by Radley Balko. This is a pretty big deal, especially if Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) can round up enough co-sponsors to build some momentum. Sen. Rand Paul yesterday introduced S. 2644, the FAIR (Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration) Act,
which would protect the rights of citizens and restore the Fifth
Amendment’s role in seizing property ... MORERand Paul Introduces Bill To Reform Civil Asset Forfeiture
by Radley Balko. This is a pretty big deal, especially if Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) can round up enough co-sponsors to build some momentum. Sen. Rand Paul yesterday introduced S. 2644, the FAIR (Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration) Act,
which would protect the rights of citizens and restore the Fifth
Amendment’s role in seizing property ... MORENSA Spying Threatens Press Freedom and Right to Counsel
by Dan Froomkin. Top journalists and lawyers agree. To do their jobs properly, journalists and lawyers sometimes need to be able to keep information private from the government. And because what journalists and lawyers do is so integral to safeguarding democracy and basic rights, the United States has traditionally recognized their need for ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: Cease The Cease-Fire
Just get the job done. Many years ago, on my first trip around the world, I was struck by how the children in the Middle East -- Arab and Israeli alike -- were among the nicest looking little children I had seen anywhere. It was painful to think that they were going to grow up killing each other. But that is exactly what happened. It is ... MOREKatie Kieffer: A Bullet A Day Keeps The Doctor Alive
You and I avoid visiting the doctor by eating well. Doctors like Lee Silverman carry concealed in order to care for us when we do need them. Doctors and medical professionals should be allowed to carry concealed. Last week, a psychiatrist named Dr. Lee Silverman technically broke the letter of the law by carrying concealed at work. ... MOREWalter E Williams: Please Stop Helping Us
Misplaced loyalty. While reading the first chapter of Jason Riley’s new book, “Please Stop Helping Us,” I thought about Will Rogers’ Prohibition-era observation that “Oklahomans vote dry as long as they can stagger to the polls.” Demonstrative of similar dedication, one member of Congress told Vanderbilt University political scientist Carol Swain ... MORESecret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a Terrorist
by Jeremy Scahill, Ryan Devereaux. The Obama administration has quietly approved a substantial expansion
of the terrorist watchlist system, authorizing a secret process that
requires neither “concrete facts” nor “irrefutable evidence” to
designate an American or foreigner as a terrorist, according to a key
government document obtained ... MOREDC’s Gun Restrictions Takes One Between The Eyes
by Ross Kaminsky. Concealed weapons legal in DC until further notice. The ruling
of Washington, DC district court judge Fredrick Scullin in the most
important current challenge to that city's unconstitutional restrictions
on Second Amendment rights takes judicial action against intentionally
law-breaking jurisdictions to a most welcome new ... MOREDavid Bauder: NSA Surveillance Is Hampering Journalists
A chilling effect on truth-seeking. Revelations over the past few years about how U.S. security officials have the ability to track people through phone, email and other electronic records are making it harder for journalists to report on what the government is doing, two human rights groups say. Human Rights Watch and the American Civil ... MOREFrank Parlato: Jurors Have A Right to Judge the Law
Learn an important principle of freedom. It has long been assumed that juries judge the facts and the courts judge the law. But Georgia v. Brailsford (1794) is the precedent that explains why that is a hasty assumption. It sets a precedent that the jury can also judge, and if it wishes, veto any law. Take a moment to understand what ... MOREJacob Sullum: Where Pot Might Be Legal Soon
Alaska, Oregon, and the nation's capital. Last week a marijuana legalization initiative officially qualified for the ballot in Oregon. Voters will also consider legalization measures in Alaska and (probably) the District of Columbia this fall, so by the end of the year three more jurisdictions could join Colorado and Washington in allowing ... MORE
Peter Van Buren: Drone-Killing The Fifth Amendment
Murder is murder. You can't get more serious about protecting the people from their government than the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, specifically in its most critical clause: "No person shall be... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." In 2011, the White House ordered the drone-killing of American citizen ... MOREPaul Hsieh: Gun Violence Is Not A 'Public Health' Issue
Which of these things is not like the other? 1 Measles, 2 influenza, 3 tuberculosis, 4 murder. If you picked #4, “murder,” you’re right. The first three are medical diseases. In contrast “murder” is not a medical problem, although it is a tragic cause of death. But in recent years, anti-gun organizations (and some physicians) are seeking ... MOREDavid Firestone: Let States Decide On Marijuana
from NY Times editorial series. In
1970, at the height of his white-hot war on crime, President Richard
Nixon demanded that Congress pass the Controlled Substances Act to crack
down on drug abuse. During the debate, Senator Thomas Dodd of
Connecticut held up a package wrapped in light-green paper that he said
contained $3,000 .... MOREYour Drug Warriors At Work: Florida SWAT Team Shoots Teen Girl & Kills Dog During Pot Raid On The Wrong House
from InformationLiberation: Orange County, Florida sheriff's deputies waging an armed raid for a suspected pot dealer entered a family's home guns blazing and shot a teen girl and her dog, only to find out the suspect they were looking for hadn't lived in the home for weeks -- despite their claim to have "surveilled" the home extensively ... MORE
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