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Womans home then bound and shot eight people -- six died -- that man, john errol ferguson, then killed two teenagers on their way to church while under indictment one of the men who wrote our constitution and went on to become president defended in a court of law the british troops who fired on and killed americans because john adams so strongly believed in the principle enshrined in the sixth amendment that people have the right to defense the president responded with an uncharacteristically st...

Respect by living longer. we get it, every perp gets represented, thats how its done, but this lawyer crusaded, revealing a bitter bias. it speaks to a administration steeped in its own bias. isnt the defense of mumia kind of racist? you think if mumia was white, he would be a hero, or if the dead officer was black, would he know his name? i doubt it. the great story here is maureen faulkner called a lot of senators on the fence, got them persuaded. then the president responded. heres what he ha...

Legal duty, that issagage bile legal duty -- they describe him as a yiktsed cop killer ardent defender. joe manchin one of the democrats who opposed his nomination invoked the murder of the slain police officer saying i made a conscientious decision after talking to the wife of the victim. this is the first of president obamas nominees to be rejected under the new post nuclear option senate rules which require just simple majority for confirmation. the president released a statement calling the ...

Respect by living longer. we get it, every perp gets represented, thats how its done, but this lawyer crusaded, revealing a bitter bias. it speaks to a administration steeped in its own bias. isnt the defense of mumia kind of racist? you think if mumia was white, he would be a hero, or if the dead officer was black, would he know his name? i doubt it. the great story here is maureen faulkner called a lot of senators on the fence, got them persuaded. then the president responded. heres what he ha...

Character attacks. attorney general holder said, quote, at a time when significant voting rights cases and other consequential matters are pending, it is more critical than ever to have a confirmed leader for the civil rights division. that view was echoed by senator harry reid. >> theyve distorted this mans good name in an attempt to score points politically and block confirmation of a faithful defender of voting rights which the republicans do everything they can to not protect. they want fewe...

Wildly unfair character attacks against a good and qualified public serve nlt. his qualifications are impeccable. while at least seven democrats couldnt be convinced of that, they voted no, but its important to know that harry reid was also a last-minute no vote, by doing that, voting with the prevailing side, the no voters today. bret, reid reserves the right to in the future call this vote back. >> how would that work? >> well, it is a maneuver they can use in the senate that senatorss aunch d...

I had told you -- you listening? >> yes, maam. or maybe we can break until the morning. >> no. im going to leave town today. >> whats that? >> im leaving today. >> are you refusing to come back tomorrow? >> to you? >> are you refusing to -- >> we need to keep this a question and answer. >> the reaction to jeantel by court watchers has often been unkind or on twitter and social media, downright cruel and flat-out racist. many of rushed to her defense. michael denzel smith writing in "the nation" ...

I had told you -- you listening? >> yes, maam. or maybe we can break until the morning. >> no. im going to leave town today. >> whats that? >> im leaving today. >> are you refusing to come back tomorrow? >> to you? >> are you refusing to -- >> we need to keep this a question and answer. >> the reaction to jeantel by court watchers has often been unkind or on twitter and social media, downright cruel and flat-out racist. many of rushed to her defense. michael denzel smith writing in "the nation" ...

And against the character attacks. for that she should be commended and thanked." that sounds about right to me. joining me now is john mcwhorter, professor of linguistics at columbia university. im so glad youre here. as i was watching this, i was thinking the whole time of what john mcwhorter was making of this. youre a linguist. you and i have had conversations about the linguistic bounty that is america and what we are watching in the courtroom over the last two days are two people from very...

Primarily attacking mitt romney. and the character attacks on mitt romney. but he has also focused on narrow satisfaction efforts where he has tried to find narrow slots of his own political base and appeal to them, rather than making a broader argument. remember, what independents have in common is that they think the status quo on both parties probably are not so great. and they are looking for more unifying message is. >> speaking of governor romney, we are going to listen to his remarks. we ...