Big immigration news day: The Supreme Court strikes down Arizona's law requiring additional proof of citizenship for voter registration, and ICE raids and seizes 14 East Coast 7-Eleven stores .

On the Supreme Court Case, the court held

The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 trumps Arizona’s Proposition 200. The federal law “precludes Arizona from requiring a federal form applicant to submit information beyond that required by the form itself,” Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority.

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I've been writing the next "chapter" of what I call the "DEA's Most Excellent African Adventures" for days but keep getting pulled in by databases I run across while trying to connect more dots. Some I've used for a while, but others are new to me.

If you are interested in world wide drug busts and seizures, here are a few that can suck up a weekend of reading time (they are updated daily and you can set your own search terms):

• InfoPig (cocaine, drugs, seizures)
• Global Drug Interdiction Map (scroll down for running list of busts)

For free federal and many state court decisions, check out CourtListener. It's an academic, open source project with more than 800,000 opinions, with internal hyperlinks to other cases. It's searchable by keywords, names, dates and court. In addition to all federal circuit opinions, here is the list of other federal and state court opinions that are included. It's updated daily. [More....]

TalkLeft turns 11 years old today. Wow. The time has just flown by. I wonder if I would have began this endeavor if I knew then I would be writing every day for the next 11 years.

While it's only natural that we ebb and flow, we still work really hard at keeping you up to date with the latest news on politics, crime, and injustice, tracking down actual court and legislative documents so you can read them yourselves -- and making sure the conversation stays civil by weeding out the blog-cloggers and drive-bys who try to hijack or dominate the discussion or insult our commenters. [More...]

Edward Snowden says he'll stay in Hong Kong and fight extradition.

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Where in the world should Edward Snowden seek asylum? Early this morning I suggested:

Maybe he should go to New Zealand and hang out at the Dot Com mansion. NZ might not be so willing to provide mutual assistance in arresting Snowden after the debacle of the Kim Dotcom raid.

Australian barrister Geoffrey Robertson also thinks Snowden should go to New Zealand and join Kim Dotcom in fighting extradition to the U.S. He says Russia is another possibility, while Hong Kong is not a good idea because China might interfere.

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Having a good weekend so far?

Zimmmermanpalooza starts Monday! Are you stoked? I'll be deliberately AWOL during the trial (as opposed to the forced absence of work load.) Good luck to you all. (Added by Jeralyn: Note that this is written by Big Tent Democat. TalkLeft and I will definitely be following all developments.)

Open Thread.

It's a jail day for me. Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

At the Bradley Manning trial: Former computer hacker Adrian Lamo testified today.

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A busy work day. Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

Supreme Court allows taking DNA swabs from arrestees.

The party at Owl Farm is about to get underway. Here's the tent with the stage the bands will be playing on. [More....]

It's time for the Annual NORML legal conference in Aspen.

Have a great weekend, I'll be checking in from time to time, but not before late tonight.

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