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In what the London Telegraph has correctly described as an "unseemly rush to blame Sarah Palin, the Tea Party and Republicans for murder in Arizona," progressive journalists and bloggers have waged an aggressive campaign to blame Sarah Palin and the Tea Party for the tragic shooting massacre in Arizona, which killed six people and left others critically wounded, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. In his New York Times blog, The Conscience of a Liberal, Paul Krugman suggested that Congr

A female guard's search of a male prison inmate's genitals and buttocks through nearly-transparent underwear was ruled unconstitutional by the San Francisco-based Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The full 11-judge panel's 6-5 decision called the search "unreasonable" because it was unnecessary and "humiliating" for the female guard to touch a male inmate's private areas in a non-emergency situation with other male prison staff readily available to perform the search instead. The ruling will

In what could make California a battleground for immigration policy in the next major election, Democratic Assemblyman Tony Mendoza of California's 56th assembly district has written an advisory measure that will allow voters to express their input on whether or not the President and Congress should grant a pathway to citizenship for qualified illegal immigrants. "This national discussion demands an intelligent, comprehensive, and balanced approach to immigration reform-one that recognizes that

As immigration reform advocates seek to shift to a more state-oriented strategy that combats the tough immigration language coming from Republicans in the 112th Congress, the chairperson of a California immigration reform group believes that the movement's grassroots supporters have a pretty good chance of holding officials accountable in more progressive states like California. "California voters sent a strong message this past election that we want hardworking, inclusive and responsive govern

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy have targeted 21 million acres of public land as now available for right-of-way applications with over 677,000 acres designated as Solar Energy Zones (SEZ) and appropriate for solar power installations. SEZ land is chosen based on its high solar energy potential and fewest potential environmental conflicts. There are currently 104 active solar power applications on public land which could generate a whopping 60 GW of power. By designat

Even before considering how the Dream Act in the Senate will play out this week, it seems to be making ripples with a prominent Republican leader who might be considering a 2012 run.  Mother Jones pointed out in a recent article that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich seems to have taken a much more moderate approach on immigration reform than in the past. "We are not going to deport 11 million people...There has to be some zone between deportation and amnesty...People who have been here

Seeing immigration reform as the perfect 11th hour wedge issue against Republicans, and to hopefully solidify a foundation with their Hispanic base in 2012, Sen. Harry Reid has finally set some time after Thanksgiving to bring the DREAM Act to a vote in the waning hours of the 111th Congress. Unlike in September, when Reid tried to slip the provision into a defense appropriations bill that failed, one of the most honorable aspects about the DREAM Act this time around is that it will be stripped

A recent article in Politico takes note of the positive impact that Hispanic voters had in offsetting the Democratic Party's already devastating losses on Tuesday. Despite little progress in the former Democratic majority's efforts to achieve comprehensive immigration reform within the past two years, Hispanics still showed up at the polls to safeguard such strongholds like the Senate and to keep California within the party's jurisdiction on all levels. Will the Hispanic vote, however, continue

For all the opposition that the GOP has waged against the proposed immigration policy of President Obama and the Democrats, the issue isn’t likely to be a dominant part of the Republican agenda should they make huge congressional gains in a little more than a week.  This is not to say that the party has ignored the issue completely in their anticipated comeback.  In their Pledge to America, the document the party claims will be the guide of their agenda, immigration policy takes up one point und

Many Californians are deeply concerned about the consequences stemming from ineffective federal immigration enforcement.  This conclusion can be drawn from measuring recent sentiment of how Californians view federal responsibility in dealing with illegal immigration and the crimes associated with it. According to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted last week, 52 percent of California’s likely electorate believe that the federal government actually encourages illegal immigration into the United S