How Liberals Became the New Book Banners
by A. Barton Hinkle. Justice Anthony Kennedy: "Well, suppose it were an advocacy organization that had a book. Your position is that under the Constitution . . . the book itself could be prohibited." Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart: "If the book contained the functional equivalent of express advocacy."—Exchange during oral arguments over ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Clapper Under The Bus
The buck stops there. When President Obama attributed the rise in Iraq of the Islamic State, or ISIS, to the failures of the U.S. intelligence community earlier this week, naming and blaming directly National Intelligence Director Gen. James Clapper, he was attempting to deflect criticism of his own incompetence. He was discussing the fact ... MORENick Sibilla: This Federal Program Lets Cops Seize Cash, Evade State Laws And Keep Over A Billion Dollars
Police incentives 101. John Yoder and Brad Cates, who headed the Asset Forfeiture Office at the
U.S. Department of Justice from 1983 to 1989, slammed civil forfeiture
as a “complete corruption” and “fundamentally at odds with our judicial
system and notions of fairness,” in an op-ed for The Washington Post. Thanks to civil forfeiture ... MOREWoman Jailed 47 Days For Spahettios-Encrusted Spoon
Another drug warrior just "serving the public." An innocent woman had several months of her life destroyed when she was arrested and charged with a felony because of a spaghetti-encrusted spoon found in her possession. Ashley Gabrielle Huff, 23, had no criminal history and insisted that “there’s no way in hell” that there could have ... MOREDoes Obama Believe He Should Have Gone To Prison?
from Students for Liberty. As President Obama has admitted since long before entering politics, he’s done his fair share of illegal drugs. In his 1995 book, Dreams From My Father, he wrote that he’d used marijuana and “maybe a little blow[1].” Despite this, he continues to oversee a federal war against others who’ve done the same. What I have in ... MOREAmerica’s Dirty Little Secret: Sex Trafficking Is Big Business
by John W. Whitehead. Eighteen-year-old Hannah Graham is not the first girl to vanish in America without a trace—my hometown of Charlottesville, Va., has had five women go missing over the span of five years—and it is doubtful she will be the last. I say doubtful because America is in the grip of a highly profitable, highly organized ... MORESmall Restaurants Feel Pinch of Minimum Wage Hike
by Kevin Mooney. Bad news for mom and pop. As far as Rob Pluta is concerned, New Jersey lawmakers who say they want to help restaurant workers by raising the state’s minimum wage for tipped employees have it all wrong. If Trenton wants to help these workers, says Pluta, who owns and operates Leonardo’s II, an Italian eatery in Lawrenceville, it ... MOREAnit-Freedom California Nannies Now Ban Plastic Bags
by Fenit Nirappil. Good news: repeal referendum already planned. Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery and convenience stores, driven to action by pollution in streets and waterways. A national coalition of plastic bag manufacturers immediately said it would seek a voter ... MOREVIDEO: Nanny Of The Month - September 2014
The strained relationship of government and transparency.
John Stossel: It's Better Now
Contrary to what you may see on television. Americans now face beheadings, gang warfare, Ebola, ISIS and a new war in Syria. It's natural to assume that the world has gotten more dangerous. But it hasn't. People believe that crime has gotten worse. But over the past two decades, murder and robbery in the U.S. are down by more than ... MORECop Pulls Car Over for Nonexistent Traffic Violation, Then Tows It To Search For Evidence Of Nonexistent Crime
by Jacob Sullum. Drug war incentives strike Vermont. Last March, according to a
lawsuit filed this month by the ACLU of Vermont, a state
trooper pulled Gregory Zullo over for a nonexistent traffic
infraction, then towed his car away so it could be searched for
evidence of a nonexistent crime. Trooper Lewis Hatch stopped Zullo, a 21-year-old resident ... MORECalifornia Governor Approves Benefits For Illegal Aliens
by Jonah Bennett. Pass Go and collect $200. Thanks to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, millions of dollars of aid
will now be available to California’s illegal immigrants, in order to
help them navigate the complexities of the legal system, the Washington Post reports. Illegal immigrants have been streaming across the the southern U.S. ... MOREPolice Captain: To Avoid Cop Rape, Don't Break Any Laws
by Elizabeth Nolan Brown. In less than two months, three Oklahoma police officers have been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting women while on duty. One of the officers, state trooper Eric Roberts, was accused of raping women he pulled over for traffic violations. In the wake of this, Tulsa news station KJRH interviewed Oklahoma Highway ... MOREJacob Sullum: New Survey Data Deflate Two Drug Scares
The drug war is dependent on deception. Survey data released this month by the
federal government cast doubt on a couple of widely accepted
beliefs about drug use trends: 1) that the nation is in the midst
of an escalating "heroin epidemic" and 2) that loosening marijuana
prohibition encourages teenagers to smoke pot. In the National ... MORERigged Gold Price Distorts Perception of Economic Reality
by Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler. The Federal Reserve and its bullion bank agents (JP Morgan, Scotia, and HSBC) have been using naked short-selling to drive down the price of gold since September 2011. The latest containment effort began in mid-July of this year, after gold had moved higher in price from the beginning of June and ... MORE
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