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Kobach begins campaign for Kansas secretary of state

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Republican Kris Kobach formally began his campaign to be Kansas secretary of state on Tuesday with a promise to aggressively pursue election crimes.
“I would be transforming the model somewhat, from a ministerial model to more of a law-enforcement model,” Kobach told reporters after filing the paperwork to run.
The Piper resident said he supported requiring all voters to show a photo ID at the polls and requiring those registering to vote to prove U.S. citizenship.
Kobach also said he would help prosecute election fraud crimes and, if allowed by the state attorney general, defend a state voter ID law against legal challenges. Kansas has no such law currently, but Kobach said he had a bill drafted and ready for legislative consideration.
Kobach, 43, said he would take a leave of absence from his faculty position at the University of Missouri-Kansas City law school to campaign.
He ran for Congress in 2004 and later led the state Republican Party. He also was one of the drafters of Arizona’s new law targeting illegal immigrants.
Kobach faces Shawnee County Elections Commissioner Elizabeth Ensley and Salina resident J.R. Claeys in the Aug. 3 GOP primary.

Rush Limbaugh Gets Married

By DAVID CHIU

Not known for his brevity behind the mike, radio talkmeister Rush Limbaugh limited himself yesterday to two important words—“I do.”

The popular conservative pundit, 59, married his girlfrend, Kathryn Rogers, 33, in a Hawaiian-themed ceremony Saturday in Palm Beach, The Daily News reported. It was Limbaugh’s fourth trip to the aisle.

>snip< The wedding ceremony was highlighted by the appearance of Sir Elton John who, according to The Palm Beach Post, will receive $1 million for playing the reception at the Breakers Hotel

>snip< Limbaugh first met his future bride six years ago at a celebrity golf tournament that she ran. At the time the radio personality was divorcing his third wife Marta. The couple had been dating for three years.

“We try to live our lives as normal people,” Limbaugh wrote in an e-mail to the Post’s Page 2 Live section prior to the wedding. “We do NOT seek media attention, we do not want it, especially for this. It is very special, obviously, and we just don’t want any media attention.”

Immigration law supporters rally at Ariz. Capitol

Immigration law supporters rally at Ariz. Capitol

By MICHELLE PRICE (AP)

PHOENIX — Hundreds of people supporting Arizona's new law cracking down on illegal immigration rallied near the state Capitol on Saturday afternoon in soaring temperatures.

Hundreds of motorcycle riders kicked off the downtown Phoenix rally by riding in a procession around the Capitol. Supporters waved American flags and some carried signs that read "What part of illegal don't they understand?"

>snip< Demonstrators on Saturday sweated as temperatures reached 105 degrees. Some shaded themselves with umbrellas and clamored to buy cold water and ice cream from vendors.

"For them to come here when it's over 100 degrees and stand in the heat — it's awesome," said 32-year-old Stephanie Colbert of Glendale.

Colbert, who works in a restaurant, said those who disagree with the law and boycott Arizona are misguided because they hurt the immigrant community they aim to support.

"The hospitality industry has a very large population of immigrants, legal and illegal," she said. "It's those people's jobs that are in jeopardy."

>snip< The law, which goes into effect July 29, will also make it a state crime to be in the country illegally or to impede traffic while hiring day laborers, regardless of the worker's immigration status. It would become a crime for illegal immigrants to solicit work.

The Right to Remain Silent: Has the Supreme Court Decimated Miranda?

Supreme Court loosens Miranda rule

By David G. Savage

Chicago Tribune

           WASHINGTON
Want to invoke your right to remain silent? You'll have to speak up.

The Supreme Court backed off Tuesday from strict enforcement of the Miranda decision and its right to remain silent. The court ruled that a crime suspect's words can be used against him if he fails to clearly to tell the police that he does not want to talk.

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But in Tuesday's 5-4 decision, the court shifted the balance in favor of the police and against the suspect.

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In her first strongly written dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the ruling “turns Miranda upside down” and “marks a substantial retreat from the protection against compelled self-incrimination.” 

Death of Ernesto Miranda (1974)

JOHN HART, anchor:

Ernesto Miranda is dead. He was a kidnapper and a rapist, and he mattered because he gave his name to a Supreme Court decision that mattered a great deal. Here’s a report from Carl Stern.  Watch Video 
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Sarah Palin

"Several weeks ago, Governor Jan Brewer took President Obama to task for making Arizonas unsecured borders and illegal immigration crisis a laughing matter. However, since then, Washingtons comedy of errors has grown far worse, with top cabinet officials admitting that they havent even read Arizonas new immigration law. Broken borders are not a laughing matter, but the failure by Obamas trusted officials to read Arizonas law before commenting and condemning it is laughable".

Missouri's Health Care Freedom Act

Missouri's recently enacted Health Care Freedom Act will be on the ballot in August. The Act will undoubtedly be challenged by Federal authorities but if it is approved by voters it will challenge whether the Federal Government has the authority to force the citizens of a state, against their will, to buy federally mandated health insurance. Comments concerning the Act are located at the link below. Please click on this link and read the comments about this new Missouri Law. RiteOn believes that an informed opinion is necessary when voting if we are to remain free and in charge of our own decisions.