by Simon Davis-Cohen. A legally murky tactic to scrutinize citizens. Checkpoints occupy a unique position in the American justice system. At these roadside stations, where police question drivers in search of the inebriated or “illegal,” anyone can be stopped and questioned, regardless of probable cause, violating the Fourth ... MORELoophole Lets Cops Can Search You Without Good Cause
by Simon Davis-Cohen. A legally murky tactic to scrutinize citizens. Checkpoints occupy a unique position in the American justice system. At these roadside stations, where police question drivers in search of the inebriated or “illegal,” anyone can be stopped and questioned, regardless of probable cause, violating the Fourth ... MORE'See Something, Say Something' and Community Policing: Turning Americans into Snitches for the Police State
by John W. Whitehead. “There were relatively few secret police, and most were just processing
the information coming in. I had found a shocking fact. It wasn’t the
secret police who were doing this wide-scale surveillance and hiding on
every street corner. It was the ordinary German people who were
informing on their neighbors.” —Professor ... MOREJohn Fund: The Injustice Of Eric Holder
A travesty of justice personified. Even we were shocked when we researched our new book, “Obama’s Enforcer: Eric Holder’s Justice Department,” at the extent to which Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has politicized the Justice Department
and put the interests of left-wing ideology and his political party
ahead of the fair and impartial ... MOREE Harrington: Federal Court Rules Against First Amendment
Court says schools can prohibit American flag apparel. A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling could have wide implications that limit free speech rights in schools, according to the lawyer who defended students who wore the American flag to school. More than four years after students were sent home for wearing American flag t-shirts on ... MOREThe Unintended Consequences Of Hiking Minimum Wage
by Allen R. Sanderson. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, among other city and state officials across the country, have recently proposed raising the minimum wage well beyond the current state-mandated levels of $9 an hour in California and $8.25 in Illinois. And public opinion polls generally show widespread ... MOREJurors Wield Power To Judge Law; Stop Gov't Overreach
You can fight tyranny. Jury duty. It’s the setup to innumerable punchlines, a civic chore that some people dread and many try to avoid. But jurors hold a special place in society, serving as a final check and balance on government power. Consider the following scenario: An individual is charged with a victimless crime; a behavior our ... MOREJohn Stossel: Two Anti-Choice Parties
They can agree on control. Democrats often call themselves "pro-choice." Republicans defend "freedom." Unfortunately, neither party really believes in letting individuals do what we want. When Democrats say they are "pro-choice," they are talking about abortion. Some act as if a right to legal abortion is the most important freedom in America. ... MOREHow Should Our Society Deal With People Who Use Drugs?
by Tony Newman. The war on drugs is a cruel joke. The U.S. spends more than $50 billion a year on the "war on drugs" with the goal of creating a "drug-free society" -- yet there has never been a "drug-free society" in the history of civilization. Virtually all of us take drugs every single day. Caffeine, sugar, alcohol, marijuana, Prozac, Ritalin, ... MOREA Barton Hinkle: The Civil Asset Forfeiture Racket
It's time to end the practice of policing for profit. Hey, here’s a great crime-fighting idea: Let’s give local police and prosecutors the authority to seize cash, cars, homes, and other property from private citizens—without a court convicting those citizens of any crime. Without, in fact, even charging those citizens with any crime. Then let ... MOREMelony Armstrong: My Struggle For Braiding Freedom
Government's heavy-handed employment barriers. Public officials at the federal, state and local levels chatter constantly about employment and job creation. Unfortunately, not enough of them seem concerned about the nonsensical barriers they and their predecessors erect that often stand in the way of budding entrepreneurs ... MOREVIDEO: How To Thwart Dishonest Baggage Handlers
Warning: following advice in this video could result in you being placed on a terrorist list.
Shale Revolution Deniers Face Inconvenient Truth
by Mark Perry. Peak what? Despite turning the U.S. into the world's largest producer of natural gas and driving a 3 million barrel per day surge in U.S. oil production in just the last three years, the shale revolution still has its doubters. They couldn't be more wrong. The Montreal-based Centre for Research on Globalization recently dismissed shale ... MORERon Hart: 2 Suggestions to Fix the NFL
by Nick Gillespie. Columnist Ron Hart looks at the NFL's problems: It was only under pressure from its $200-million-a-year sponsor Anheuser-Busch that the NFL attempted to do anything morally righteous. It is a sad day when a booze purveyor has to stake out the moral high ground for you.... Goodell has dictatorially tinkered with some rules; ... MOREThomas Sowell: Who Wants War?
Barack Obama's dangerous illusion. Some pundits are saying that President Obama has been floundering in his response to the ISIS crisis because public opinion polls show most Americans don't want another war. In all my 84 years, I cannot recall a time when most Americans wanted war. That is something we should be proud of. ... MORE
When Drug War Propaganda Counts as State Police Training
by Aaron Malin. In Missouri, sworn law enforcement officers are required to take
48 credit hours of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
continuing education every
three years. While some specific courses are required for all
officers, such as mandatory firearms classes, the majority are
elective courses that simply must add up ... MORE
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