John Roll Killing in Arizona Puts Focus on Judges' Security

So who will? Someone has to...
PHOENIX (AP) -- All Federal Judges in Arizona have recused themselves from hearing the case against the man accused of shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and four other federal employees. An order issued Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver says the impartiality of the Arizona judges could be questioned given that one of people killed in the shooting was U.S. District Judge John Roll of Tucson. Roll was the chief federal judge for Arizona. Alex Kozinski, chief judge for the 9th U.S. C...

Obama urges nation to speak healing words in Ariz.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Summoning the soul of a nation, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored Americans to honor those slain and injured in the Arizona shootings by becoming better people, telling a polarized citizenry that it is time to talk with each other “in a way that heals, not in a way wounds.” Following a Hospital bedside visit with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the target of the Assassination, he said: “She knows we’re here, and she knows we love her.”...

About Judge John Roll
The Daily Beast talks with a US Marshal about Judge John Roll: You've spent time with the judge's family, how are they faring? Gabby had put out a robo-call the day before the attack, I got it on my cell, and the judge had also. That morning on Saturday he had gone to Mass, and then came home and listened to his cell messages, where he heard the robo-call that she was holding her gathering at the Safeway at Ina and Oracle. He told his wife Mo [Maureen] that he'd stop by to see Gabby and be b...

[Headline] - PRESIDENT COOL SAYS CHILL
TUCSON, Ariz. – Summoning the soul of a nation, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored Americans to honor those slain and injured in the Arizona shootings by becoming better people, telling a polarized citizenry that it is time to talk with each other "in a way that heals, not in a way wounds." Following a Hospital bedside visit with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the target of the Assassination, he said: "She knows we're here, and she knows we love her." In a memorably dramatic moment, th...

6 killed in Tucson remembered at memorial
TUCSON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Six people killed at a political event in Tucson were memorialized at a rally Wednesday, one day after a memorial mass in their honor at a Tucson church. Christina Green and those who died with her were remembered Tuesday in a mass at the church where the 9-year-old had her first communion. Bishop Gerald Kicanas gave the homily at St. Odilia Roman Catholic Church, the Arizona Star reported. The aftermath of the Rep. Giffords shooting The service was called a Mass for th...

Arizona fed. judges off shooter case
All Arizona’s Federal Judges have been ordered to recuse themsleves from themselves from hearing alleged gunman Jared Lee Loughner’s case, it was announced Wednesday. In an order, U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver said that because District Judge John Roll was among those killed in the failed attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s (D-Ariz.) life, all the state’s Federal Judges would not be permitted to sit in judgment on the case. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset POL...

Obama goes for unity in Tucson memorial speech
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Summoning the soul of a nation, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored Americans to honor those slain and injured in the Arizona shootings by becoming better people, telling a polarized citizenry that it is time to talk with each other "in a way that heals, not in a way wounds." Following a Hospital bedside visit with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the target of the Assassination, he said: "She knows we're here, and she knows we love her." In a memorably dramatic momen...

The Speech
The Speech by digby For my money it was the best speech he's given as president ---simple, human and uplifting in a difficult moment. As the father of two little girls himself his evocation of Christina Green was particularly poignant. He's not known for sentimentality, but he showed heart and it was good. As Prepared for Delivery— To the families of those we’ve lost; to all who called them friends; to the Students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people o...

Archbishop Chaput Honors Life of Slain Judge John Roll
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. “John Roll was, finally, a man of unusual personal graciousness,” [Chaput] remarks. “Despite their political differences, Judge Roll and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat, had a cordial relationship of mutual respect.” Precisely because of their differences, the Archbishop says, Judge Roll tried to greet Giffords at her local appearances whenever he could. “On the morning of his death, Judge...

Obama: Don't turn on each other
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Summoning the soul of a nation, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored Americans to honor those slain and injured in the Arizona shootings by becoming better people, telling a polarized citizenry that it is time to talk with each other "in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds." Following a Hospital bedside visit with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the target of the Assassination, he said: "She knows we're here, and she knows we love her." In a memorably dramatic...

President Obama: "Our hearts are broke"
Republican Governor Jan Brewer stated that the acts of Jared Loughner last Saturday morning outside of a Safeway in Tucson were those done by a “mad man” and “senseless”.  The names of those who passed in the shooting were read and prayers and biblical scripture were cited by those in attendance.  Additionally, President Obama stated that he had visited Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and stated that she had opened her eyes for the first time since the incident.  P...

The desperation of the left
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Daniel Henninger: ... They expected to take losses in November. What they got instead was Armageddon. Suddenly an authentic reform movement, linked to the Republican Party, whose goal simply is to stop the public spending curve, had come to life. This poses a mortal threat to the financial oxygen in the economic ecosystem that the public wing of the Democratic Party has inhabited all these years. The stakes for the American left in 2012 couldn't possibly be h...

Obama in Tucson: Full text of prepared remarks
Here are Obama's full remarks, as prepared for delivery; we know he deviated from them a little, as when he said "Gabby opened her eyes." To the families of those we've lost; to all who called them friends; to the Students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow. There is nothing I can say that will fill the sudden...

Loughner Case Will Be Heard By California Judge
What is this? "All Federal Judges in Arizona have recused themselves from the case against the man accused of shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a federal judge and three other federal employees," the AP reports. In an order issued today, U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver says that the impartiality of the judges could be affected by the fact that U.S. District Judge John Roll was killed when, police say, Jared Loughner went on a shooting rampage outside an Arizona Supermarket. NPR ...

Text: President Obama's Tucson Memorial Speech
Tucson, Ariz. - "To the families of those we've lost; to all who called them friends; to the Students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow. There is nothing I can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts. But know this: the hopes of a nation are here tonight. We mourn with you for the fallen. We jo...

Loughner Case Will Be Heard By California Judge
What is this? "All Federal Judges in Arizona have recused themselves from the case against the man accused of shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a federal judge and three other federal employees," the AP reports. In an order issued today, U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver says that the impartiality of the judges could be affected by the fact that U.S. District Judge John Roll was killed when, police say, Jared Loughner went on a shooting rampage outside an Arizona Supermarket. NPR ...

Obama Arizona Memorial Speech: FULL TEXT
As released by the White House, below are President Obama's prepared remarks for his Speech at the Arizona memorial: Click here for live updates from the event and here for more coverage from the Associated Press on the president's speech. To the families of those we've lost; to all who called them friends; to the Students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pr...

Tucson Memorial: Obamas Speech Based On The Premise That Attack Was Political
I’ve posted the full transcript of Obama’s memorial Speech below. Here are some of my reactions. First, the crowd was awful. The cheering, the cat calls and the shouting was downright charring and entirely inappropriate. At times it was clear that many in attendance, up to and including the President himself, was uncomfortable with it. Second, I thought Obama’s Speech was a mixture of good and bad. He did well in memorializing the Victims, but his Speech still seemed based on t...

Obama in Tucson
Here's the Speech: To the families of those we've lost; to all who called them friends; to the Students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow. There is nothing I can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts. But know this: the hopes of a nation are here tonight. We mourn with you for the fallen. We...

Obama's Arizona Speech: Transcript, Video
As Prepared for Delivery. To the families of those we've lost; to all who called them friends; to the Students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow. There is nothing I can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts. But know this: the hopes of a nation are here tonight. We mourn with you for the fall...

Text of President Obama's speech at Tucson memorial service
To the families of those we’ve lost; to all who called them friends; to the Students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow. There is nothing I can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts. But know this: the hopes of a nation are here tonight. We mourn with you for the fallen. We join you in yo...

The Tuscon Memorial Service Open Thread
To the families of those we’ve lost; to all who called them friends; to the students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow. There is nothing I can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts. But know this: the hopes of a nation are here tonight. We mourn with you for the fallen. We join you in yo...

California federal judge appointed in Arizona shooting case
A Federal Judge from California has been appointed to preside over upcoming hearings in the case of Jared Lee Loughner, the accused gunman in Saturday's Killing Spree in Tucson, Arizona. Judge Larry Burns is a 2003 Bush Appointee serving in the U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego. The next federal hearing in the case is scheduled for January 24 in Phoenix. All federal judges in Arizona have recused themselves from hearing the case after Judge John Roll, the chief federa...

Rhetoric as comfort food: The mac-and-cheese instinct
Neither the right nor the left lost any time criticizing the other after the Tucson shootings, but it's increasingly clear the suspect was not politically motivated. If only we could go back to Monday. Discussions about Saturday's shootings in Tucson, which killed six and wounded 13, including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, were so much simpler then: inflamed, righteous and deliciously partisan in a comfort-food kind of way. The fallout from the tragedy took a neat and predictable course: t...

Tucson shooting suspect had several scrapes with police
By Tim Gaynor TUCSON, Arizona | Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:57pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The college Drop Out accused of shooting six people dead in Arizona had previous police encounters as far back as 2004 for drug use, drunkenness and other troubles in school but no record of violence, Police Reports released on Wednesday showed. The Pima County Sheriff's Department, the lead local agency investigating Saturday's Shooting Spree, also said that various unspecified threats Jared Lee Loughner ...