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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleRand 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)
View ArticlePresident 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,...
View ArticleTSA 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:
View ArticleToo 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...
View ArticleJudge 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...
View ArticleJudge 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...
View ArticleJudge 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...
View ArticleCato 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...
View ArticleCop: “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...
View ArticleFlorida 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...
View ArticleJudge 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...
View ArticleGary Johnson: Elect One of Our Own
Gov. Johnson’s latest campaign ad: Our complete Gary Johnson archive
View ArticleMarijuana 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...
View ArticleGov. 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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