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Government Cites NDAA as Authority to Detain Gitmo Prisoner

Alexander Hamilton wrote in the Federalist Papers that: “[T]he practice of arbitrary imprisonments [has] been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable...

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. February 2, 2012

Virginia Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Nullify NDAA

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. February 1, 2012

“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State...

Anti-gun Group to Boycott Starbucks on St. Valentine’s Day

Bob Adelmann January 30, 2012

Elliot Fineman (left), CEO of the National Gun Victims Action Council (NGAC) announced last Monday that its members will boycott Starbucks starting on...

Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Files Suit Challenging NDAA

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 28, 2012

A Pulitzer Prize-winning former Middle Eastern correspondent for the New York Times is suing President Obama for his signing of the National Defense...

Obama Ignores Challenge to His Presidential Eligibility in Georgia

Bob Adelmann January 28, 2012

After two hours of hearing from plaintiffs challenging Barack Obama’s eligibility to run for the office of President in 2012, Judge Michael Malihi...

Drones: Another Tool of the Surveillance State

Bob Adelmann January 27, 2012

Evidence that New York City is considering using drones to keep an eye on its citizens is growing, according to Don Dahler of...

Court of Appeals Rejects José Padilla’s Unlawful Detention Suit

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 27, 2012

Earlier this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia upheld the dismissal of the complaint filed by...

N. Mex. Man Spends Two Years in Solitary Confinement for DWI

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 27, 2012

According to reports out of Las Cruces, New Mexico, a man convicted of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) spent two years in solitary confinement...

Judge Rules Americans Can Be Forced to Decrypt Their Laptop Computers

Bob Adelmann January 26, 2012

Judge Robert Blackburn (left) of the U.S. District Court of Colorado ruled on Monday that a defendant must decrypt her laptop computer so...

The Enemy Expatriation Act and the NDAA: Due Process Destroyed?

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 25, 2012

As has been reported here since the bill was first proposed, of all the evils perpetrated by the National Defense Authorization Act, one...

Montana Launches Recall Efforts Against NDAA Supporters

Raven Clabough January 24, 2012

With a growing number of Americans becoming alarmed at the recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act because of its provisions allowing...

New York’s Long-Distance Body Scanners Challenge 4th Amendment

Bob Adelmann January 20, 2012

New York Police Commissioner Joe Kelly (left) is considering the latest in technology — Terahertz Imaging Detection (TID) — to be mounted on police...

Two Pro-business Groups File Legal Challenge to Obama’s Recess Appointments

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 18, 2012

Last Friday, two pro-business organizations filed motions in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the constitutionality of President Barack...

Supreme Court’s “Ministerial Exception” Ruling

Bob Adelmann January 14, 2012

Calling it the “most significant religious liberty decision in two decades,” the New York Times announced the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the...