It is up to you to protect liberty. With Jury Rights Day just around the corner on September 5, it is a good time to reflect upon a Jury’s Duty. Our Founding Fathers, in all their wisdom, gave us a Constitution
with layers of safeguards, so that if we erred, we could correct the
error, peaceably – without a shot being fired. ...MOREChwick & Eisen: A Jury's Secret Power - Nullification
It is up to you to protect liberty. With Jury Rights Day just around the corner on September 5, it is a good time to reflect upon a Jury’s Duty. Our Founding Fathers, in all their wisdom, gave us a Constitution
with layers of safeguards, so that if we erred, we could correct the
error, peaceably – without a shot being fired. ...MOREBrad Bannon: Building The American Police State
The Founders' worst nightmare has begun. These days the Constitution isn't worth the parchment it's written on. The Fourth Amendment is currently under siege in New York City and
in Washington, D.C. Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal ran a story which
indicated that the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance
operation ... MORE
VIDEO: Milton Friedman - A Conversation On Equality
From the award-winning series "Free To Choose," featuring Thomas Sowell.
Doug McKelway: Cell Phone Data Latest Threat To Privacy
Introducing warrantless searches of your phone. Amid concerns from privacy advocates about the government’s sprawling
surveillance programs, the Obama administration earlier this month
petitioned the Supreme Court in support of a federal court ruling that
allowed police searches of cell phones records without a warrant. ... MORELarry Bell: What The Global Warming Hysteria Ignores
What about 17 years of flat global temperatures? The New York Times feverishly reported on August 10 that the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is about to issue another scary climate report. Dismissing the recent 17 years or so of flat global temperatures, the IPCC will assert that: “It is extremely ... MOREEmily Goff: The Top 10 Ways Washington Wastes Money
Lawmakers have lost control. Whether it’s negotiating over how much to spend on government operations or the government’s borrowing limit, we hear a familiar refrain in Washington these days: There is absolutely no room to cut federal spending. This is not the case. Many people remember the millions spent on the infamous “Bridge ... MOREA Rare Stand For Free Speech Over Political Correctness
Unpopular speech is what needs protection. Councilwoman Elisa Chan defended anti-gay remarks made during a
secretly recorded staff meeting, saying at a news conference Tuesday
that she won't change her “values or beliefs for political gain or
survival.” The statements mark Chan's first public appearance since San Antonio Express-News ... MORE
John Stossel: Beware The Warrior Cop
To serve and protect who? We need police to catch murderers, thieves and con men, and so we give them special power — the power to use force on others. Sadly, today's police use that power to invade people's homes over accusations of trivial, nonviolent offenses — and often do it with tanks, battering rams and armor you'd expect ... MOREJacob Sullum: Seattle Gives Pot Peace A Chance
What the country can learn from Hempfest. Crossing the West Thomas Street Overpass into Seattle's Myrtle Edwards Park on Friday afternoon, I hear a guy remark, "Next year, I'll be turning 23, and so will Hempfest!" His companion seems unimpressed by this discovery. "That's because Hempfest started the same year we were born," he ... MORENSA Surveillance Reach Far Greater Than Thought
The spies are everywhere. The National Security Agency's surveillance network has the capacity to spy on 75 percent of all U.S. Internet traffic, The Wall Street Journal reports. Citing current and former NSA officials for the 75 percent figure,
the paper reported that the agency can observe more of Americans' online
communications than ... MORE
Jesse Walker: The Leak Scare
A government afraid of themselves. In the popular stereotype, conspiracy theorists direct their
paranoia at the government: The CIA shot JFK. NASA faked the moon
landing. Sept. 11 was an
inside job. But the most significant sorts of political paranoia are the kinds that catch on with people inside the halls of power, not the folks on the ... MORE
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