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Senator Paul v. Over-Criminalization
Senator Paul (R-KY) has placed holds on S. 409, S. 839, and S. 605, three bills that add dozens of synthetic drugs to the list of federal Schedule I narcotics. His hold has angered the bills’ sponsors, Sen. Schumer, Sen. [...]
Liberty NewsWire: February 22, 2012
Then there is the argument that more private gun ownership will lead to more accidents because the average citizen isn’t sufficiently trained to use a weapon defensively. While gun accidents do occur, the Cato study indicates that they are [...]
Virginia v. NDAA
Unlike their Federal counterparts, the Virginia House of Delegates takes seriously the U.S. Constitution and voted 96-4 in support of House Bill 1160 (HB1160). HB1160 prevents any employee or member of the military of Virginia from [...]
Liberty NewsWire: Friday, February 17th, 2012
The city of Northampton is once again taking a bold stance against a controversial federal law. It became the first city in New England to pass a resolution rejecting the National Defense Authorization Act Thursday night." - Heidi Voight for [...]
"Is Harrisburg's Nightmare America's Future?"
I grew up just a few miles outside of Harrisburg, so I found this latest feature from ReasonTV examining Harrisburg's fiscal morass fascinating. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shI5oOTMkMkAs ReasonTV asks at the end of the video [...]
Liberty NewsWire: Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
During an undercover marijuana sting at a South Florida school, a teenage boy began to fall for someone he thought was just another teenage girl.But the boy's crush turned out to be an undercover police officer, who would later have him [...]
The New Bush Doctrine
Opinion polls suggest that the American people don’t want a new war in the Middle East, but apparently congress does, with 32 Senators co-sponsoring a resolution on Thursday that will constrain the White House from adopting any policy vis-
Liberty NewsWire Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Both at home and abroad, critics have argued that Hollywood’s vision of an Internet — one where it is empowered to hunt down violators — cares far more about protecting copyright than it does about protecting the public’s [...]
Liberty NewsWire: February 20, 2012
The Astros are marking their 50th anniversary this season, so they'll be wearing an assortment of throwback uniforms for Friday home games. That includes the uniform of the Houston Colt .45s, which was the team's name for the first three [...]
Liberty NewsWire: February 16, 2012
A bipartisan group of senators, meanwhile, is introducing a resolution that rules out a strategy of containment for Iran and holding a press conference Thursday afternoon. Some Democrats have been reluctant to sign onto the effort because they [...]