1200 News Radio WOAI: “ Less than an hour after the period began for filing bills for consideration in the 2011 Legislative session, State Rep. Debbie Riddle (R-Tomball), a leader of the newly muscular conservatives in the Legislature, filed an ‘Arizona style’ measure that would crack down on illegal immigration,”
Here is an interesting article regarding U.S. monetary policy published by the Sydney Morning Herald: Economists Question Sustainability of QEII
From a recent Gallup poll: “Gallup finds that nationally, a new high of 46% of Americans are in favor of legalizing use of the drug, and a new low of 50% are opposed.”
Arizona Republic: “Maricopa County officials believe the discovery of a duplicate payroll log and database hidden in a secure computer system at the Sheriff’s Office could reveal the extent of alleged misspending in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s agency. The sheriff’s employee database operated parallel to a county-run system, recording a different set of sheriff’s staff assignments and payments than official records provided to county auditors.”
Arizona Republic: “Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever seemed surprised and encouraged by some of the comments three 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges made during a hearing Monday over Senate Bill 1070.”
See the LA Times story called “Judicial panel selected to review Arizona immigration law” and another Arizona Republic story called “Immigration-law fight far from over as Appeals Court considers injunction.” The Washington Post also covered the hearing: “Judge questions Justice Department’s lawsuit against Arizona immigration law,” which quotes one of the 9th Circuit judges as saying this to the attorney representing the United States:
“”I’ve read your brief, I’ve read the District Court opinion, I’ve heard your interchange with my two colleagues, and I don’t understand your argument. We are dependent as a court on counsel being responsive. . . . You keep saying the problem is that a state officer is told to do something. That’s not a matter of preemption. . . . I would think the proper thing to do is to concede that this is a point where you don’t have an argument.”