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C ... O ... N ... G ... R ... E ... S ... S ... CONGRESS!
Earlier this week, in my other blogosphere role, I went on a little bit of a rant about the Eagles chant. Well it seems that Representative Patrick Murphy is one Congressman who doesn't probably need to be told about the chant...

PRO-IMMIGRANT GROUPS TARGET ANTI-IMMIGRANT DEMOCRAT
Philadelphia-area Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-PA) is coming under fire for supporting an anti-immigration resolution in the House. America's Voice has launched an online campaign to force Murphy to remove his name from the hardline resolution: America?s Voice announced today the beginning of an online advertising campaign to encourage Americans to contact Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-PA) and demand that he remove his name from controversial immigration resolution H...

COMPROMISES COMING ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
Last week, Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) introduced the Bipartisan Reform of Immigration through Good Enforcement Resolution in the lower house of Congress. According to Congressman Chaffetz, the resolution does three things: · make E-Verify mandatory for all employers, and hold employees accountable as well; · provide sufficient border infrastructure and manpower to secure and control our borders; and, · reject amnesty and any legal status which pardons those here in violation of our laws...

"Congressman tries again on animal cruelty law; Rep. Elton Gallegly introduces a narrower bill after the Supreme Court rejects a 1999 law that made it a federal crime to sell so-called animal crush videos"
"Congressman tries again on animal cruelty law; Rep. Elton Gallegly introduces a narrower bill after the Supreme Court rejects a 1999 law that made it a federal crime to sell so-called animal crush videos": The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

Tancredo Introduces Jihad Prevention Act
The Religion Clause Blog reports: “Last week, Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo introduced H.R. 6975, the Jihad Prevention Act, which would deny visas to anyone who promotes the introduction of Sharia law into the U...

next edition
The important cases for the upcoming edition have been addressed here previously, chiefly the stay in Skinner. One curiously missed case missed last week and not previously covered is Ingram v...