The Never Ending Campaign for Liberty
Mary Theroux explains why you shouldn’t believe government claims that Census answers are confidential:
I saw a huge new billboard in San Francisco the other day—part of the $350 million ad campaign supporting this year’s $14 billion Census—picturing an American Indian in full regalia against a black background, apparently in the process of worshiping the sky, [...]
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Drunk driving laws don’t often come up as a campaign issue, but when they do my reaction isn’t always what the person who brings them up in a campaign usually intends. DUI law in our country is chock full of gross violations of Constitutional rights, so I find myself impulsively sympathetic to the candidate accused [...]
Another episode yesterday of Freedom Watch from Fox’s Strategy Room.
The first guest? British MP and RonPaulBlog.com reader (we’re on his blogroll) Daniel Hannan. Other guests include regulars Peter Schiff, Lew Rockwell and Steve Bierfeldt.
I still say this deserves to be on actual television (not just internet only). How could it not get better [...]
A good appearance by Bob Barr on George Stephanopoulos’ show:
On Friday, most Americans “celebrated” America’s Indepence by taking the day off wor, BBQ-ing and watching fireworks. What was missed is that so much of the Declaration of independence seems to have been voided in the over two hundred years since it was signed.
Most obvious is that the Declaration of Independence makes it clear that [...]
Here’s another example of the problem that comes with trusting one individual to restrain government force.
Guess who said the following:
Given the grave threats that we face, our national security agencies must have the capability to gather intelligence and track down terrorists before they strike, while respecting the rule of law and the privacy and civil [...]
Over on the National Review, Mark Levin rushes to John McCain’s defense against George Will whose recent column goes after McCain for his criticism of the recent decision of the Supreme Court to allow habeas corpus rights for terror suspects being held in Guantanamo. (McCain’s response showed his blatant disregard for civil liberties and the Constitution.)
Levin’s post certainly evokes the old [...]
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This week in a 5-4 decision the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that the detainees, some of whom have been held for six years, had rights under habeas corpus, a long-standing legal principle by which people can challenge their imprisonment.
While criticizing the decision John McCain made the following remarks:
The United States Supreme Court yesterday rendered a decision [...]
