The Department of Justice sent a letter to Florida Monday ordering the state to halt its voter purge or face going to court.
The Department of Justice is planning to sue the state of Florida for refusing to stop its noncitizen voter purge. U.S. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez sent a letter Monday to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner stating that Florida's decision to continue purging its voting rolls would leave the DOJ no choice but to take the Sunshine State to court. What do you think about the potential lawsuit? Is the DOJ in the right, or should Florida stand its ground and continue to purge noncitizen voters? Let us know in the comments section. The letter (which is attached as a PDF below the picture) states: ... Your June 6 response has provided no information that allows us to change our view that the State’s new list maintenance program…
Not naming sex assault or domestic violence doesn't dilute the task force? Seriously?
There are two task forces in Pasco County that address the issues of family violence and sexual abuse: one works in West Pasco with the Salvation Army Domestic Violence Center; and the other works in East Pasco, with Sunrise of Pasco County, which is tasked with addressing sexual assault throughout the entire county. Both are registered with the state and federal government under the name Sexual and Domestic Violence Task Force of Pasco County. As a result, the East Pasco task force includes eliminating sexual assault for all of Pasco and is not limited to just the eastern end of the county for that issue. But things are changing that can impact these issues. Task force members tentatively voted last month to change the common-use name to …
Learn what someone can be punished for. Naming it for what it is helps you to stand up and protect yourself.
“He threw me into a wall after dragging me by my hair, but he didn’t punch me with his fist.” It may not seem like it, but this anecdote is just one example of reportable domestic violence. It was given to me by Terri O’Brien of Sunrise of Pasco County, a domestic violence and sexual assault center. Knowing what counts as domestic violence can be difficult. I thought it would be helpful to know what guidelines and definitions help police and courts punish abusers. Here is what I learned about Florida’s legal definition of domestic violence ( Fl.S.S. 741.28): “Domestic Violence” means any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment …
JS
1:14 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012
Gee, let's sue a parallel sovereign state in a federation for requiring identification to vote and for removing illegal immigrants from the voter rolls which, while may in rare occasions be able to affect national elections but can easily turn local elections fraudulently. On the other hand let's supply the most powerful hand weapons known to man kind to some of the worlds worst criminals in … more ›