that will add to the rolls of the mentally ill filling our prisons.

We have to get more funding for mental health facilities in this country.

Her blog postings and lawsuits indicate someone who is quite unhinged. I don't wish for her to be jailed, I wish for her to get the treatment she needs. Just Google her name. Some really disturbing thoughts.

Serious question: is there any way other than by jailing her and having a hearing on this issue for anyone outside her family to get help for her? You may not know any more than I do about it, joshcryer, but it is an important part of this story. I really don't know if any authorities involved can decide she is mentally ill, have her evaluated and force her to accept help or if it is something her lawyer would have to raise in defense of this case.

that it will only embarrass any Republican who tries to use it. Furthermore, the shoe-thrower is probably a republican and the video footage only underscores how unhinged they've become.

with the findings.

also former First Lady.

I saw in one of the pics of the event a SS agent come out from one of the stage wings and he had his hand on his gun holster. If needed, I don't doubt that he would have used it.

can certainly be considered assault.

Throw the book at her.

Although it would be better if she gets psychiatric help. She has a history of disturbing actions.

The shoe incident may have been minor, but it's still worrisome. Ernst was not an attendee at this conference, and yet she managed to get within a few feet of Hillary. How about if the next disturbed person pulls out a gun instead of a shoe?

I don't advocate violence against any public figure, even the ones I don't support.

Let our Laws take care of this issue.

"That would be politically smarter..."

What specifically leads you to that premise?

the she will receive treatment rather than punishment. If she is found to be of sound mind then she has potentially committed a crime and there is no reason to give her a break. It makes no sense to suggest that Hillary just "drop it," no for the shoe-thrower's sake or for her own.

Ernst is mentally ill and needs treatment. It became a federal charge because she assaulted a SS protectee, a former first lady.

the Executive picking up to phone to direct investigations does not end well, as our Constitution intended.

She committed a federal crime, in front of federal LEOs. Our federal system doesn't allow for a null pross in that situation.

And no.....read how Watergate happened! President Obama does not call the AG and tell him who to prosecute, and who to let off.

She committed a federal crime in front of federal LEOs. On tape. She's getting prosecuted.

She had an outburst during the court trial of the Colorado movie shooter in 2012. When arrested said she was obsessed with him, he was "in her head". She asked for a restraining order from the court to get him out.

Our court system is horrible with mental health treatment.

More than half of the prison population has mental problems. Ditto for the homeless population.

As long as it's not one of the 'for profit' contractor paid- Immigration Federal prisons.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 10:56 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) ...

Alison Michelle Ernst, 36, was taken into custody late Monday in Phoenix and was scheduled to appear Tuesday before a federal magistrate judge there, said Natalie Collins, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden.

Federal prosecutors in Las Vegas had obtained an arrest warrant after filing trespassing and violence against a person charges against Ernst on Sunday. The charges increase the possible consequences for Ernst if she is convicted.

She had already been arrested on a local misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge carrying a possible six-month sentence in county jail. She was released by police with a June 24 court date in Las Vegas. Charges weren’t immediately filed ...

http://www.trivalleycentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/national_news/feds-re-arrest-woman-in-clinton-shoe-throw/article_735fa9a2-c590-11e3-ada3-0019bb2963f4.html

BTW, Hillary doesn't run the Justice Department. It seems you are posting as if the Feds and Hillary are somehow working together.

And Eric Holder is the boss of people who decide who is prosecuted.

I like Hillary too, and I do think it would be a good idea, strategically, for her to ask for mercy for this woman.