Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit of Former Gitmo Prisoner
On December 22, a judge from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order granting a motion to dismiss a complaint filed by Abdul Rahim Abdul...
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AG Holder: Obama Will Add Signing Statement to NDAA
In a story published by the Talking Points Memo Muckraker, Attorney General Eric Holder (left) has confirmed that before President Obama signs the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 into law...
Rep. Landry Offers Amendment to NDAA to Protect Civil Liberties
The National Defense Authorization Act will be made law with the stroke of President Obama’s pen (perhaps autopen from Hawaii?). With the enactment of the NDAA, Americans suspected by the President...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Against Nebraska Abortion Law
Last Friday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction issued by a lower federal court which blocks the enforcement against an abortion statute recently enacted by the state of...
Is it Time for a New Declaration of Independence?
Recently there has been much discussion of the eradication of the panoply of fundamental principles of liberty by the Congress and attempts to convert the President into a totalitarian dictator with...
Several European Countries Accused of Hiding Info on CIA Rendition Flights
Earlier this week, two human rights advocacy groups issued a joint preliminary report denouncing the governments of Europe for allegedly aiding the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in conducting the now infamous...
Ron Paul: Consistently Pro-life and Pro-liberty
Despite the best efforts of the establishment media, Ron Paul’s campaign for President is gaining momentum nationwide as his “unorthodox” views are becoming more widely disseminated and understood by an American...
Gingrich and the Courts: No, Sir, That Ain’t History
Newt Gingrich is fond of reminding listeners that he was a history professor. As with most things the former Speaker of the House says, there's a bit of truth and a...
Romney Proposes National ID Card
Mitt Romney has a plan. A plan to solve the “immigration problem.” And it will come as no surprise to those following the GOP presidential debates that the answer of Romney...
State Attorneys General Seek Halt to Challenges to Immigration Laws
On Thursday, motions were filed in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals by attorneys general of Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina asking the court to temporarily halt challenges currently proceeding against...
Sackett v. EPA Headed to the Supreme Court
Between acts of the legislative branch and regulations of branches of the executive branch, due process is being run out of town on a rail. ...
Feinstein Introduces Due Process Guarantee Act
On December 15, just hours after the Senate had passed the compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif., left)) introduced a bill, supported by several...
Attorney General to Begin “Thorough” Review of State Voting Laws
The Obama administration's quixotic quest to completely strip the states of their sovereignty has now turned its lance on the right of states to establish their own voter qualification statutes. At...
Human Rights Watch Report Slams Alabama Immigration Law
As if the complaints of the federal government aren’t enough, the new immigration statute passed by the state of Alabama is now coming under fire from Human Rights Watch for causing...
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Arizona Immigration Law
On Monday, the justices of the Supreme Court were very busy issuing orders and approving petitions. Already having committed themselves to considering the constitutionality of the individual mandate of ObamaCare,...