by Trevor Timm. High Court manipulated by DOJ's false statements. If you blinked this week, you might have missed the news: two Senators accused the Justice Department
of lying about NSA warrantless surveillance to the US supreme court
last year, and those falsehoods all but ensured that mass spying on
Americans would continue. ... MORE
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How Much Government Has Lied To Defend The NSA
by Trevor Timm. High Court manipulated by DOJ's false statements. If you blinked this week, you might have missed the news: two Senators accused the Justice Department
of lying about NSA warrantless surveillance to the US supreme court
last year, and those falsehoods all but ensured that mass spying on
Americans would continue. ... MOREThomas Sowell: Kangaroo Courts On Campus
Does political correctness trump justice? There seems to be a full-court press on to get colleges to "do something" about rape on campus. But there seems to be remarkably little attention paid to two crucial facts: (1) rape is a crime and (2) colleges are not qualified to be law-enforcement institutions. Why are rapists not reported to ... MOREDonald Sterling And What We're Learning About Privacy
by Mitch Albom. Now that Donald Sterling has been banned, fined and condemned — the proper, if ugly, conclusion, in my mind — we should discuss how it happened. Most of us don't need to worry about angry mistresses, Department of Justice investigations, discrimination lawsuits and a history of bigoted comments. But all of us need to worry ... MOREFederal Prison Population Grows 27% In Ten Years
Who says government fails to stimulate growth? The number of federal prison inmates has grown 27 percent in the last decade, according the Government Accountability Office (GAO). In a report examining the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) budget, the GAO found that prison population is rising: The Department of Justice’s ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: The Shutdown And The Rollout
Here is a quick pop quiz. Which presented more harm to human life and personal freedom: the four-week partial shutdown of the federal government last month or the rollout of Obamacare this month? Obamacare is the greatest single expansion of federal regulatory authority in American history. In one stroke, it puts 16 percent of ... MOREJacob Sullum: Spying On The Line
A challenge to the NSA's warrantless wiretapping. Last Friday the Justice Department
acknowledged for the first time that it is using evidence
derived from warrantless wiretapping to prosecute someone. That
development sets the stage for a Fourth Amendment challenge to a
law that gives the National Security Agency ... MORE
Stephen J. Dunn: The United States Of Tyranny
Turning cops into revenue collectors with badges. Don’t get me wrong. I love my country. The United States is the greatest country on the face of the earth. But the U.S. Department of Justice is executing a civil asset forfeiture program without foundation in law, in shocking violation of entrepreneurs’ civil and constitutional ... MOREGene Healy: For Obama, Words Conceal The Indefensible
Using language as a cover for the abuse of power. Let President Obama be clear, will you? He seems to think it's important. "The 'let me be clear' preface" is a recurring rhetorical tic
for Obama, the Washington
Post pointed out in 2010, and it's "become a signal that what
follows will be anything but." On Aug. 9, with his approval ... MORE
Rand Paul: National Security Run Amok
Feds convinced Americans would rather be safe than free. In March, Sen. Ron Wyden asked Director of National IntelligenceJames R. Clapper if the federal government had “any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans.” Mr. Clapper replied, “Not wittingly.” In June, we learned that the National Security ... MORENSA Surveillance Not Just About Terrorism
Information first shared with DEA, now IRS. Add the IRS to the list of federal agencies obtaining information from NSA surveillance. Reuters reports that the IRS got intelligence tips from DEA's secret unit (SOD) and were also told to cover up the source of that information by coming up with their own independent leads to recreate the ... MORE
Race Relations Plummet During The Obama Regime
Racial division a calling card of liberalism. Public attitudes about race relations have plummeted since the historic election of President Barack Obama, according to a new poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal. Only 52 percent of whites and 38 percent of blacks have a favorable opinion of race relations in the country, ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Double Jeopardy
Prosecutors display antipathy for Constitution. While the country processes the racial politics-inspired prosecution of George Zimmerman, which came to a conclusion last week, and as the calls to try him in federal court for the same events for which he was acquitted in a state court become louder each day, a case in upstate New York ... MORE
Tax Dollars Spent To Organize Anti-Zimmerman Rallies
Look what Judicial Watch happened to find. A conservative watchdog group accused the Justice Department of helping manage the "pressure campaign" last year against George Zimmerman in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting, citing documents that show an obscure agency spent thousands assisting local demonstrations. The ... MORENot Wanting To Hire A Criminal Now Makes You A Racist
by Emily Miller. Not wanting to employ a criminal makes you a racist. At least that is what the Obama administration has determined to be law with a regulation made without congressional approval. Businesses are fighting the charge that not wanting ex-cons on the payroll is illegal discrimination. On June 11, the Equal Employment Opportunity ... MOREFBI Requests For Data On Citizens Up 1000% Since Obama
Welcome to the surveillance state. Not surprising given recent revelations about the NSA, but as Michael Isikoff points out, the massive increase in requests for business records by the FBI under a provision in the Patriot Act, represents a sea change in the government's attitude toward privacy. The FBI has dramatically increased its use of a ... MOREWhy Democrats Love To Spy On Americans
by Michael Hastings. Besides Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, most Democrats abandoned their civil liberty positions during the age of Obama. With a new leak investigation looming, the Democrat leadership are now being forced to confront all the secrets they’ve tried to hide. For most bigwig Democrats in Washington, D.C., the last 48 hours has ... MOREPoll: Americans Angry With DOJ's Intimidation Of Media
Federal tyranny is the only thing transparent. The Internal Revenue Service scandal is just one hot-button issue that the Obama administration is facing. The other is the government investigating reporters. And new poll new numbers indicate, many Americans are not happy with the Justice Department snooping on the press, CBS ... MOREHow Obama Is Embarrassing Democrats & Independents
by Kate Kieffer. Democrats are blushing. And not because Anthony Weiner is back on Twitter, direct-messaging pretty young girls. Vice President Joe Biden has long held the title of “Liberal Loose Cannon.” But Biden is such a grand hugger and hand-shaker that Democrats still let him work the crowds, crossing their fingers that he won’t say ... MORE
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