Iraqis React to Partial US Withdrawl

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2009-06-29-iraq_N.htm

4 US Servicemen Killed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq

CIA Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/IZ.html

Two Contend They're President of Honduras

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124632227606871269.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

CIA Factbook Honduras

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/HO.html

President Obama Meets With LGBT Leaders

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR2009062904328.html?hpid=topnews

Wash Blade/Transcript

http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=25965

WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124631826180170897.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Canada's Different Approach: Hate Speech Laws

http://www.nationalpost.com/story-printer.html?id=1745188

Pakistan Militants End Truce

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/world/asia/01pstan.html?hp

Seeds of Mideast Peace

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEEDS_OF_PEACE?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

Commentary on New Haven Firefighters

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/opinion/30Greenhouse.html

Court Opinion: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-1428.pdf

NYT: Confusion Follows Fighfighter Case

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/us/30impact.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all

NYT: S. Ct. Refuses 9/11 Appeal

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/us/30victim.html?ref=nyregion

Anti-Illegal Immigration Group in Spotlight After Killings

http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/298890

SPLC: Mississippi Pol Address Racist Group

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2009/06/29/mississippi-pol-said-to-be-governor’s-ally-speaks-to-racist-group/

LA Hate Crime Case's Hero: Victim's Wife

http://www.wwltv.com/local/lafourche/stories/wwl062909hatecrimes.1a9b53a8.html

Provincetown, MA Hate Crime Forum Set For Sunday, 6/28

http://www.wickedlocal.com/provincetown/news/x1686365368/Hate-crime-public-forum-set-for-Sun

Commentary: Pass Matthew Shepard Hate Act: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/29/levin.hate.law/

Commentary: Proposed Fed Hate Crime Law Breaches Free Speech, Double Jeopardy

http://townhall.com/columnists/RobertKnight/2009/06/29/hate_crimes_bill_would_federalize_criminal_law,_revive_double_jeopardy&Comments=true

Fact Check: Supreme Court Ruled Otherwise:

Wisconsin v. Mitchell, 508 U.S. 476 (1993) (Unanimous Opinion Upholding Hate Crime Laws):

"The First Amendment, moreover, does not prohibit the evidentiary use of speech to establish the elements of a crime or to prove motive or intent. Evidence of a defendant's previous declarations or statements is commonly admitted in criminal trials subject to evidentiary rules dealing with relevancy, reliability, and the like. Nearly half a century ago, in Haupt v. United States, 330 U. S. 631 (1947), we rejected a contention similar to that advanced by Mitchell here. Haupt was tried for the offense of treason, which, as defined by the Constitution (Art. III, § 3), may depend very much on proof of motive."

United States v. Lanza, 260 U.S. 377 (1922)

"It follows that an act denounced as a crime by both national and state sovereignties is an offense against the peace and dignity of both, and may be punished by each."