Arizona's chief fed judge among shooting victims

Moment Of Silence For Arizona Shooting Victims To Be Led By Obama
WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama steps out on the South Lawn of the White House Monday morning, the thoughts of the nation will turn to Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other Victims of an Assassination attempt against her. Obama will lead the nation in a moment of silence to honor the congresswoman and the six people killed and 13 others wounded in Saturday's shooting outside a Tucson Supermarket. "It will be a time for us to come together as a nation in prayer or reflect...

Arizona's chief fed judge among shooting victims
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, the chief Federal Judge for Arizona, died Saturday, a Victim of a Mass Shooting. Roll was 63. Roll was shot while attending an event for constituents held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was badly wounded in the shooting. Roll was appointed to the federal bench in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. Roll previously served as a state trial judge and as a judge on the midlevel Arizona Court of appeals. He previously worked as a county a...

Arizonas chief fed judge among shooting victims
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, the chief Federal Judge for Arizona, died Saturday, a Victim of a Mass Shooting. Roll was 63. Roll was shot while attending an event for constituents held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was badly wounded in the shooting. Roll was appointed to the federal bench in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. Roll previously served as a state trial judge and as a judge on the midlevel Arizona Court of appeals. He previously worked as a coun...

Profiles of the Arizona shooting victims
The bullets did not discriminate. Sprayed from the barrel of a 9mm Glock semiautomatic pistol by a man whose actions may never make sense, they killed six people and wounded 14 more. Those whose lives ended violently Saturday were participating in a basic democratic exercise. They had come to meet the woman who represents them in Washington, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. A Democrat who had won her third term by a sliver, Giffords was the intended target of the shooter's attack, authorities said. Amo...

Thumbnail sketches of victims in Tucson shooting
Named Arizona’s chief Federal Judge in 2006, U.S. District Judge John M. Roll won acclaim for a career as a respected jurist and leader who had pushed to beef up the court’s strained bench to handle a growing number of border crime-related cases. Roll was appointed to the federal bench in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. He previously served as a state trial judge and as a judge on the midlevel Arizona Court of appeals, and as a county and state prosecutor. Bishop Gerald Kicanas o...

Americas toxic political climate
Recriminations and soul-searching began over whether an inflamed political climate influenced a gunman to shoot a US congresswoman and 19 other people in Arizona. From the left and the right, politicians and commentators seized on the attempted Assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords Saturday as either a reflection of the passions stirred up by rabble-rousing Conservatives or the isolated act of an unhinged psychopath. Liberals highlighted a map posted online ahead of the November ele...

Judge John Roll among Arizona victims
TUCSON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The chief U.S. judge in Arizona, John Roll, was one of the six people killed in a weekend Shooting Spree that injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Ariz. Roll, 64, died of gunshot wounds Saturday outside a Safeway Supermarket when a 22-year-old man opened fire on the congresswoman and killed six people and injured 13, The New York Times reported. Roll, who was provided protection by the U.S. Marshals Service after death threats during a 2009 case involving Mexicans s...

Pelosi Leads Moment of Silence for Shooting Victims
Nancy Pelosi led a moment of silence Saturday, for the Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords who was shot in the head earlier that day. At a planned event in San Francisco, Pelosi said Giffords is a "brilliant and patriotic American," according to the Associated Press. Giffords was hospitalized after being shot at a public event in Tucson, Arizona. The congresswoman is in critical condition after undergoing surgery Sunday morning. Doctors are optimistic for her survival, stating th...

Flags at half-staff for Arizona victims
Published: Jan. 10, 2011 at 9:24 AM The American Flag flies at half-staff at the United States Capitol Jan, 9, 2011. in tribute to the people killed and injured in a Shooting Spree in Arizona a day earlier. UPI/Pat Benic Obama to honor Ariz. Victims, meet Sarkozy WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama ordered flags flown at half-staff this week in honor of the victims of a weekend shooting rampage at an Arizona political event. Other tributes also were planned. Obama signed a proclama...

Blame debate rages over Tucson shooting
Four US Marshals guard the house of US District Judge Cindy Jorgenson, checking the bags, identification and cars of those who draw up outside her house, a 25-minute drive from Tucson. She spent Sunday trying to work out how to deal with the Court Cases that her friend and colleague Judge John Roll was no longer going to be able to hear. Judge Roll was killed on Saturday, one of six fatalities of the mayhem that erupted in Tucson on what should have been a normal weekend. Cindy Jorgenson is calm...

Profiles of Arizona shooting victims
JOHN M. ROLL, 63 • The U.S. District Court judge was named Arizona's chief Federal Judge in 2006. He was appointed to the federal bench in 1991. He previously served as a state trial judge and as a judge on the midlevel Arizona Court of appeals, and as a county and state prosecutor. Survivors include his wife, Maureen; three sons; and five Grandchildren. CHRISTINA TAYLOR GREEN, 9 • Born on Sept. 11, 2001, she was a third-grader at Mesa Verde Elementary School. She loved animals, sing...

Thumbnail sketches of victims in Tucson shooting
Named Arizona's chief Federal Judge in 2006, U.S. District Judge John M. Roll won acclaim for a career as a respected jurist and leader who had pushed to beef up the court's strained bench to handle a growing number of border crime-related cases. Roll was appointed to the federal bench in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. He previously served as a state trial judge and as a judge on the midlevel Arizona Court of appeals, and as a county and state prosecutor. Bishop Gerald Kicanas of the Roman ...

Arizona shooting suspect due in court
PHOENIX, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The suspect in a shooting rampage at a weekend Arizona political event is to be represented by a high-profile federal public defender, a federal official said. Judy Clarke is to appear with Jared Lee Loughner in a Phoenix courtroom Monday and ask to be appointed as his attorney, The Arizona Republic in Phoenix reported. Loughner is accused of opening fire outside of a Tucson Supermarket where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was conducting a meet-and-greet with c...

Clerk: Judge John Roll 'greatly dedicated to his family,' 'family of his staff"
Arizona shooting Six people were killed and 14 others wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona. A photo of U.S. District Judge John Roll sits at a makeshift memorial....

New Evidence Jared Loughner Was Not Political....Just Psycho
The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has brought out all of the political cheap shots, with many on the left continuing to blame the incident on Talk Radio, Fox News, Sarah Palin and in the case of Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, GOP members of Congress rejection of the Obama agenda. However, the more the media and police find out about Jared Loughner the shooter the more we learn that he had to political agenda he was a very disturbed psycho. USA Today, reported that Loughner's teache...

Gunman to appear in court over Arizona shooting
A 22-year-old man will appear in court on Monday charged with attempting to assassinate a congresswoman during a Shooting Spree in Arizona in which six others died. President Barack Obama called on Americans to observe a moment of silence on Monday for Victims of the attack as some officials asked if the nation's often divisive politics had spiraled out of control. The lone gunman, who was overpowered by bystanders at the scene of the shooting, will appear in a Federal Court in the state capit...

Gunman to appear in court over Arizona shooting
Stumble This! A 22-year-old man will appear in court on Monday charged with attempting to assassinate a US congresswoman during a Shooting Spree in Arizona in which six others died, prosecutors said. President Barack Obama called on Americans to observe a moment of silence on Monday for Victims of the attack as some officials asked if the nation's often divisive politics had spiraled out of control. The lone gunman, who was overpowered by bystanders at the scene of the shooting, will appear in ...

Monday round-up
Previews of today’s arguments; weekend coverage of Friday’s certiorari grants; and the Chief Justice responds to Saturday’s shootings. The Court will hear oral argument this morning in two cases. First up is the interstate water dispute, Montana v. Wyoming. At issue in the case is Montana’s contention that Wyoming’s upstream use of increasingly efficient irrigation techniques in two tributaries of the Yellowstone River violates Montana’s rights under the Yello...

American politics: Altered states
Protesters parade an altered photo of President Barack Obama sporting an Adolf Hitler-like mustache. A Candidate for the Senate muses about gun “remedies” if Election Results don’t go the right way. Members of Congress are spat on and taunted with racial epithets before casting votes for a Healthcare Reform bill. Welcome to politics American-style. For the past few years, some public officeholders and pundits have warned that the political Rhetoric has gotten a little too overh...

Mark Kelly Statement: Gabby Giffords' Husband Addresses Arizona Shooting
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband Mark Kelly, a NASA Astronaut, issued a statement on the shooting on Sunday evening. He suggests that people who want to help make a donation to the American Red Cross or a Tucson-based food bank, "two organizations that Gabby has long valued and supported." The full statement is below. * * * * On behalf of Gabby and our entire family, I want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the people of Arizona and this great nation for their unbelievable outpouring of su...

Members Of Congress To Get Security Suggestions In Wake Of Arizona Shooting
WASHINGTON — A House Democratic leader says he thinks lawmakers will be taking precautions when meeting with the public in the wake of a congresswoman's shooting in Arizona. Connecticut Rep. John Larson, who heads the House Democratic Caucus, says lawmakers will continue to have open sessions with their constituents. Leaders from both parties held a Conference Call Sunday with the House sergeant at arms to discuss security in the aftermath of the attack that wounded Arizona Democratic Re...

DHS Memo Suggests Jared Loughners Motiviation Might Have Been Anti-Semitism
The mystery surrounding the motivation of Jared Loughner might be starting to clear up. According to numerous reports, the alleged assailant in the weekend shooting in Arizona has not cooperated with authorities, but a reported memo from the Department of Homeland Security procured by Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin provides some clues.On her Greta Wire blog, Fox News host Greta Van Susteren published the DHS memo which suggests that Loughner might be be linked to an “anti-Semitic” ...

REPORT: Threats increasing on The Hill...
The weekend shooting in Arizona critically wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords and killed one of her aides. Also killed were a Federal Judge and four other people. Now, we're getting word that lawmakers are concerned about increased threats. Senate Sergeant at Arms, Terrance Gainer, told Federal News Radio, "we probably in the Senate have about five of these threats going at any one time. Last year there were 49 threats, the year before there were 29. This is just on the Senate side. And...

This Week in Congress
In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: Leader Cantor Statement on the Legislative Schedule for the Week of January 10th WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) issued the following statement regarding the legislative schedule for the House of Representatives during the upcoming week: "In consultation with the Speaker and the Democratic Leadership, I have postponed all previously-scheduled Legislation for the coming week to accommodate any ac...

This Week in Congress
In the House, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader: Leader Cantor Statement on the Legislative Schedule for the Week of January 10th WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) issued the following statement regarding the legislative schedule for the House of Representatives during the upcoming week: "In consultation with the Speaker and the Democratic Leadership, I have postponed all previously-scheduled Legislation for the coming week to accommodate any ac...