A few things to report on today
- Report: Illegal Immigrants Face Abuse In the South
I have news for these people, it’s not just the South. It is all across the country. It is the reason I believe we need to go after the employers of illegal immigrants, and set up a good guest worker program. This would practically eliminate the the problems these people face. - The Obama administration is considering prosecution of former Bush administration officials for giving legal advice on torture. This is a very bad thing. It sets up the scenario of the party in power being afraid to relinquish it when they are voted out of office. Part of what has made the government of the USA stable is the fact that government officials do not face imprisonment or death with a change in power. By going after these officials, they will be adding destabilizing factors to future changes of power. I will admit that the Republicans started this by going after Clinton for what was, in wider and long term view, a trivial matter. But, it doesn’t make doing this right.
- The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has incorporated the Second Amendment.
This is a good thing. It means that they have ruled that the Second Amendment applies to the federal, state, and local levels of government. Now, we need to get it to the Supreme Court so it will apply nationwide.