Cops deprived of one warrantless search capability. The use of a drug-sniffing dog by police outside of a home where they suspected drugs were being grown constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment, the Supreme Court said in a decision handed down Tuesday. The case, Florida v. Jardines, dealt with whether ... MORESupreme Court Limits Drug-Sniffing Dog Use
Cops deprived of one warrantless search capability. The use of a drug-sniffing dog by police outside of a home where they suspected drugs were being grown constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment, the Supreme Court said in a decision handed down Tuesday. The case, Florida v. Jardines, dealt with whether ... MOREForbes Op-Ed: Feinstein Shoots-Off Mouth, Hits Foot
Gun control misses the mark. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) engaged in a shoot-out over the constitutionality of her proposed Senate bill to ban “assault weapons” and “high-capacity” magazines. Although it passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line 10-8 vote, it has virtually no chance of passing the ... MORERand Paul And Ted Cruz Threaten Filibuster On Guns
by Jonathan Allen. Sens. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee are threatening to filibuster gun-control legislation, according to a letter they plan to hand-deliver to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office on Tuesday. “We will oppose the motion to proceed to any legislation that will serve as a vehicle for any additional gun restrictions,” ... MOREJohn Stossel: Imperial Washington
Where public servants go to become masters. The Senate did something this past weekend it hasn't done in four years: passed a budget. The law requires the Senate to pass a budget, but Congress often ignores its own laws. For most of Barack Obama's presidency, a series of continuing resolutions kept the money — your money ... MOREWalter E Williams: Are We Equal?
Are women equal to men? Are Jews equal to gentiles? Are blacks equal to Italians, Irish, Polish and other white people? The answer is probably a big fat no, and the pretense or assumption that we are equal — or should be equal — is foolhardy and creates mischief. Let's look at it. Male geniuses outnumber female geniuses 7-to-1. Female ... MOREThomas Sowell: 'Me Too' Republicans
RINOs running in a herd. Many ideas presented as "new" are just rehashes of old ideas that have been tried before — and have failed before. So it is no surprise that the recent "Growth and Opportunity Project" report to the Republican National Committee is a classic example of what previous generations called "Me too" ... MORETim Brown: Ignorance & Mismanagement At DHS
Fast and Furious report is revealing. As Homeland Secretary Janet “Big Sis” Napolitano faces mounting pressure to answer for DHS’ large solicitations and purchases of ammunition over the past year, the second of two reports looking at who is to blame in the gunrunning scheme known as Operation Fast and Furious is painting DHS ... MOREMinimum Wage Hike Means Fewer Jobs Can Be Available
Economics 101: Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts says the minimum wage should be $22 an hour. As is always the case, the urge to help will create more problems than it alleviates. The usual response to such nonsense is that if government can make lives better by establishing a minimum wage of $X per hour, then why not ... MORESoaring Social Security Disability Rolls Headed For Collapse
Build it and they will come. America's unemployment rate has come down significantly from its peak of 10 percent in late 2009. That may seem to suggest a steady improvement in the employment picture, but the impression is misleading. We recently pointed out that workers age 25 to 54 are experiencing a jobs depression that has gotten ... MOREThomas Sowell - Can It Happen Here?
Legalized theft in America is more subtle. The decision of the government in Cyprus to simply take money out of people's bank accounts there sent shock waves around the world. People far removed from that small island nation had to wonder: "Can this happen here?" The economic repercussions of having people feel that their money is not safe ... MOREMark Thornton: Nullify The War On Drugs
The marriage of two liberty concepts. Public opinion now favors the outright legalization of marijuana with nearly three-out-of-four adults in favor of legalizing medical marijuana.
These numbers should continue to grow, because the polls exhibit a type
of “generation effect,” in that people are not changing their minds as
they ... MORE
Paul Brown: The Semantics Of Gun Control
Same weapons can be for assault or defense. Since the SenateJudiciary Committee passed Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s “assault weapons” ban March 14, a fitting question might be, what is an “assault weapon”? A term that originated in the 1980s, it was popularized after the original “assault weapons” ban in 1994. “Assault weapon” is now ls that would be more accurately described as “defense weapons.” ... MOREBrady Dennis: FDA To Roll Out New Cigar Regulations
Government continues to reduce the people's options. Nearly four years after it began regulating cigarettes, the Food and
Drug Administration is poised to extend its reach to a broader range of
tobacco products. At the top of that list: cigars, which have
experienced a boom in recent years even as cigarette sales have
declined, in part ... MORE26 Big Gov Republicans Vote For Internet Sales Tax
by Daniel Horowitz. Early Saturday morning, the Senate adopted its first concurrent budget
resolution in four years. Democrats cleverly made sure to hand out
enough hall passes to vulnerable red state senators so they could vote
against the $1 trillion tax increase, while ensuring that it ultimately passed 50-49.
Senators Baucus, Begich, Hagan, and ... MOREObama's Tyranny: Petty Or Something More Sinister
by Matt Holzmann. Last week, headlines informed us that, because of the Sequester, the FAA will be reducing the number of Air Traffic Controllers and closing 149 control towers completely. Earlier, the Department of Homeland Security released hundreds of illegal aliens awaiting deportation because they could not afford to hold them ... MORECurrent Laws May Offer Little Shield Against Drones
So much for limits on search and seizure. Targeted killings have made drones controversial, but a new class of tiny aircraft in the United States — cheap, able and ubiquitous — could engage in targeted snooping that existing laws are inadequate to address, witnesses and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee said in a hearing on ... MORE
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