Constitutional protections do not forbid police from taking DNA samples from those arrested for serious crimes, according to the Supreme Court in its 5-4 decision Monday in Maryland v. King. If someone is arrested on suspicion of having committed certain
In a sign that he may be thinking about a potential 2016 presidential run, New Jersey governor Chris Christie said New Jersey voters would help him “redefine” the Republican party if they reelect him this year. Speaking at Mount Holly
If you’ve followed American politics long enough, you’ve noticed a pattern that inevitably plays out with failed social policy. Thomas Sowell discusses this pattern in his excellent book ‘Vision of the Anointed’ (1995 Harper Collins). The second chapter is entitled
A permanent resident alien of Lebanese descent was sentenced on Friday to 23 years in federal prison for attempting to set off a bomb on a crowded street in downtown Chicago. Sami Samir Hassoun, a 25-year-old Chicago man, pleaded guilty in April 2012 to
(AP) – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called on demonstrators to end anti-government protests now into a second day, but he remained defiant, insisting police would break down protests at a main Istanbul square and indicating that
Actor Samuel L. Jackson went to Reddit.com Wednesday asking users to write a monologue for him to perform as part of a campaign to fundraise for Alzheimer’s research. In this video, the Oscar-nominated thespian, famous for delivering profane and intimidating
Ronald Holmes, the father of soon-to-be NBA rookie Shabazz Muhammad, has made the news again. Earlier this year it was revealed he had lied about his son’s age to enhance his reputation as a basketball player. The indictment accuses Holmes
Curtis Morrison in the individual who secretly recorded a strategy conversation that took place in Mitch McConnell’s campaign office in February. Audio of the conversation was later published by David Corn at Mother Jones. Today Morrison wrote a piece at
In response to US Attorney Bill Killian: Posting Something Mean About Muslims on Social Media Might Be a Criminal Action Under Federal Civil Rights Laws: I wrote about this at great length this morning, because this story is one of
A coalition of 27 Congressmen has formed to sign a letter urging the Department of Justice and Attorney General Eric Holder to rescind an order to deport a German family whose only crime was to homeschool their children. In 2008
Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, penned a letter to R&B star Alicia Keys laced with hatred of Israel urging Keys to cancel her performance in Tel Aviv and warning Keys that she is jeopardizing her soul by performing there. Walker, a
Bob Shrum, a longtime Democrat operative, has decided that President Barack Obama’s handling of the White House during this IRS scandal has been bad. Maybe not “Nixonian” bad, but instead indicates a sort of Carteresque incompetence. Shrum is a high-powered
French police on Wednesday captured the country’s most-wanted man in a hotel outside Paris six weeks after he dynamited his way out of prison in a spectacular jailbreak. Redoine Faid, a famed 41-year-old career thief who had been serving time
Nothing says “child-appropriate material” quite like gender-bending underage superheroes. At least that’s the theory over at the Hub, the network co-owned by Discovery and Hasbro, which is trotting out its latest soon-to-be-dud, SheZow. That show follows the adventures of a
President Barack Obama used a recent commencement address to graduating Marines and Naval officers at the United States Naval Academy as a way to make irrellevant political points and then turn the speech into a contextless smear on military. The
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DEBORA REYAssociated PressBUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaArgentine President Cristina Fernandez rallied a huge crowd Saturday night celebrating the 10-year government that she and her late husband Nestor Kirchner began in 2003. Her voice breaking, she called it a
Speaking to the Naval Academy Commencement on May 24, President Obama “called on graduating Midshipmen, soon to become Naval and Marine Corps officers, to show honor and courage” by helping to end sexual assault in the armed forces. According to
A Virginia judge reduced the sentence of a high school teacher because she claimed she’d been diagnosed with a “hypersexuality” disorder. On May 23, Campbell County Circuit Court Judge John T. Cook sentenced William Campbell High School teacher Kathleen Cawthorne,
After a seven-day, non-jury trial, a federal judge ruled that Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “agency systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols.” Arpaio’s attorney has already vowed to fight the ruling with an appeal. Should Arpaio ultimately lose,
U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow ruled Friday that Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Hispanics in his crusade against illegal immigration. According to Reuters, Snow said Arpaio has to stop “using race as a grounds to
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 5/24: Syrian Electronic Army Hijacks Another News Outlet, the dark side of social media, FTC goes after company for lax security that let hundreds of thousands of credit-card numbers get
By HAGGAG SALAMAAssociated PressLUXOR, Egypt An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicion of moral offenses–so-called “honor killings.” The official said Friday the men suspected the three women of having
In his “drone speech” Thursday, President Barack Obama referred to the oft-cited argument that the U.S. should close the Guantánamo Bay terror detention facility (GTMO) because it stirs anti-American opinion: “GTMO has become a symbol around the world for an
On Friday, speaking before the graduating class at the Naval Academy in Maryland, President Obama compared sexual assault cases in the military to IRS profiling of conservatives. “It’s no secret that in recent decades many Americans have lost confidence in
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart sparred with guest Bill O’Reilly Wednesday over the apparent targeting of conservative groups by the IRS and the Department of Justice’s secret subpoenas of AP journalists. After admitting that it is troubling for the federal government to
