Rasmussen Polling asks:
Should the Supreme Court make decisions based on what’s written in the Constitution and legal precedents or should it be guided mostly by a sense of fairness and justice?
60% What’s written in the constitution
30% It should be guided by fairness and justice
11% Not sure.
Also of note is the crosstabs:
While 82% of voters who [...]

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Not long ago I randomly met a Libertarian Party staffer in a local drinking establishment who told me that the Barr campaign has high hopes for landing the endorsement of the NRA.
While I think he probably should get it (Barr gets an A+ rating from the group and is an NRA board member, while McCain [...]

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Today the Supreme Court ruled on three cases. I can’t speak to the third, but two - one on free speech and one on the Second Amendment - are victories for individual rights.
In Davis v. FEC the court invalidated the so-called “Millionaires Amendment” of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance speech regulation.
While BCRA does not impose [...]

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Paul Calls TTC Decision “A Major Victory For Texas”
by John Pape
Area congressman Ron Paul (R-Lake Jackson) has hailed the Texas Department of Transportation’s decision to abandon plans for the Trans-Texas Corridor as” a major victory for Texas.”
Paul’s congressional district includes portions of Fort Bend County, including much of the Cinco Ranch area. Just over a [...]

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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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Anyone who thinks that voting for either of the major party candidates will lead us towards more freedom must remember that Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia (Two Minute Hate to Follow).
Old Thinkers believe in the slavery of the individual over one’s own self. They called this “freedom,” as though a [...]

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My inaugural post on the Ron Paul Blog was delayed by a few days because after 8 months in the trenches of the presidential campaign, I needed to relax and recharge my batteries. That meant a visit to Costa Rica. 
I find the “Rich Coast,” as Columbus coined it, to be an interesting study in comparative [...]

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In the New American magazine’s latest issue, Ron Paul was the only Congressman to score a perfect 100% score.
The result isn’t suprising since “The Freedom Index” describes itself as “A Congressional Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution.” The average House score was only 40% and Paul was the only Congressman over 90%.
A PDF of [...]

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