TSA Isn’t Just for Airports Anymore
Travelers hoping to retain their dignity by taking buses, trains, or cars instead of airplanes are in for a rude awakening. “The Transportation...
Constitution
Supreme Court Just Might Upset Rent Controls in New York City
When R.S. Radford, a principal attorney for the public interest law firm Pacific Legal Foundation, learned about the ruling against a property owner...
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‘Birthers’ Lose Bid for Lawsuit on Obama Citizenship
The “birther” movement was dealt another blow to its efforts to unseat President Obama on December 22 when a federal appeals court dismissed...
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Why the U.S. Should Bring Down the Curtain on Airport “Security Theater”
“It’s infuriating,” Bruce Schneier remarked. “We’re spending billions upon billions of dollars doing this — and it is almost entirely pointless. Not only...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Amish Dairy Farmer Selling Raw Milk Won’t Be Cowed by FDA
Milk may do a body good, but selling it without the government’s stamp of approval does not. Dan Allgyer, an Amish dairy farmer,...
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Minn. Landowners Battle County Commission for Their Property Rights
The rights granted to the American people by their Creator, and secured by the U.S. Constitution, are slowly being taken under siege by...
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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...
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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...
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Head of Traditional Values Coalition Detained as Security Threat to Clinton
U.S. State Department security personnel detained a conservative activist at last week’s conference to help implement a United Nations resolution that seeks to...
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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...
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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...
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Congress Gave the President Sweeping New Power to Detain Americans Indefinitely
If you're like me, you've been looking for some definitive analysis of exactly what Congress did regarding the detainee policy in the conference...
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