DOJ lawsuit filed against Arizona & SB-1070 sets the stage for milestone ruling

 Posted by on 2010/07/07  8 Responses »
Jul 072010
 
DOJ lawsuit filed against Arizona & SB-1070 sets the stage for milestone ruling

As expected, The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit yesterday against Arizona’s darconian SB-1070, weeks before the law is scheduled to go into effect. SB 1070 “is pre-empted by federal law and therefore violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution,” legal papers filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix contend. The lawsuit says the legislation conflicts with the federal government’s need to balance the competing interests of enforcing federal immigration law with the country’s diplomatic relations with other nations, including Mexico.

ACLU rejects Minuteman Shawna Forde’s facetious racial profiling and torture claims

 Posted by on 2010/06/18  3 Responses »
Jun 182010
 
ACLU rejects Minuteman Shawna Forde's facetious racial profiling and torture claims

In another blow to incarcerated Minuteman child killer Shawna Forde, the ACLU has rejected her recent complaint making various and sundry allegations against Sheriff Clarence Dupnik and the Pima County jail corrections staff. Forde had claimed she was a victim of “Massive Civil Rights Violations”as well as accusing Sheriff Dupnik of practicing White Racial Profiling (WRP) in the Pima County Jail, and to being in violation of the Civil Rights Act, Titles III and VI, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as violating all her Constitutional rights. All of her constitutional rights? I guess she thinks she should be allowed to have a gun to play with, the right to vote, etc. etc? Roberta Dilla aka “Laine Lawless” MORE

Shawna Forde Files Complaint with ACLU – Cites “Massive Civil Rights Violations” by Sheriff Dupnik

 Posted by on 2010/05/25  3 Responses »
May 252010
 
Shawna Forde Files Complaint with ACLU - Cites "Massive Civil Rights Violations" by Sheriff Dupnik

This breaking piece in the case of Minuteman child killer Shawna Forde, currently residing in the Pima County Jail waiting to answer charges in the brutal murders of 9 year old Brisenia Flores and her father Raul. According to the JFSF website,, which supports and defends the actions of Forde and her co-defendants, Forde has filed a 7 page complaint with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), an organization much maligned by the right wingers, until they need their services.

Hypocrisy at it’s finest – Gilchrist calls in the hated ACLU in his defense

 Posted by on 2009/11/13  Comments Off
Nov 132009
 
Hypocrisy at it's finest - Gilchrist calls in the hated ACLU in his defense

As we posted yesterday, Jim Gilchrist, founder of the border vigilante group Minuteman Project, finds himself in the center of a firestorm of protests against his invitation to participate in a debate at University of Reno-Nevada. And as he did against Kyle de Beausset, Harvard undergraduate and publisher of CITIZEN ORANGE, Gilchrist is on the attack against the students and faculty of UNR and ASUN, who oppose his appearance. In a reply to the above referenced article, Gilchrist wrote:

Gilchrist involved in another controversial invitation to speak

 Posted by on 2009/11/12  Comments Off
Nov 122009
 
Gilchrist involved in another controversial invitation to speak

Last month, border vigilante and Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist has a much anticipated invitation to speak at a Harvard symposium revoked when students of the Harvard Undergraduate Legal Committee (HULC) sought his removal as a guest panelist. They were successful, and Gilchrist, being the type of person he is, launched a virulent and nasty attack against one of the leaders of the successful protest, Kyle de Beausset Controversy surrounding Gilchrist has reared it’s ugly head once again, only this time with an ironic twist. Once again, Gilchrist has been invited to be part of a panel discussion about immigration at the University of Nevada-Reno, and once again, student leaders and faculty do not want to give a forum to his MORE