Violation of First Amendment Rights ..???

In two of my previous post I discussed the Jodi Arias murder trial and how there is going to be a media coverage ban on the penalty phrase retrial well here comes the objection from the news media outlets stating there first amendment rights are being violated ...

"The public is deprived of its First Amendment right to attend criminal proceedings," Bodney said. "The public has a right to be heard before they're just locked out." The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees such basic rights as freedom of speech and the press.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/01/jodi-arias-trial-media-death-penalty/3797175/

The judge decided to ban any media coverage of the next phrase of Ms. Arias trial because of all the national attention her murder trial got and her defense team argued that the attention has had an effect on a potential jurors and may lead to an impartial jury which is a violation of her rights ....who rights are really being violated here? 

To be continued 

2016 and beyond

Talks have heated up about who are the potential presidential candidates of the 2016 election ....



There is even talks of Joe Biden making his third attempt at a presidential notation with two failed
attempt in 1988 and 2008. Third times a charm right



Or will we have our first female president Hilary Clinton

Do you think the recent shutdowns will have an effect on the GOP in the next upcoming election...discussed in a earlier post i talked about the dislike of the GOP by americans during the shutdown and some have even stated the remove of all GOP members in congress and in the house

Road to 2016 ---> brief scoop on some potential candidates...

http://www.usatoday.com/topic/cb7f365e-9582-4dbe-a4aa-fd892484f9bf/the-road-to-2016/ 

Fasting For Immigration ..

I found this article very interesting.... immigrants taking a different strategy to increase immigration talks/reforms in the government

Some immigrants are fasting ....

The push for immigration reform has become a key topic in todays discussion , how should immigration reform be implemented etc.

One thing that needs to be looked at is the pathway to citizenship or naturalization...there are many immigrants who have lived here in America for 10+ years and are still illegal in the eyes of the government ...is this right??


http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/29/obama-visits-protesters-fasting-in-support-of-immigration-reform/

Obamacare and the media

Since the enactment of Obamacare the media has put a spotlight on the failures that it has brought with it ...every program has room for improvement and failures and difficulties are to be expected

Has the media heighten the many struggles of Obamacare?


Delays Expected
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/28/us/politics/years-delay-expected-in-major-element-of-health-law.html?ref=politics

Avoid Website Overload
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/us/politics/white-house-urges-caution-on-health-site.html?ref=politics

TSA and privacy ????

The good ole TSA agents....

The media seems to paint TSA agents in a very negative light do you agree with the perception of TSA agents

Does TSA have to much authority when accessing travelers personal information. Are our 4th Amendment rights being violated or is the media painting TSA agents out to be something they are not ?

A few articles to look at below


TSA can access your personal information even before you step foot in an airport..
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/business/security-check-now-starts-long-before-you-fly.html?hp&_r=1&


Behavior Protection Program
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/14/travel/tsa-pistole-behavior-detection/index.html?iref=allsearch

Should TSA agents be armed
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/11/04/nr-marsh-should-tsa-officers-be-armed.cnn.html

Media Coverage Ban

Brief update on my first post about the media coverage of the Jodi Arias murder trial a judge has banned all live television coverage on the penalty phase retrial, in addition, no one in the courtroom is allowed to have any type of electronic device.

Jodi Arias defense attorney's argued she would not get a fair penalty phase trial giving all the media attention and wanted to move the case to the Phoenix area for a more impartial jury ......that argument was denied by the presiding judge

Media coverage and high profile cases what are the effects??


Link to the article

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-bans-live-tv-coverage-arias-retrial-20904624

Public Opinion Polls Matter?????

Since the recent government shutdown many American have placed the blame on the GOP and the Tea Party. In recent opinion polls 64% of Americans aren't in favor of the GOP .


Do public opinion polls really matter? Are those who are polled going to elected someone different into office?

I personally think opinion polls do matter but have no effect on election voting people may speak out against their disapproval of how the GOP handled the government shutdown but probably wont vote to replace those they put in office.

CNN article about unfavorable GOP & Tea Party Members

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/22/cnn-poll-gop-tea-party-unfavorables-at-all-time-highs/?hpt=hp_t2