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Latest Articles: U.S. Constitution
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to NSA’s phone-records collection
Post Date: 2013-11-24 09:24:16 by We The People
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The Supreme Court refused an unusual petition Monday from a privacy group that sought to stop the National Security Agency from collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers. The Electronic Privacy Information Center bypassed lower courts because it said only the Supreme Court could review a decision by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) that “exceeded its statutory jurisdiction when it ordered production of millions of domestic telephone records that cannot plausibly be relevant to an authorized investigation.” The lawsuit was considered a long shot — the Supreme Court rarely takes cases that have not gone through the lower courts — ...
FBI, using secretive DITU department, aids NSA’s surveillance work
Post Date: 2013-11-22 14:47:09 by We The People
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While much of the American public and international community have expressed alarm at the far-reaching US National Security Agency’s surveillance programs, the FBI has quietly avoided scrutiny while carrying out intelligence programs of its own. The bureau, using legal rationale that would make former director J. Edgar Hoover proud, has facilitated the data collection method employed by the NSA’s PRISM program and pressed Verizon to turn over the call records belonging to millions of customers. Much of the FBI’s clandestine activity originates in a shadowy department known as the Data Intercept Technology Unit (DITU). A senior official in the US department of Justice ...
Obama Birth Certificate: New Hard Document Evidence ‘It’s Gotten Deeper, Darker than You Can Imagine’
Post Date: 2013-11-09 09:44:17 by We The People
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As reported here Carl Gallups of Freedom Friday gave an update in the investigation into Obama’s forged birth certificate and forged selective service registration. Gallups just gave another update on his radio show reiterating the investigation has not gone silent or stopped. He says it has gotten deeper and darker than ever imagined saying it is now much bigger than the birth certificate. He says the implications are astounding and could be history changing. ‘It’s gotten deeper, deeper, deeper, darker than you can imagine’ ‘The evidence collected is astounding, it’s beyond monumental, it could be historical, history-changing.’
Gilardi v DHHS, DC Cir 13-5069 (1 Nov 2013), OPINION, upholds Ohio challenge to Obamacare birth control mandate
Post Date: 2013-11-01 17:20:55 by nolu chan
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Gilardi v DHHS, DC Cir 13-5069 (1 Nov 2013), OPINION, upholds Ohio challenge to Obamacare birth control mandate [Footnotes omitted] [At 8-9] At the time of the Framing, a great debate raged on the precise formulation of what we now know as the Free Exercise Clause. See Michael W. McConnell, The Origins and Historical Understanding of Free Exercise of Religion, 103 HARV. L. REV. 1409, 1480–85 (1990). The earliest drafts from the House of Representatives focused on the protection of conscience, rather than the “exercise of religion.” See id. at 1482; see also 1 ANNALS OF CONGRESS 729 (1789) (noting a later amendment to change the Clause’s prototype to read: “no ...
Naturalization act of 1790 (Ted Cruz Natural Born Citizen, Obama Not Natural Born Citizen)
Post Date: 2013-08-19 22:20:01 by A K A Stone
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United States Congress, “An act to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization” (March 26, 1790).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any Alien being a free white person, who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for the term of two years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof on application to any common law Court of record in any one of the States wherein he shall have resided for the term of one year at least, and making proof to the satisfaction of such Court that he is a person of good character, and taking the oath or affirmation prescribed by law ...
Dual citizenship may pose problem if Ted Cruz seeks presidency (Birth Certificate)
Post Date: 2013-08-19 20:59:00 by Hondo68
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Sen. Ted Cruz's birth certificate shows he was born in Canada in 1970. It was released exclusively to The Dallas Morning News. WASHINGTON — Born in Canada to an American mother, Ted Cruz became an instant U.S. citizen. But under Canadian law, he also became a citizen of that country the moment he was born.Unless the Texas Republican senator formally renounces that citizenship, he will remain a citizen of both countries, legal experts say.That means he could assert the right to vote in Canada or even run for Parliament. On a lunch break from the U.S. Senate, he could head to the nearby embassy — the one flying a bright red maple leaf flag — pull out his Calgary, Alberta, ...
The American Right to Revolt Against Tyranny: Part C—Founders & John Locke
Post Date: 2013-08-18 21:06:16 by A K A Stone
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The Founding Fathers were in favor of the right to revolt against tyranny. This is obvious despite widespread current attempts by progressives to suggest armed revolt and the 2nd Amendment would be opposed by the Founders today. But how logical would be the notion that Americans could own guns, but not use them to defend themselves? Or that Americans could arm to defend their lives and liberties, but only against invaders—not against tyrants? Of course, such a position is transparent nonsense. In fact, the American Revolution itself is the most eloquent testimony illustrating the right to bear arms against government subjugation imaginable. Consider the definition of Tyranny in ...
Rand Paul: ‘I’m not a birther,’ declines to address Cruz’s eligibility (opts to ignore Constitution)
Post Date: 2013-08-14 15:06:48 by Hondo68
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday sidestepped questions about fellow Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) eligibility to run for president, saying he was not a “birther.”“You won't find me questioning his eligibility. I decided a long time ago I wasn't going to be a birther for Democrats. I'm not a birther for Republicans,” said Paul, who is seen as a potential presidential contender, about his possible 2016 rival in an interview on CNN. “I'm just staying out of that one.” GA_googleFillSlot("ContentSquare_ROS_300x250"); Cruz was born in Canada to an American mother and a Cuban-born father, leading some to question if he is ...
British National Archives show a son was born to Obama Sr. in 1961 in Kenya
Post Date: 2013-08-12 07:47:46 by We The People
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The [British] National Archives (BNA) is an executive agency of the government of the United Kingdom. Based in Kew in southwest London, the BNA is the UK government’s official archive, containing 1,000 years of history from Domesday Book to the present, with records from parchment and paper scrolls to digital files and archived websites, including Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence and files. The collections held by the BNA can be searched using their online catalogue. Entrance to the Archives is free. On April 18, 2012, the BNA released the first batch of thousands of “lost” colonial-era files believed to have been destroyed, including files on Britain’s ...
Lavabit Competitor Silent Circle Shuts Down Its Secure Email Service, Destroys Servers
Post Date: 2013-08-10 19:31:33 by Brian S
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Silent Circle, a secure communications company founded by PGP creator Phil Zimmerman, has pre-emptively shut down its secure, encrypted email service and destroyed the servers so that it cannot be forced to reveal its customers' secrets to NSA spooks. In a letter entitled To Our Customers that echoed (and was inspired by) yesterday's letter from Lavabit founder, Silent Circle co-founder and CTO Jon Callas explained "Silent Mail was a good idea at the time, and that time is past" because, unlike its other products, it is theoretically possible for Silent Circle to snoop on email, and thus they may be forced to do so. We’ve been thinking about this for some time, ...
The NSA-DEA Police State Tango
Post Date: 2013-08-10 19:17:26 by Brian S
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So the paranoid hippie pot dealer you knew in college was right all along: The feds really were after him. In the latest post-Snowden bombshell about the extent and consequences of government spying, we learned from Reuters reporters this week that a secret branch of the DEA called the Special Operations Division – so secret that nearly everything about it is classified, including the size of its budget and the location of its office — has been using the immense pools of data collected by the NSA, CIA, FBI and other intelligence agencies to go after American citizens for ordinary drug crimes. Law enforcement agencies, meanwhile, have been coached to conceal the existence of the ...
Republican Blocks Bill That Would Require Warrant for Feds to Access Email
Post Date: 2013-08-06 17:32:01 by We The People
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08/06/13 Who said Republicans were for privacy rights? Every court in the country would approve a search warrant for terror suspects. To think we need to give away our rights to email privacy in exchange for safety is a faux argument. From The Hill: An anonymous Republican senator has delayed a vote on legislation that would require police to obtain a warrant before accessing emails and other online messages. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) pushed for a vote on the bill before Congress left for its August recess. He secured unanimous support from Democrats, but at least one Republican objected to the bill, according to a Democratic Senate aide. Leahy had hoped ...
Seattle To Ban ‘Potentially Offensive’ Words Like ‘Brown Bag’ And ‘Citizen’
Post Date: 2013-08-03 10:14:36 by We The People
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Government workers in the city of Seattle have been advised that the terms "citizen" and "brown bag" are potentially offensive and may no longer be used in official documents and discussions. KOMO-TV reports that the city's Office of Civil Rights instructed city workers in a recent internal memo to avoid using the words because some may find them offensive. "Luckily, we've got options," Elliott Bronstein of the Office for Civil Rights wrote in the memo obtained by the station. "For 'citizens,' how about 'residents?'" In an interview with Seattle's KIRO Radio, Bronstein said the term "brown bag" has been used ...
XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'
Post Date: 2013-07-31 14:45:46 by Hondo68
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• XKeyscore gives 'widest-reaching' collection of online data• NSA analysts require no prior authorization for searches• Sweeps up emails, social media activity and browsing history• NSA's XKeyscore program – read one of the presentationsOne presentation claims the XKeyscore program covers 'nearly everything a typical user does on the internet' A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals, according to documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden.The NSA boasts in training ...
Cook County sheriff’s team taking guns if FOID card is revoked
Post Date: 2013-07-31 05:55:50 by We The People
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A new Cook County Sheriff’s team is crisscrossing the suburbs to seize guns from thousands of people whose Firearm Owner’s Identification Cards have been revoked. More than 3,000 people in Cook County have failed to surrender their revoked FOID cards to the state. Sheriff Tom Dart said he thinks many of them continue to possess firearms. The Chicago Police Department conducts regular missions to recover revoked FOID cards and seize guns from the holders, but there wasn’t a concerted effort to do that in Cook County’s suburbs, Dart said. “The system is broken,” the sheriff said. “The system revokes cards, but the guns are of no consequence. . . . Our ...
Appeals Court: NYC's Big-Soda Ban Unconstitutional
Post Date: 2013-07-30 21:37:58 by Murron
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New York City's crackdown on big, sugary sodas is staying on ice. A mid-level state appeals court ruled Tuesday that the city's Board of Health exceeded its legal authority when it voted last year to put a size limit on soft drinks served in restaurants, theaters, stadiums, sidewalk food carts and many other places. The ban, which would have stopped the sale of many high-calorie beverages in containers bigger than 16 ounces, had been lauded by some health experts as an overdue attack on one of the primary contributors to a national obesity epidemic. But in a unanimous opinion, the four-judge panel of the state Supreme Court Appellate Division said that the health board was ...
Sheriff Mack Teaches on States Rights...
Post Date: 2013-07-30 00:58:57 by A K A Stone
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Supreme Court shutouts reveal reckless decisions
Post Date: 2013-07-29 16:17:24 by We The People
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When the White House loses cases 9-0, the president is going too far. Those of us who follow Supreme Court decisions spend most of our time debating the contentious issues that divide justices 5-4 along predictable ideological lines. Often, that's where the loudest public debates are as well. Just consider the recent rulings on gay marriage.But we might do well to pay more attention where the court rules unanimously, particularly when they go against the White House. When a president pursues policies that require such expansive federal power that he can't get a single justice to agree, something is probably amiss. Such overreach, though, has become a part of our political culture. ...
United States v. Jones : GPS Monitoring, Property, and Privacy
Post Date: 2013-07-29 16:13:26 by We The People
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Richard M. Thompson II Legislative Attorney April 30, 2012 Summary In United States v. Jones , 132 S. Ct. 945 (2012), all nine Supreme Court Justices agreed that Jones was searched when the police attached a Global Positioning System (GPS) device to the undercarriage of his car and tracked his movements for four weeks. The Court, however, splintered on what constituted the search: the attachment of the device or the long-term monitoring. The majority held that the attachment of the GPS device and an attempt to obtain information was the violation; Justice Alito, concurring, argued that the monitoring was a violation of Jones’s reasonable expectation of privacy; and Justice Sotomayor, ...
Let Me Say This Clearly
Post Date: 2013-07-29 14:51:13 by We The People
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I know we’re all very upset about what’s happening in DC. For many people, today’s events are extremely upsetting. Sadly, though, we need to accept facts. The federal government is filled with sociopathic criminals. But we can beat them. And we will. Here at the Tenth Amendment Center, we’re in the process of putting together a long-range strategy which helps people understand what needs to be done to advance liberty and the Constitution. So, as many of our nullification bills are moving forward, we’re becoming quite good at getting things done. Stay tuned for that. In the meantime… ...
I Need Your Help [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2013-07-29 11:30:20 by We The People
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I want to create an organization. A constitutional guard duty sort of organization, outlining past, ongoing and current violations to the US Constitution, and build a network of 'guards', always on duty, watching for new violations and I want to list those violations on a website. The purpose of the site will be to hopefully educate and inform the public. I will fund the organization and the website and will not be soliciting donations. If this catches on and grows the organization may solicit donations in the future, for attorneys to litigate, for educational video presentations, or for a whole host of unforeseen expenses. I don't know of any past or present member of the ...
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Warning on the Surveillance State
Post Date: 2013-07-29 10:47:32 by We The People
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Nullification in One Lesson
Post Date: 2013-07-28 11:18:06 by We The People
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There’s not much attention paid to the Constitution in Washington. There’s not much attention paid to it by our executive branch of government. And we don’t get much protection from our courts. So one thing that might finally happen from this if the people finally feel so frustrated that they can’t get the results out of Washington — They’re going to start thinking about options. They might start thinking about nullification and a few things like that.” – Rep. Ron Paul NULLIFICATION? For anyone unfamiliar with the concept of state nullification, it was the idea expressed by then sitting vice president Thomas Jefferson when he authored what came to ...
So you want to nullify violations of the Constitution?
Post Date: 2013-07-26 18:31:17 by We The People
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Watch Idiots Sign A Petition To Repeal The Bill Of Rights
Post Date: 2013-07-26 15:00:42 by We The People
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