The Border Patrol's Unconstitutional Drug Dragnet
by Jacob Sullum. More evidence the government is not us. If you want to know how Jessica Cooke ended up on her back, screaming in pain as the barbs from a stun gun delivered incapacitating electricity into her body, there are several possible answers. You could say this indignity was caused by her own stubbornness, her refusal to comply with the ... MOREAffordable Insurance Rates Set To Skyrocket 50% ... Again
by Marc Salvo. Remember when the American people were told that insurance would be free for the poor and affordable for the middle class? You know, back when we had to wait for the Affordable Care Act to be passed before we found out what was in it? Within weeks of the program finally launching Americans saw an immediate jump in their ... MORE
Jerry Brown Wants Amnesty On Traffic Debt For Poor
by Judy Lin. Maybe food stamps will be accepted as payment. Calling California's traffic court system a "hellhole of desperation" for the poor, Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing an amnesty program for residents who can't afford to pay off spiraling fines and penalties that have resulted in 4.8 million driver's license suspensions since 2006. The push by the ... MOREHow L.A.’s New Minimum Wage Could Hurt the Poor
by Monica Potts. A liberal argues that higher wages will just negate government subsidies. This week, the Los Angeles City Council voted to increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour, from the current $9, by 2020, joining the ranks of other liberal cities like Seattle and San Francisco who are acting despite federal inaction on the issue. But L.A. is the ... MOREPolitical Correctness: Tyranny Of The Mind
by Pastor Chuck Baldwin. In a letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush, dated September 23, 1800, Thomas Jefferson wrote: “I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” By any definition that Jefferson could have envisioned, today’s political correctness can only be regarded as “tyranny over ... MORESo Far, Rand Paul Is Winning His Fight: Senate Rejects USA Freedom Act & Rejects Extending NSA Collection Authority
by Scott Shackford. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was right. The Senate did not have enough votes to pass the USA Freedom Act, the compromise law that would have restrained, but not eliminated, mass data collection by the National Security Agency (NSA). The vote was 57-42 late this evening (technically early this morning), just ... MORERadley Balko: How Controversial Patriot Act Powers Are Now Overwhelmingly Deployed In Drug Investigations
Read by Rand Paul during his Patriot Act filibuster. One of the more controversial provisions of the Patriot Act was to broaden the “sneak-and-peek” power for federal law enforcement officials. The provision allows investigators to conduct searches without informing the target of the search. We were assured at the time that this ... MOREWarren Beatty: Is The End Of Free Speech Near?
Want hate speech laws? Go to hell. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states (in part): "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech[.]" Regarding free speech, the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1964, with unanimity, said: "... we consider this case [NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. SULLIVAN, 376 U.S. 254] against the background of a ... MOREWarren Buffett Knows Minimum Wage Hurts Workers
by Chris Matthews. Billionaire suggests education instead. Warren Buffett is a favorite of the American left for his support of
such policies as higher taxes on the rich and healthcare reform. But advocates for workers rights may be a little less pleased with the billionaire investor after he published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal Friday, decrying ... MOREPCN Editorial: The Surveillance State Is Illegal
Court gives NSA thumbs down. A U.S. appeals court's ruling that the National Security Agency's metadata collection was illegal turned the spy state upside down in almost 100 pages of common sense and solid understanding of the rights Americans have under the law. It shows, once again, that both common sense and a respect for the rights ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: What If We Didn't Have A Constitution?
What if the rule of law is an illusion? What if we didn't have a Constitution? What if the government were elected by custom and tradition, but not by law? What if election procedures and official titles and government responsibilities merely followed those that preceded them, and not because any of this was compelled by law, ... MORENational Contempt For 1st Amendment: 51% Of Democrats & 37% Of Republicans Want “Hate Speech” To Be A Crime
Enough to make lady liberty cry. Since 1994 people convicted of federal crimes motivated by the 'actual or perceived' identity of victims
have faced tougher sentences. Many other states had passed 'hate crime'
statutes in earlier years, and in recent years many states have been
adopting laws which make crimes motivated by the victim's ... MORE
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