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Defending the Indefensible

Here is a letter to the St. Petersburg Times: Sue Carlton is absolutely right to point out the importance of why those who commit the most unforgivable and horrendous acts deserve to be defended like...

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New Report Looks at Post 9/11 Civil Liberties Abuses, Way Forward

The ACLU* released a new report which documents the countless civil liberties abuses of the past decade and “explores how sacrificing America’s values – including justice, individual liberty, and the...

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Rand Paul, Best Senator by a Long Shot, Defends Bill of Rights

Watch Sen. Paul (R-KY) vigilantly defend the ‘quaint notion’ of due process rights under the Constitution against those who continue to erode what’s left of our civil liberties: (h/t Lucy Steigerwald)

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President Obama’s Use of the Pardon Power

Since winning the 2008 election, President Obama has been rather stingy when exercising his Article II section 2 power to issue pardons. And when he does use the power constitutionally granted to him,...

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TSA Detains Sen. Rand Paul in Nashville

The details are still unfolding, but the news is available at Examiner.com. UPDATE: Sen. Paul appeared on Freedom Watch to sound off on the day’s events:

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Too Much Plea Bargaining

Using the Supreme Court’s two decisions handed down today regarding plea bargaining, Cato’s Tim Lynch takes the opportunity to zoom out and look at the pervasiveness of plea bargaining in general, and...

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Judge Andrew Napolitano on What Constitutes a Fair Trial

The Napster has a great piece up at Reason. Here is the opening paragraph, but I strongly suggest you read the entire article. The trial of the alleged masterminds of 9/11, which began last week at the...

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Judge Napolitano on Freedom Dying

Here’s a snippet from the Napster’s latest Reason piece, but the entire article is well worth reading: What if Memorial Day reminds us of times when we had more freedom? What if freedom is dying right...

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Judge Napolitano on Obama’s Secret Kill List

The Napster’s new Reason column maintains, “The essence of our values is the rule of law, not the rule of presidents.” The leader of the government regularly sits down with his senior generals and...

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Cato Video: States Should Refuse to Create ObamaCare Exchanges

Cato’s Director of Health Policy Studies, Michael F. Cannon, explains why states should “flatly” refuse to create ObamaCare (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009) exchanges – especially...

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Cop: “Your First Amendment rights can be terminated…”

WOW! MSNBC’s Bob Sullivan wrote about the video this morning at Redtape Chronicle: “Your First Amendment rights can be terminated,” yells the Chicago police officer, caught on video right before...

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Florida Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of State’s Controversial Drug...

Dating back about 400 years is the bedrock common law principle of criminal law that a crime essentially consists of two elements — the guilty act itself (actus reus) and the guilty mind of the...

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Judge Napolitano on Government Acting Above The Rule of Law

More excellence from the Napster’s weekly Reason column: The values in America are set forth in the Declaration of Independence, and the governmental structures in America are set forth in the...

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Gary Johnson: Elect One of Our Own

Gov. Johnson’s latest campaign ad:   Our complete Gary Johnson archive

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Marijuana Prohibition Loses Ground to Federalism

As a constitutional republic, the US system of government is designed on the principles of federalism. In our federalist system the federal government is one of enumerated powers and those powers not...

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Gov. Gary Johnson Speaks in North Carolina

Saturday morning in Huntersville, North Carolina, libertarian voters gathered for a “Liberty 5K Fun Run” fundraiser. Then during a packed lunch fundraiser at Fox and Hound in uptown Charlotte,...

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