Rep. Landry Offers Amendment to NDAA to Protect Civil Liberties
The National Defense Authorization Act will be made law with the stroke of President Obama’s pen (perhaps autopen from Hawaii?). With the enactment...
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Amish Dairy Farmer Selling Raw Milk Won’t Be Cowed by FDA
Milk may do a body good, but selling it without the government’s stamp of approval does not. Dan Allgyer, an Amish dairy farmer,...
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Minn. Landowners Battle County Commission for Their Property Rights
The rights granted to the American people by their Creator, and secured by the U.S. Constitution, are slowly being taken under siege by...
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Against Nebraska Abortion Law
Last Friday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction issued by a lower federal court which blocks the enforcement against an...
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Is it Time for a New Declaration of Independence?
Recently there has been much discussion of the eradication of the panoply of fundamental principles of liberty by the Congress and attempts to...
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Head of Traditional Values Coalition Detained as Security Threat to Clinton
U.S. State Department security personnel detained a conservative activist at last week’s conference to help implement a United Nations resolution that seeks to...
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Gingrich and the Courts: No, Sir, That Ain’t History
Newt Gingrich is fond of reminding listeners that he was a history professor. As with most things the former Speaker of the House...
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Sackett v. EPA Headed to the Supreme Court
Between acts of the legislative branch and regulations of branches of the executive branch, due process is being run out of town on...
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Congress Gave the President Sweeping New Power to Detain Americans Indefinitely
If you're like me, you've been looking for some definitive analysis of exactly what Congress did regarding the detainee policy in the conference...
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Feinstein Introduces Due Process Guarantee Act
On December 15, just hours after the Senate had passed the compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Senator Diane Feinstein...
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Rights Activists “Appalled” as Senate Passes Prison Without Trial Bill
Despite protests that the legislation will negate centuries old rights guaranteed by the Constitution, the Senate Thursday passed a bill authorizing the arrest and...
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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Arizona Immigration Law
On Monday, the justices of the Supreme Court were very busy issuing orders and approving petitions. Already having committed themselves to considering...
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Indefinite Imprisonment Moves Toward Final Passage
The White House has dropped the threat of a veto of the military authorization bill that would declare the entire world, including the...
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Licensing Tour Guides is Unconstitutional, says the Institute for Justice
In its press release on Tuesday the Institute for Justice announced it is going to bat for the freedom of tour guides in...
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Fed “Supermax” Facilities House Convicted Terrorists: Due Process Violation
On November 17, four convicted terrorists appealed to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado, to review the alleged violation of...
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