in a remediation plan or leave the school s counseling program. she has chosen to sue. this seems like a freedom of religion first amendment case. that doesn t necessarily mean that she has a lawsuit here but what s your take on this? this is strange. i ll help you wrap your brain around it. please. this is a case which at first blush looks and you re exactly right looks like a first amendment freedom of religion case but when you think more deeply about what the university is doing, they re saying, look, this is a counseling program. this is what is required youch don t have to accept it or practice it or believe it. so one s first blush or first reaction is she s going to win in federal district court under the first amendment freedom of religion. she is going to fail. and when you look at the president, jim, several cases around the country, a student has never won in a case against
will it impact politics? you saw a lot of protests in arizona and across the country this week against the measure. that could spark an increase in registering hispanic voters which in the long term can affect them. check this out. a striking down of parts of the measure could energize them more than the democrats to vote this november. jim? thanks, paul. moving on to afghanistan, july was the deadliest month for the u.s. since the war started nine years ago. 66 killed including three on friday. the death toll increases as they lash out. they posted a message on the website saying general david petraeus s plan. they were arrested while hike ag long iran s border with iraq.
course. she s saying, no, i won t. a woman is sentenced to a year in jail, again, trying to wrap my brain around it so help me out. a year in jail for texting threats to herself. i m a pretty smart guy. texting threats to herself and blaming her ex-boyfriend and sister-in-law. what in the world is going on should i be worried about the text i send to myself? i guess, jim, hell has no fury. they broke up. relationship over. what does she do? she goes and get as prepaid cell phone in the name of her sister-in-law and starts making these insane threatening text messages but she gets busted. they trace it back to her purchasing the phone. she gets caught, prosecuted, she s going to do a year in prison, three years in probation and have to pay restitution of $50,000. how are you texts doing? number one, you are a very
welcome back. the conservative blogger who ignited the shirley sherrod firestorm could soon find himself on the wrong end of the lawsuit. and what s next for the arizona controversial immigration law. let s talk with our legal guys. new york richard herman is in honolulu, hawaii, joining us by phone. we ll pretend it s technical cameras keeping you off camera. technical issues, that s good, jim. avery, thanks for joining us. this has just developed in the last 24 hours. j jan brewer s request for an appeal has been denied. where does that leave us with that issue right now. what it means is arguments instead of taking place next week will take place in november. i don t know what the governor should be upset about.
the university in this sort of case. think it looks good but she s going down. the case is going to be thrown out in court. jim, she s just not expressing her views. she s expressing derogatory views against alternative lifestyles in a profession where she s supposed to be able to show some sensitivity and dignity. she has an obligation to not make the kind of statements she s making during the course of her study in a completely derogatory and basically bashing these alternative lifestyles. the university is saying, you know, don t study here and don t study counseling because it s not right for you. it goes back to the old say issing of freedom of religion ends at the schoolhouse doors? no, no, no. i think it is at the schoolhouse doorm doors. all they re saying is take the