayvon Martin. Bernard Goldberg adds that the original assumptions in the case fit the liberal storyline.

 

The First Day of the Romney Presidency

In a non-linear, back-to-the-future world, Mitt Romney had a pretty busy 24 hours as America's new chief executive:

Voter Fraud Alert: North Carolina

Project Veritas, the brainchild of muckraker James O'Keefe, has done excellent work in exposing America's almost criminally lax voting procedures that are tailor-made for vote fraud. The investigation recently moved to North Carolina, which doesn't require a photo ID to vote:



The problem is hardly restricted to any one particular state. Florida officials have found over 50,000 dead people and some 180,000 non-citizens on the voting rolls.

Fed Court Okays Gov. Scott Walker's Union Law

                                          [photo credit: Megan McCormick]

A federal judge upheld key portion's of Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining reforms today:

State unions were dealt a setback Friday when a federal judge said they would have to get their members to opt in, rather than opt out, to having the state deduct union dues from their paychecks.

What's more, the judge did not rule on dues deductions for unions that he earlier found the state improperly decertified. The state's largest unions were decertified, and the ruling - at least for now - will make it harder for them to get money from dues.

The judge had disallowed certain other aspects of Walker's legislation, but much of that is on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Things are looking good for Walker generally, as recent polling data puts him (and Lt.Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch) out front in the June 5 recall election, the latest expensive tantrum inflicted on ordinary Wisconsin taxpayers by organized labor. If the soft-spoken, mild-mannered Walker prevails, he will instantaneously become a national political powerhouse and likely inheriting the title of America's Governor from Chris Christie.

We'd feel better about Walker's chances if a corrupt left-wing (is there any other kind?) state judge hadn't blocked Wisconsin's photo ID law. It was also disappointing that neither the state appeals or supreme court were willing to take up the case in the short term. After what amounts to a phony show trial and then the appeals process, the photo ID law will eventually take effect, however, and hopefully before the November presidential election.

Here is Walker's latest commercial

 

Most Viewed Posts in April 2012

By page views, here are the most popular In General Counsel posts of the month:

• Clay Buchholz and Jenny Dell at Red Sox Spring Training  [all-time leader]
• Sarasota Signage: Defeat Obama in 2012 
• Contessa Brewer Loses MSNBC Anchor Gig 
• Dershowitz: Zimmerman Indictment "Thin" 
• Hawaii TSA and Airport Workers Charged with Meth Smuggling
• Lilyhammer Review: "Silvio" from The Sopranos Relocates from Jersey to Norway
• Did Tim Tebow and Tom Brady Vote for Rick Santorum in Minnesota?
• The People's Court: Justice or Just Us? 
• The Most Interesting Man in the...South Carolina Primary
• Cesar Milan, the "Dog Whisperer," Quietly Settles Divorce

Drill Baby Drill...

Even a routine dental visit can be the cause of a certain amount of stress. But isn't it even more awkward if the dentist is the girlfriend you just broke up with?

Dentist Anna Mackowiak of Poland retaliated against her toothache-suffering ex by yanking out all his teeth while he was knocked out with an anesthetic. Marek Olszewski's new girlfriend then dumped him because "she can’t be with a man without teeth," according to the London Daily Mail.

Dr. Mackowiak faces up to three years in jail.

Update: The story may be a hoax.

  

Elizabeth Warren, American Phony

Howie Carr has a great column about the millionaire Democrat one-percenter running against U.S. Senator Scott Brown in Massachusetts. But who knew the one percent may have also referred to her alleged heritage?

Elizabeth Warren, a 62-year-old Harvard Law School professor, seemed to have all the right stuff to regain the lost Senate seat of the late Ted Kennedy from Republican usurper Scott Brown...Yet her campaign is sputtering, as she slips on one banana peel after another. It’s turning out that she’s not quite the working-class heroine her worshipers in the limousine-liberal crowd thought she was.

Read the whole column here.

One of the commenters may have put his finger on where Warren gets her support: 

My understanding is that most of Liz's Wall Street money is coming from NY lawyers who are looking forward to using her skills at designing regulatory red tape as a way of maintaining their litigation meal ticket. Quite a number of NY law firms seem to be in serious trouble, and there is a serious over-supply of lawyers, so they are looking to Big Government to maintain and grow their role as middlemen between those who do and those who regulate