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24 Year-Old British Islamist Charged In Terrorism Inquiry
The UKPA reports:A 24-year-old man has been charged over terrorism offences.
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Mohammed Shabir Ali, of east London, is accused of possessing a document entitled 44 Ways to Support Jihad.
He is also charged with assisting another person to commit acts of terrorism.
The document was written by American-born Anwar al Awlaki, who was killed last year in a drone strike after leading al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
Ali will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, charged over the two offences which are alleged to have taken place between August 20 2008 and June 21 last year.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said two men, aged 24 and 30, and a 21-year-old woman, remained in police custody....
Islamist Radicals Detained In French Sweep Planned To Kidnap Jewish Magistrate
The Associated Press reports:
TweetFrench official says Islamist radicals detained last week were planning to kidnap a Jewish magistrate. Preliminary charges are being filed against the members of the banned group, Forsane Alizza, on Tuesday for criminal association with a terrorist enterprise....
Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals Benchslapps Obama
In the escalating battle between the administration and the judiciary, a federal appeals court apparently is calling the president's bluff -- ordering the Justice Department to answer by Thursday whether the Obama Administration believes that the courts have the right to strike down a federal law, according to a lawyer who was in the courtroom. The order, by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, appears to be in direct response to the president's comments yesterday about the Supreme Court's review of the health care law. Mr. Obama all but threw down the gauntlet with the justices, saying he was "confident" the Court would not "take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress."
Overturning a law of course would not be unprecedented -- since the Supreme Court since 1803 has asserted the power to strike down laws it interprets as unconstitutional. The three-judge appellate court appears to be asking the administration to admit that basic premise -- despite the president's remarks that implied the contrary. The panel ordered the Justice Department to submit a three-page, single-spaced letter by noon Thursday addressing whether the Executive Branch believes courts have such power, the lawyer said.
See http://www.google.com/gwt/x?noimg=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2F8301-504564_162-57408827-504564%2Fappeals-court-fires-back-at-obamas-comments-on-health-care-case%2F for more details in the CBS News report. Tweet
Monday, April 2, 2012
Obama Falsely Claims It Would Be "Unprecedented" For Supreme Court To Overturn Obamacare Which Was Passed By "Strong Majority"
It would not be an unprecedented or extraordinary step for the Supreme Court to strike down a federal law, nor is it unprecedented within Commerce Clause jurisprudence (See the cases of Lopez and Morrison). Further, the idea that Obamacare was passed by a strong majority is laughable. Congress went 219-212 in the House without a single Republican voting for it and with 34 Democrats defecting.
Further, this President's hypocrisy is evident in having halted the Department of Justice from defending the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court, a law that was duly passed and signed by a Democratic President with a much stronger majority in Congress.
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