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Opinion: Why the left fears Ann Romney

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
Teri Christoph and Suzanne Terrell say Hilary Rosen's comment was a smokescreen to divert attention from the impact of President Obama's policies on women
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Study: Most gas pedal accidents involve women

WASHINGTON — Accidents in which drivers mistakenly hit the gas instead of the brake tend to involve older female drivers in parking lots, a new government study has found.

One of the study's most striking and consistent findings was that nearly two-thirds of drivers who had such accidents were female. ...

Obama sticks up for Ann Romney in working mom flap

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is sticking up for Ann Romney, the wife of Republican rival Mitt Romney and the target of a Democratic operative who suggested that she's unqualified to speak about the economy's tolls because she's "never worked a day in her life."...

Obama sticks up for Ann Romney in working mom flap

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is sticking up for Ann Romney, the wife of Republican rival Mitt Romney and the target of a Democratic operative who suggested that she's unqualified to speak about the economy's tolls because she's "never worked a day in her life."...

Obama sticks up for Ann Romney in working mom flap

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is sticking up for Ann Romney, the wife of Republican rival Mitt Romney and the target of a Democratic operative who suggested that she's unqualified to speak about the economy's tolls because she's "never worked a day in her life."...

Obama sticks up for Ann Romney in working mom flap

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is sticking up for Ann Romney, the wife of Republican rival Mitt Romney and the target of a Democratic operative who suggested that she's unqualified to speak about the economy's tolls because she's "never worked a day in her life."...

Obama sticks up for Ann Romney in working mom flap

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is sticking up for Ann Romney, the wife of Republican rival Mitt Romney and the target of a Democratic operative who suggested that she's unqualified to speak about the economy's tolls because she's "never worked a day in her life."...

NY2: Automobile exception permitted delayed search of car

FourthAmendment.com - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32

Defendant was stopped and volunteered he had drugs in the car, and handed them to the police. He was arrested and his car was locked up. When the police came back to the car to impound it, a gun was seen sticking out from under the seat. The automobile exception permitted the search despite the delay. [Not to mention plain view.] People v Thomas, 2012 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2717, 2012 NY Slip Op 2714 (2d Dept. April 10, 2012).

Defendant’s stop for driving too slow was justified where his car impeded other vehicles. Marijuana in plain view justified a search under the automobile exception. Shell v. State, 2012 Ga. App. LEXIS 391 (April 12, 2012).*

W.D.Tenn.: Search warrant for cell phone was exceeded when picture files were reviewed

FourthAmendment.com - News - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32

A 16 year old runaway was riding with defendant and she told the police that she had oral sex with defendant which he recorded on his telephone. A search warrant for the phone was obtained, but the officer exceeded the scope of the warrant by looking for picture files and not just the video. Significantly, the court also held that the government’s preferred justification for obtaining 404(b) evidence was rejected under the terms of this warrant. United States v. Labuda, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 154700 (W.D. Tenn. October 13, 2011):

Finally, while the United States argues that the scope may have been justified to locate material "evidence of intent, plan, motive or common scheme" in accordance with Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, the fact remains that the scope of the authority to search Defendant's cellular phone was based upon the authority granted in the Search Warrant. The Affidavit recited the victim's account that the alleged sexual assault occurred during a brief time period and did not indicate that there was any lengthy span of time during which investigators believed that Defendant corresponded, schemed, or planned the sexual assault. It was the substance of the Affidavit that the issuing judge relied upon to grant the authority to execute the search. Thus, the Court finds that any attempt of investigators to search for evidence not reasonably related to the time frame provided by the victim, no matter whether it may or may not be admissible under the Federal Rules of Evidence, was beyond the scope of the Search Warrant.

Ultimately, although Detective Campbell did prudently narrow his search in ways that were not required by the warrant, specifically by not viewing any files other than videos, that does not negate the fact that he also improperly broadened his search to include dates and times that the record reflects he had no reasonable basis to believe that Defendant may have been engaged in or recording sexual offenses relating to the sixteen-year-old victim about whom the Search Warrant was issued. Accordingly, the Court finds that Detective Campbell exceeded the scope of the Search Warrant in his seizure of evidence that had no temporal proximity to the sexual assault of the sixteen-year-old victim.

Romney: Obama will erode the rights of gun owners

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The presidential campaign briefly veered from the emotional Mommy Wars on Friday to the back-burner issue of gun rights, with Mitt Romney telling the National Rifle Association that President Barack Obama is not protecting gun owners - even though the topic has rarely arisen during his time in office....

Romney to woo key conservative group at NRA event

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Mitt Romney's speech to the National Rifle Association is a high-profile chance for the Republican presidential candidate to woo conservatives who have viewed him warily for years....

Romney: Obama will erode the rights of gun owners

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The presidential campaign briefly veered from the emotional Mommy Wars on Friday to the back-burner issue of gun rights, with Mitt Romney telling the National Rifle Association that President Barack Obama is not protecting gun owners - even though the topic has rarely arisen during his time in office....

Obama sticks up for Ann Romney in working mom flap

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is sticking up for Ann Romney, the wife of Republican rival Mitt Romney and the target of a Democratic operative who suggested that she's unqualified to speak about the economy's tolls because she's "never worked a day in her life."...

Romney courts gun-rights group in presidential bid

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Running for the Senate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney once assured voters in a state with strong gun-control laws: "I don't line up with the NRA." Now the likely Republican presidential nominee, Romney will headline the National Rifle Association's annual convention Friday and assure tens of thousands of gun-rights activists that he's squarely on their side....

Romney courts gun-rights group in presidential bid

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Running for the Senate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney once assured voters in a state with strong gun-control laws: "I don't line up with the NRA." Now the likely Republican presidential nominee, Romney will headline the National Rifle Association's annual convention Friday and assure tens of thousands of gun-rights activists that he's squarely on their side....

Romney courts gun-rights group in presidential bid

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Running for the Senate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney once assured voters in a state with strong gun-control laws: "I don't line up with the NRA." Now the likely Republican presidential nominee, Romney will headline the National Rifle Association's annual convention Friday and assure tens of thousands of gun-rights activists that he's squarely on their side....

Romney courts gun-rights group in presidential bid

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Running for the Senate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney once assured voters in a state with strong gun-control laws: "I don't line up with the NRA." Now the likely Republican presidential nominee, Romney will headline the National Rifle Association's annual convention Friday and assure tens of thousands of gun-rights activists that he's squarely on their side....

Romney courts gun-rights group in presidential bid

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Running for the Senate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney once assured voters in a state with strong gun-control laws: "I don't line up with the NRA." Now the likely Republican presidential nominee, Romney will headline the National Rifle Association's annual convention Friday and assure tens of thousands of gun-rights activists that he's squarely on their side....

Romney courts gun-rights group in presidential bid

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Running for the Senate in Massachusetts, Mitt Romney once assured voters in a state with strong gun-control laws: "I don't line up with the NRA." Now the likely Republican presidential nominee, Romney will headline the National Rifle Association's annual convention Friday and assure tens of thousands of gun-rights activists that he's squarely on their side....

Strassel: Romney's Primary Lessons

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 12:32
Each one of his rivals offers a clue to victory in November.


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