Keith D. Milby :: blog

Well I for one am thankful that this awful bit of legislation is going to be kept from passing. For me, Hates Crimes are bogus and amount up to nothing more that thought crimes and that gives me the creeps, As in Tom Cruise Minority Report creepy. Also it is just another part of the liberal agenda that should never see the light of day.

Hate crimes bill appears dead this session

A bill that would create a hate crimes law in Indiana would die in the House before a key deadline this week, its author said, and he did not expect it to be revived this session.

…

Porter said Indiana was one of only five states without hate crimes laws, and if one were to pass, it would show that Indiana “is a place to live and work for everybody.”

I am OK with Indiana being one of only five states not to have fallen for this crock of bad legislation.

I am not sure where this Porter lives in Indiana, but from here in Indianapolis, it seems to be very accommodating to all that dwell within. Even if you are an idiot that happens to be a liberal.

After justice run amok and a foul, a prosecutor out of touch and over zealous, Genarlow Wilson is finally free from prison.

Now if we could only do something about fixing the system that put him there in the first place.

Source: Teen Sentenced for Oral Sex With Another Teen Released From Prison

I am sorry to see him go, others not so much.

Well the word today is that the Fed’s might be preparing to crackdown on employers, hiring illegal immigrants.

From the Old Grey Lady: U.S. Set for a Crackdown on Illegal Hiring

In a new effort to crack down on illegal immigrants, federal authorities are expected to announce tough rules this week that would require employers to fire workers who use false Social Security numbers.

Officials said the rules would be backed up by stepped-up raids on workplaces across the country that employ illegal immigrants.

Here’s hoping they follow up their words with meaningful actions.

h/t: Rhymes With Right

Today a judge struck down a law voted on by “The People” of Hazelton PA that said no to illegal immigration

Hazleton immigrant law voided by judge

HAZLETON, Pa. - A federal judge on Thursday struck down Hazleton’s tough anti-illegal immigration law, ruling unconstitutional a measure that has been copied around the country.

The city’s Illegal Immigration Relief Act sought to impose fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and deny business permits to companies that give them jobs. Another measure would have required tenants to register with City Hall and pay for a rental permit.

Based on testimony from a nine-day trial held in March, U.S. District Judge James Munley ruled that the act was pre-empted by federal law and would violate due process rights.

“The genius of our Constitution is that it provides rights even to those who evoke the least sympathy from the general public,” Munley wrote in a 206-page opinion. 

That is just wrong. It does not provide rights to those who have chosen to enter our country illegally and suck at the teet of our social system.

So I am standing by the voters of Hazelton and hope this gets thrown back in the face of this good for nothing judge.

Michelle Malkin has even more to include that this judge was a Bubba Clinton appointee. No big surprise there.

UPDATE: Fred Thompson weighs in on this.

The democrats will probably say, in that whining tone that only Dusty Harry Reid can deliver.

“Why didn’t the administration do more to seal the borders from illegal invaders. We told them that they should. But, we are the impotent party, not in power, so there was very little that we could have done. It is not our fault. Don’t blame us.”

Note to self. Reference this post from PoliPundit, along with many many others to long to list, as to why the next attack on America came from across an open border. A Border that there was no political will to do anything about.

Good Lord keep watch over our politicians and do your best to get them to do the right thing. Also bless our citizenry and protect us all.

From the AP: New
Year Brings Array of New State Laws

The new year will dawn with an array of state laws taking effect across the country,
offering a snapshot of issues that matter to Americans _ from identity theft and sex
offenders to dangers on the road. Perennial challenges such as taxes and health care
crop up among the new measures, as do steps to improve elections and enforce ethical
behavior among politicians. Newer issues are being raised, too, including an Illinois
law that targets human trafficking.

Legislation approved in 2005 formally becomes law in many states on New Year’s
Day (though some measures take effect upon a governors’ signature, or July 1).

This year, several states will take action to guard against the theft and misuse
of personal information as more and more commerce moves to the Internet; several companies
admitted in 2005 that hackers got into their supposedly secure databases. New Jersey
and Virginia will bar making public a person’s Social Security number, while Minnesota
will require businesses that hold such information to quickly notify clients if there
is a breach of security.

New laws go into effect - news laws to be broken. The circle of life.

It hardly seems appropriate for a judge to let John Hinckley, assailant of former President Reagan, out of custody to have sleep overs with his Mommy and Daddy. 

From the AP: Judge Grants Hinckley Overnight Visits

WASHINGTON - A federal judge Friday loosened the restrictions on John W. Hinckley Jr., allowing the hospitalized presidential assailant to spend seven overnight visits with his parents in Williamsburg, Va. Hinckley, who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981,

had been permitted to leave St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington for outings around the nation’s capital. He wanted to make longer trips and travel outside the area to his parents’ community in southeastern Virginia.

U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman ruled Hinckley could be allowed three, three-night visits and another four, four-night visits.

If we can’t kill the bastard because he is a nut-job, we certainly should not be allowing him out of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for fun time with the parents. He should never, ever see the outside world again. I don’t care how much of a full remission his depression and psychosis are in. This guy shot the President of the United States of America. More decent people would have hung him from the highest tree and asked the Devil himself to give this nut-job a very special place in Hell. But no! He is a nut-job and we don’t execute nut-jobs.

Editor’s Note: I mean no offense to other nut-jobs. My reference to nut-job only pertains to John W. Hinckley Jr. and is not intended to denigrate other nut-jobs that are not John W. Hinckley Jr.. Please, continue to take your medication and consulting with your physician.

U.S. District Judge David Hamilton made clear that he IS NOT going to tolerate any
arguments to his ruling last month that requires Christians to deny Christ in prayers
at the start of legislative sessions. Fortunately this will allow for an appeal to
the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.

From the Indianapolis Star: Judge:
Ban on prayer stands

A federal court judge on Wednesday denied a request to amend his ruling banning
sectarian prayer in the Indiana House of Representatives, clearing the way for an
appeal to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.

U.S. District Judge David Hamilton rejected arguments by House Speaker Brian Bosma,
R-Indianapolis, that Hamilton’s ruling was too vague to enforce.

And Hamilton issued a warning:

“If the speaker or those offering prayers seek to evade the injunction through
indirect but well understood expressions of specifically Christian beliefs, the audience,
the public, and the court will be able to see what is happening. In that unlikely
event, the court will be able to take appropriate measures to enforce” the injunction.

Therefore, the judge has made it clear that if Christians try and acknowledge the
existence of Christ he will have them persecuted for doing so. It seems as though
we left a country one time for actions such as this.

I sure hope this gets reversed on appeal and finally gets settled. As Christians and
the majority of the population in the United States, it is starting to become intolerable to
have judges like this one, continually strip away at our God given rights. As
Christians, I guess we are just going to have to start speaking a little louder when
expressing our displeasure at attempts such as these, to deny our God given rights.

The escalation of resistance should continue until we no longer feel oppressed
by a minority of intolerant nit wits in this country.

The folks at Stop The ACLU are also following this one.

From Reuters: N.Orleans
police probed in shooting death

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New Orleans police are investigating the death of a man
who was shot by police officers as he wielded a knife during a incident on Monday
partly caught on videotape.

Police spokesman Juan Quinton said on Tuesday the “investigation is ongoing” into
the killing of the 38-year-old man who could be seen on the videotape waving a small
knife and acting erratically while surrounded by at least a dozen policemen with their
guns aimed at him.

The city’s police force has come under scrutiny since Hurricane Katrina struck
on August 29 and widespread looting broke out in the devastated city after several
hundred officers failed to report for duty.

I am sure the NOPD would prefer to keep news like this, more on a local level. You
folks in New Orleans know what I am taking about.

A lesson for all of us - do not do this the next time boarding a passenger aircraft.

From MSNBC:

MIAMI - An agitated passenger who claimed to have a bomb
in his backpack was shot and killed by a federal air marshal Wednesday after he bolted
frantically from a jetliner that was boarding for take off, officials said. No bomb
was found.

Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Doyle said
the dead passenger was a 44-year-old U.S. citizen. NBC News’ Pete Williams said an
official identified the man as Rigoberto Alpizar.

I feel bad though, if you continue to read the story, it seems the dude might of been
off his meds.

This brings us to another lesson learned with this tragedy. Always take your meds,
especially if planning to travel via a passenger aircraft.

Well he might as well have.

from the Indianapolis Star:

A federal court judge Wednesday barred prayers that mention Jesus Christ or endorse any religion at the opening of each daily session of the Indiana House of Representatives.

Judge David Hamilton found that the House practice breached the clause of the U.S. Constitution prohibiting government establishment of religion. While not banning prayers in the House, Hamilton ordered that any person chosen to give the invocation be instructed it must not advance any one faith or be used in a bid to convert listeners.

Hamilton, who based his decision on a 1983 U.S. Supreme Court decision setting boundaries on legislative prayer, said all are free to pray as they wish in their places of worship.

“The individuals do not have a First Amendment right, however, to use an official platform like the Speaker’s podium . . . to express their own religious faiths,” Hamilton said.

You can continue to pray, you just can’t pray to your God. I could understand preaching from the Speaker’s podium, but a simple prayer. This is unbelievable. This is simple judicial activism.

I am certainly no lawyer, but I do not see in any way how this violates the constitution. They are not trying to pass religious law. They allow diversity of other religions. This has to be a case now of the government dictating how a religious person can pray to his God. Also, who or what exactly are they suppose to pray to, the state, a lamp on the desk, who, what?

I certainly hope Speaker Bosma appeals this. First they take prayers out of the class room. Thank God for Private Schools. Now they have taken Christ out of Christian prayers in the State House.

Needless to say I am very disappointed in this ruling and I hope that it is over-turned on appeal.

Information on Judge David F. Hamilton

Highlights of federal Judge David Hamilton’s ruling regarding prayer in the Indiana House of Representatives:

• “When the founders of this nation set the boundaries on the power of government, the first words they wrote in the Bill of Rights were “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. . . . The founders recognized that we are a people of many strong and vigorous faiths. They acted to protect the liberty to practice those faiths.”
• While the boundary between permissible and impermissible legislative prayer may not be a precisely drawn one, the current legislative prayer practices of the Indiana House “are well outside the boundaries” established by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1983 and subsequently upheld by lower courts.
• “The court recognizes that the relief granted in this case might make it difficult or even impossible for some clergy or believers to offer official (House) prayers.” But the alternative to banning sectarian prayers “would be a complete prohibition on legislative prayer.”

Others following this:
The Indiana Law Blog

The SHEEP’S CRIB - Issues

Opinion Times