More Executive Overreach, This Time from the EPA
by Ilya Shapiro. Power brokers and their dictates. The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in Michigan v. EPA,
asking whether it was unreasonable for the Environmental Protection
Agency to ignore costs in determining the appropriateness of regulating
mercury emissions from power plants. The EPA’s proposed regulations are
expected ... MOREWhy No Real Change Is Likely: Ron Paul Supporters Bolt Rand Paul Camp In Response To Mainstream Concessions
by Ben Schreckinger. As he pulls together his expected presidential campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire, Sen. Rand Paul is confronted by defections from an unexpected quarter: the die-hard idealists whose energy powered his father’s campaigns. That network of committed supporters was expected to convey to Paul, the natural successor ... MOREMeet Chuck Schumer, The Next Senate Minority Leader
by Nick Gillespie. A partial listing of some of things that the NY political hack has tried to ban. It's long been said that the most dangerous place in Washington is between Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and a TV camera. With news of the resignation of the historically awful Sen. Harry
Reid (D-Nev.), the odds are good that Schumer will now ascend ... MORECalifornia Bill Requires Warrant For Stingray Searches
by Cyrus Farivar. A toothless Fourth Amendment makes it necessary. A California state bill that
would require a warrant to access all kinds of digital data passed its
first hurdle after being approved by the Senate Public Safety Committee
on Tuesday. Among other sweeping new requirements to enhance digital privacy, the
bill notably imposes ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: Amendment By Consent
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? Here is a short pop quiz. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress earlier this month about the parameters of the secret negotiations between the United States and Iran over nuclear weapons and economic sanctions, how did he know what the negotiators were considering? Israel is not a party to ... MOREHouse Effort Would Restore Privacy & Kill The Patriot Act
Pushing back against terrorism's victories. A pair of House lawmakers wants to completely repeal the Patriot Act
and other legal provisions to dramatically rein in American spying. Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Tuesday unveiled their Surveillance State Repeal Act, which would overhaul American spying powers ... MORE
Ted Cruz And Rand Paul Team Up To Cut Enviro Funding
by Ben Geman. Two 2016 hopefuls working together. Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are rivals for their party's
White House nomination, but they're finding some common ground in the
Senate's budget fight. On
Wednesday the two 2016 hopefuls jointly filed an amendment to the budget
plan that would cut new budget ... MOREEd Feulner: Breaking The Budget
The pace of unsustainable spending is quickening. Let’s say you were a financial adviser, and a family came to you with the following situation. They make the median family income in the United States — $52,000. But last year they spent $61,000. That’s right, $9,000 more than they’re making, and it all went on the family credit card. ... MORENSA Doesn’t Need To Spy Your Calls To Learn Your Secrets
by Bruce Schneier. Governments and corporations gather, store, and analyze the tremendous amount of data we chuff out as we move through our digitized lives. Often this is without our knowledge, and typically without our consent. Based on this data, they draw conclusions about us that we might disagree with or object to, and that can impact ... MORENick Gillespie: Finally, An Anonymous, Online, Geo-Tagged System To Report Dastardly Microaggressions At College!
Nitwittery run amok. I realize that simply by saying that you've probably heard of microaggressions, I'm likely committing one. For the uninitiated, microaggressions are
"are statements by a person from a privileged group that belittles or
isolates a member of an unprivileged group, as it relates to race,
class, gender, sexual orientation, ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: The Only Truly Compliant, Submissive Citizen In A Police State Is A Dead One
"Serve and protect" has become "comply or die." Americans as young as 4 years old are being leg shackled, handcuffed, tasered and held at gun point for not being quiet, not being orderly and just being childlike—i.e., not being compliant enough. Americans as old as 95 are being beaten, shot and killed for questioning an order, ... MORETom Knapp: J-U-R-Y does not spell 'rubber stamp'
It's getting harder to prosecute victimless crimes. Break out the world’s smallest violin for prosecutors in Alachua County, Fla. They’re having problems finding citizens who will jail other citizens for marijuana possession. In one recent case it took hours to weed out (pun intended) prospective jurors who didn’t think marijuana should be illegal. ... MORELegislation To Curb Civil Forfeiture Advances In States
by Jacob Gershman. Georgia lawmakers are set to vote on legislation
intended to rein in the state’s civil forfeiture procedures, part of a
national push for more scrutiny and limits on asset-seizure programs
that law enforcement officials say help curb drug crimes but critics say
are prone to abuse. The Republican-led Senate in Georgia could ... MORE
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