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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Because the TSA does such a good job arresting 5-year old “terrorists,” mistaking iPod Chargers for bombs and strip-searching soldiers returning to the U.S. with their dead comrades, Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-IL) wants TSA screeners (pardon me that’s “officers”) to take on a new task: checking the size of passengers’ carry-on luggage.
Sometimes the idiocy of [...]
Given that Sotomayor was nominated by Barack Obama, I never had high hopes that she’d be good on federalism, guns, economic regulation, labor issues, property rights or the rest of the issues that I agree with the Court “conservatives” on. I did, however, hope that she’d be at least good on the things that [...]
Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA), as quoted in the Baltimore Sun:
“The one thing that’s been proven is the absolute fear-mongering that’s being used to drive us is false,” Sherman said. “I’ve seen members turn to each other and say if we don’t pass this bill, we’re going to have martial law in the United States.”
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I’m not one for government-mandates, but I’ve always observed that if “liberal” jurists read the 2nd Amendment like they some did other parts of the Constitution, they’d probably want to mandate gun ownership.
Which is just what a small town of Kennesaw, GA did. Despite the dire predictions by anti-gun rights activists, the city is now [...]
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Ok, so you can have a handgun in D.C. now, but only in your home and only if it’s unloaded and locked away. At least, that’s the law the DC government is attempting to pass in the wake of Heller. (Unfortunately, the Supreme Court left plenty of leeway by saying that “reasonable” restrictions on gun [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
