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"IRLI Got Some ‘Splainin To Do. Last week, a reader of this blog tipped me off to an incredible misquote of Representative John Bingham which appears in an amicus brief [a PDF] filed with the US Supreme Court by the Immigration Reform Law Institute – aka IRLI – for the Flores-Villar case. Here is that tip in full: “Sallyven Says:March 9, 2011 at 4:54 PM e In the Flores-Villar citizenship case currently being decided by SCOTUS, the Immigration Reform Law Institute submitted an amicus brief which included the Bingham quote from the 37 Congressional Globe. On page 34 of the...

During a debate (see pg. 2791) regarding a certain Dr. Houard, who had been incarcerated in Spain, the issue was raised on the floor of the House of Representatives as to whether the man was a US citizen. Representative Bingham (of Ohio), stated on the floor: “As to the question of citizenship I am willing to resolve all doubts in favor of a citizen of the United States. That Dr. Houard is a natural-born citizen of the United States there is not room for the shadow of a doubt. He was born of naturalized parents within the jurisdiction of the...

Michelle Shocked, Ryan Bingham fire up another huge Wisconsin Capitol protestDean Robbins on Saturday 03/05/2011 4:54 pm, **SNIP** Strumming an acoustic guitar, Bingham wrapped his gravelly voice around Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changing" and Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," implicitly connecting the current protest to struggles past. You can imagine the crowd's response when he sang this line from the Dylan song: "Come senators and congressmen please heed the call/Don't stand in the doorway don't block up the hall...." **SNIP** Michelle Shocked flew in from Los Angeles to perform at a moment's notice. She poured so...

I wish to undertake a critical analysis of the incomplete works of attorneys Orly Taitz, Phil Berg, and Mario Apuzzo, concerning the meaning and definition of "natural born Citizen" within the political context and intent of Article II. It is my contention that none of the attorneys working on exposing the illegal usurper known as Barack Obama have described any valid theory of law that properly explains why Obama cannot possibly qualify to be President under Article II. I will show what I believe are their mistakes and limitations and expose their incomplete efforts as failed hypotheses rather than valid...

Business owners near the east entrance to Zion National Park will get some relief: Work on a $6 million road project will now be done at night. For the fourth time in less than three weeks, the construction schedule of the Zion-Mount Carmel road project has been changed, this time to accommodate Kane County business owners. Last week, business owners and elected officials met with the park superintendent to complain they were losing money because construction was keeping the east entrance closed on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. About a third of the park’s 2.7 million visitors in...

Throwing 'em a curve Every now and again we must surrender territory to a cause larger than ourselves. Last week, Ron McRae, a self-ordained minister who makes a hobby of lording his holiness over gays, Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons, decided that the use of the term "Crescent of Embrace" to describe a single feature in a multi-faceted Flight 93 Memorial design was a tacit endorsement of Islam. In due course, Michelle Malkin, a right-wing commentator less familiar with the topography of Somerset County than with the direction of political winds, added her thoughts. She said the inclusion of a...

We spent 10 months in Iraq, working on a story, understanding who the people are who are fighting, why they fight, what their fundamental beliefs are, when they started, what kinds of backgrounds they come from, what education, jobs they have. Were they former military, are they Iraqi or foreign? Are they part of al-Qaida? What we came up with is a story in itself, and one that Vanity Fair ran in July 2004 with my text and pictures. [My colleague Steve Connors] shot a documentary film that is still waiting to find a home. But the basic point for...

Detectives Reopen Lord Lucan Murder Mystery Case 30 Years After the Crime By Jane Wardell/Associated Press LONDON (AP) - Detectives have reopened an investigation into one of Britain's most famous murder mysteries: the disappearance 30 years ago of the dashing Lord Lucan days after his children's nanny was bludgeoned to death and his wife beaten with a lead pipe. Debate on Lucan's fate has been a popular national pastime since he vanished, leaving behind a bloodstained car near the English coast. Some say the aristocrat drowned himself in the English Channel, others believe he fled abroad to live under an...

LOS ANGELES - Former California Gov. Pete Wilson has been hired by a consulting group that helps companies develop business and political strategies. Wilson, who was governor from 1991 to 1999, will join Bingham Consulting Group beginning March 1, the company said in a statement. He will work with various companies to create policies that can be used in regulated industries such as health care, energy, manufacturing and telecommunications. He will also counsel the company's 850-member international law firm. "Pete's knowledge of the policies, people and processes of government at all levels makes him a natural and valuable addition to...

Freelance photographer contacts family LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The family of a missing freelance photographer was overwhelmed Tuesday after receiving a telephone call from their daughter who was safe at the Iraqi border. Barry Bingham Jr., former publisher of The Courier-Journal in Louisville, received a call from his daughter, Molly, at 1:15 p.m. EST. ''His heart was pounding, you could see it in his throat,'' said Edie Bingham, referring to her husband's phone conversation with their daughter. The Binghams held a news conference Tuesday afternoon in downtown Louisville. ''Molly said she is OK,'' Barry Bingham said. ''She said she had...

MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -- Two Newsday journalists who disappeared from Baghdad may have been detained by Iraq's government, the newspaper's editor said Saturday. Reporter Matthew McAllester and photographer Moises Saman were last heard from Monday, and the newspaper has been unable to obtain information about their whereabouts from Iraqi officials, said editor Anthony Marro in a statement. Journalists expelled from Iraq have told Newsday that security officials on Monday came to the Baghdad hotel where they were staying and questioned reporters. Some were taken from the hotel. No one saw McAllester and Saman removed, but their room was empty...

Great in depth article, Tom Burnett's wife also says that before getting on the plane September her husband was having 'visions' of varoius sites in Washingtom including the White House.Burnett, a devout Catholic took it as a sign from God that he would be called on to somehow serve his country in the nations capital.