[Guest post by Aaron Worthing; if you have tips, please send them here . Or by Twitter @AaronWorthing.] I just got this via Cnn’s breaking news email: Jared Lee Loughner, accused in the mass shooting that wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, is not mentally competent to stand trial, a federal judge in Arizona ruled. You have to be pretty far gone, to be found incompetent to stand trial. You have to be either unaware of the charges or unable to assist in your own defense. It’s a very minimal standard, and he failed it. And it’s important to note that this doesn’t mean he was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and indeed it has nothing to do with his state of mind at the time he committed the crime. He could have been fully sane on the day he carried out those shootings and through some means acquired his insanity afterward, and the ruling would be the same. Still, it seems very reasonable to believe the man was very far gone when he shot Giffords. So will the left finally admit that he was “just a nut?” Will they finally admit that there was in fact no greater significance to his crime? [Posted and authored by Aaron Worthing.]
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Breaking: Jared Lee Loughner Found Incompetant to Stand Trial
A Florida federal judge ruled that Congress violated the Constitution by requiring Americans to purchase health insurance in the sweeping health overhaul enacted last year, and said the entire law “must be declared void.” Original post: Florida Judge Rules Against Health Law
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BANG. (link updated) “Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void” This is the 20 something state lawsuit that was argued in the Northern District of Florida federal court. As I… Read more: BREAKING: Federal Judge Throws Out ObamaCare
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BREAKING: Federal Judge Throws Out ObamaCare
Filed under: Terror , Analysis It “boggles the mind,” a federal judge says of the government’s argument as he ponders sanctions against the CIA for destroying potential evidence of terror suspect abuse.
The always great Patrick Poole has been tracking Emerson Begolly for some time, see here and here . PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Authorities say a Pennsylvania man accused of biting two FBI agents communicated with two others accused of terrorism-related charges. The revelation was enough to persuade a federal judge to order Thursday that 21-year-old Emerson Begolly continue to be detained. Authorities say the FBI agents were investigating him Jan. 4 for allegedly making pro-terrorist statements online when he bit them while they wrestled for his loaded gun. Prosecutors say Begolly communicated online with Colleen LaRose, dubbed “Jihad Jane,” who is accused of helping foreign terrorist suspects intent on starting holy war, and with and Zachary Chesser, who has pleaded guilty to threatening the creators of “South Park” for perceived insults to the prophet Muhammad. Begolly’s attorney says she will appeal.
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Report: Penn State Jihadi-Wannabe Arrested for Biting FBI Agents Communicated With Colleen “Jihad Jane” LaRose…
