Special Order on Internet Tax Mandate
Reps. Thomas Massie (KY-4), Ron DeSantis (FL-6), and Steve Daines (MT) participate in a special order floor speech against the National Internet Tax Mandate, the so-called "Marketplace Fairness Act," H.R. 684 and S. 743.
 

Liberty NewsWire Tuesday, January 24, 2012

All of these market themselves as legitimate ways to store content online. But they are inherently ideal for anyone looking to illegitimately upload and share copyrighted video and audio files. Most companies rarely, if ever, inspect individual files to see if the material they store on behalf of users violates copyrights, unless they are notified [...]


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SCOTUS Rules Against Unwarranted GPS Tracking

In a unanimous ruling today, the Supreme Court ruled the government placing a GPS on an individuals vehicle constitutes a search and as such requires a warrant under the 4th Amendment. The case was United States v. Antoine Jones, Washington Post reports: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must get a search warrant before using [...]


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Rand Paul Detained by TSA – Updated

We've just received word that Senator Rand Paul is currently being detained by the TSA at the Nashville airport for refusing their invasive body pat down after their scanner had an "anomaly." Reports Politico: Paul, a Republican, was apparently traveling to Washington, D.C., when he was detained. He noted earlier on his Twitter that he was [...]


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