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Latest Articles: U.S. Constitution
U.S. Court Ignores Appeal on Crosses for Fallen Police
Post Date: 2011-11-01 12:16:28 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal of a ruling that 12-foot-high crosses along Utah highways in honor of dead state troopers violate the Constitution. The justices voted 8-1 Monday to reject an appeal from Utah and a state troopers' group that wanted the court to throw out the ruling and take a more permissive view of religious symbols on public land. Since 1998, the private Utah Highway Patrol Association has paid for and erected more than a dozen memorial crosses, most of them on state land. Texas-based American Atheists Inc. and three of its Utah members sued the state in 2005. The federal appeals court in Denver said the crosses were an unconstitutional ...
Nevada Makes Illegal Foreclosures Felony
Post Date: 2011-11-01 11:54:08 by Ferret Mike
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Responding to homeowner complaints, Nevada has become the first state in the nation to make illegally repossessing a home a felony, and cash may send bankers to jail for doing such. The new law was enacted after tens of thousands of homeowners complained to lawmakers about their homes being foreclosed without proof of ownership. The outcry of consumer complaints over illegal robo-signing tactics has produced a series of lawsuits against mortgage servicing companies and banks in Nevada, which has led the U.S. in foreclosures six straight years. The Nevada law makes it a felony for a mortgage servicer or trustee of a mortgage to make false representations concerning a title such as claiming ...
U.S. Judge Halts Drug Tests For Aid Applicants
Post Date: 2011-10-25 12:45:28 by Brian S
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – A judge on Monday halted a new Florida law that requires low-income parents seeking federal cash assistance to pass a drug test before receiving any money. In a 37-page ruling in Orlando, District Court Judge Mary Scriven granted an injunction barring the state from enforcing the new law until the case is resolved. The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida sued on behalf of a University of Central Florida student who refused to take the drug test when he applied for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, a federal program that provides cash assistance to families with children. The ACLU argued that the drug tests are unconstitutional in other ...
GOP candidates would limit federal courts' power
Post Date: 2011-10-24 15:59:15 by Skip Intro
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Republican presidential candidates are issuing biting and sustained attacks on the federal courts and the role they play in American life, reflecting and stoking skepticism among conservatives about the judiciary. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas favors term limits for Supreme Court justices. Reps. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Ron Paul of Texas say they would forbid the court from deciding cases concerning same-sex marriage. Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania want to abolish the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, calling it "a rogue court" that is "consistently radical." Criticism of "activist ...
Jesus Statue Could Be Forced Off Montana Mountain [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-10-23 19:36:43 by Brian S
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A statue of Jesus on U.S. Forest Service land in the mountains over a Montana ski resort faces potential eviction amid an argument over the separation of church and state. The Forest Service offered a glimmer of hope late last week for the statue's supporters by withdrawing an initial decision to boot the Jesus statue from its hillside perch in the trees. But as it further analyzes the situation before making a final decision, the agency warned rules and court decisions are stacked against allowing a religious icon on the 25-by-25 foot patch of land. The statue has been a curiosity to skiers at the famed Big Mountain ski hill for decades, mystifying skiers at its ...
Government-Generated Plots [Iran is the Latest False-Flag Op]
Post Date: 2011-10-14 13:11:05 by Capitalist Eric
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Does the government work for us or do we work for the government? Can the federal government take credit for saving us from a plot of its own creation? Tonight, has the federal government kept us safe or does it just want us to think that it has kept us safe? Since the tragedy of 9/11, numerous crazies and low-level copy-cats have engaged in criminal behavior which they hoped would result in the deaths of innocent Americans and somehow advance the cause of jihad. If you ask the leadership of the FBI, most of whose field agents are tireless, dedicated, Constitution-supporting professionals, it will tell you that it has foiled about seventeen plots to kill Americans during the past ten ...
U.S. State Assassinating American Citizens Sets Dangerous Precedent
Post Date: 2011-10-11 12:04:28 by Capitalist Eric
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According to the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution, Americans are never to be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. The Constitution is not some aspirational statement of values, allowing exceptions when convenient, but rather, it is the law of the land. It is the basis of our Republic and our principal bulwark against tyranny. Last week's assassination of two American citizens, Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, is an outrage and a criminal act carried out by the President and his administration. If the law protecting us against government- sanctioned assassination can be voided when there is a "really bad American", is there any meaning left ...
Obama impeachment a possibility, says Ron Paul
Post Date: 2011-10-03 19:04:30 by Capitalist Eric
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Ron Paul said Monday that President Barack Obama’s targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki might be an impeachable offense. Asked at a Manchester, N.H. town hall meeting about last week’s killing of the American-born Al Qaeda leader, the Texas congressman said impeachment would be “possible,” but that he wants to know more about how the administration “flouted the law.” Continue Reading Text Size -+reset Listen Obama on al-Awlaki's death Latest on POLITICO Senate clears way for China debate Williams compares Obama to Hitler Obama got the iPad 'a little bit early' Mitt: Hunting camp name 'offensive' Leave China out of it Bachmann pans ...
The Hit List
Post Date: 2011-10-03 12:48:27 by Capitalist Eric
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There’s a saying among lawyers: “Hard cases make bad law.” What it means, essentially, is that it’s easy to allow one’s emotions to supersede reason – and set a terrible precedent for the future. Such is the case as regards the Executive Sanction just carried out against the thoroughly unappealing – and probably deserving – Anwar al-Auluqi. It is easy – dangerously easy – to relish in the termination of this apparent baddie. Only Ron Paul took note of the key fact; the wheel turning – the thing that may (no, that will) come back to bite us one day: The president has asserted – and we have accepted – his authority to have ...
Do Not Allow President Obama To Impose Martial Law
Post Date: 2011-10-03 12:46:22 by Capitalist Eric
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Some people are predicting that there will be a major economic collapse, caused by unsustainable debts and other government intrusions into private economic matters, and by central banks’ excessive money-printing. In America, the Federal Reserve’s continued irresponsible and reckless actions will result in further devaluing the currency and huge increases in price inflation, especially in food and energy prices. Some are predicting that there will be food shortages, looting, rioting, and civil unrest and violence in America. There are some people who believe that such events will be followed by President Obama imposing a nationwide martial law. Recent terrorism drills, such as ...
When The President Can Kill Who Ever He Wants, He's a King [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-10-03 08:07:56 by Fibr Dog
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Target Killing Of al-Awlaki Raises Legal Questions
Post Date: 2011-09-30 19:27:36 by Brian S
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When Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki became the first U.S. citizen placed on the CIA's "kill or capture" list, his father sued to challenge the government's authority to kill a U.S. citizen outside a war zone. He lost. Awlaki, who once preached at a prominent mosque in Virginia, had fled to Yemen, his ancestral homeland, and become the eloquent advocate for waging an Islamic war against the United States. U.S. authorities held him responsible for inspiring Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan's deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood and a young Nigerian's scheme to blow up a U.S. jet at Christmas. Early Friday, Yemeni authorities said, a U.S. airstrike killed the cleric and ...
Mark Levin - Marco Rubio Was Born In Miami Florida He Is A Natural Born United States Citizen (Birthers Go Nuts)
Post Date: 2011-09-29 12:21:53 by Skip Intro
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Drunken Ben Bernanke Tells Everyone At Neighborhood Bar How Screwed U.S. Economy Really Is
Post Date: 2011-09-28 19:49:30 by Capitalist Eric
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The intoxicated Fed chairman informs bar patrons of the dangers of reckless spending.SEWARD, NE—Claiming he wasn't afraid to let everyone in attendance know about "the real mess we're in," Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke reportedly got drunk Tuesday and told everyone at Elwood's Corner Tavern about how absolutely fucked the U.S. economy actually is. Bernanke, who sources confirmed was "totally sloshed," arrived at the drinking establishment at approximately 5:30 p.m., ensconced himself upon a bar stool, and consumed several bottles of Miller High Life and a half-dozen shots of whiskey while loudly proclaiming to any patron who would listen that ...
His Honor, Watson
Post Date: 2011-09-27 15:32:25 by jwpegler
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Legal experts believe that IBM's Watson could be a major tool in helping judges interpret legal statutes. The machine could even appear as an expert witness during trials. After beating human champions at "Jeopardy," IBM’s supercomputer Watson is moving onto even more impressive tasks. Researchers have already applied Watson’s technology to health care, where the computer is capable of aiding quick decisions and even making diagnoses. Now, legal experts think the machine could help judges parse information and eliminate bias during trials. In a recent article in "The Yale Law Journal," law student Betsy Cooper argues that judges could use Watson to aid in ...
Justice Scalia: Religious Schools Should Have A Special Right To Anti-Gay Discrimination
Post Date: 2011-09-27 11:40:47 by Brian S
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In a speech at the historically Catholic Duquesne University School of Law, conservative Justice Antonin Scalia urged the university not to stray from a religious identity hostile to gay and lesbian students: “Our educational establishment these days, while so tolerant of and even insistent upon diversity in all other aspects of life seems bent on eliminating diversity of moral judgment — particularly moral judgment based on religious views,” Scalia said. As examples, he cited attempts to sue a religious university in Washington, D.C., for offering only same-sex dorms and other attempts by a law school association to bar schools that discriminate against homosexuals. “I ...
Cain calls Obama a ‘liar’
Post Date: 2011-09-26 15:05:22 by Mad Dog
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Not everyone needs to go to Disney World to have fun in central Florida. After one of Herman Cain's strongest showings yet at a Republican presidential debate Thursday, and two days with conservative activists in the state, he won the "Presidency 5" straw poll in Orlando over the weekend, beating front-runner Texas Gov. Rick Perry by more than 20 points. While straw polls are not scientific and their results can be poor indicators of whether a candidate will win a party's nomination--the latest actual Florida poll put Cain near the bottom--they can help spark some momentum, especially for lower-tier candidates. For Cain, a 65-year-old businessman, ...
Tightening the Noose: France Bans Cash Sales of Gold/Silver over $600
Post Date: 2011-09-23 18:29:21 by Capitalist Eric
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A couple of weeks ago our report that some Austrian banks had begun restricting the sale of gold and silver to 15,000 Euro (~$20,000 USD) reportedly because of money laundering issues was met with disbelief by many readers of financial news and information web sites. As we mentioned in that commentary, it is our view that governments, namely in Western nations, are making it more difficult for individuals to make gold purchases, as well as to do so anonymously. It looks like this trend of restricting the peoples’ ability to acquire assets of real monetary value is expanding. If a recent report from France is accurate, and based on the French governments official web site it looks like ...
Obama speech fiasco shows 'audacity of weakness'
Post Date: 2011-09-03 20:24:17 by Happy Quanzaa
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I can't remember a more stunning rebuke of a president by a congressional leader than Speaker John Boehner's refusal to agree to Barack Obama's demand -- er, request -- that he summon a joint session of Congress to hear the president's latest speech on the economy at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7. Obama's request was regarded as a clever move by some wise guys in the left blogosphere since that was the exact time of a long-scheduled Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library. Take that, you guys! But Boehner smoothly responded that, with Congress reconvening late that afternoon, the security sweep necessary for a presidential visit would be ...
Court upholds SD mother-fetus relationship law
Post Date: 2011-09-02 23:21:51 by Sebastian
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South Dakota can require doctors to tell women who seek abortions that they have an "existing relationship" with their fetus that is protected by law and that they can't be forced to undergo the procedure, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier's ruling two years ago in which she struck down the requirement, which is part of a larger law requiring South Dakota doctors to provide women with certain information before an abortion can be deemed voluntary. The law mandates that the doctor must tell an abortion seeker that she "has an existing relationship with that unborn human being and ...
Ground-Breaking Victory For the Common Man: First Circuit Court Rules Videotaping Cops Is Protected By First Amendment
Post Date: 2011-09-02 16:38:58 by Capitalist Eric
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Whip out those cell phones and video cameras – we have great news! It’s official, and the message to public servants is clear – Americans’ right to video record police while they are executing their duties in a public venue fits comfortably within first amendment activity: Hear ye, hear ye!! The First Circuit Court of Appeals–the highest federal court for New England just below the U.S. Supreme Court–last Friday handed down a ground-breaking decision defending our right to videotape the police and other public officials as they engage in their official duties… … On Friday, the First Circuit agreed. In a decision that reads like an ode to the ...
In America the Rule of Law Is Vacated
Post Date: 2011-09-02 15:34:48 by Capitalist Eric
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With bank fraudsters, torturers, and war criminals running free, the US Department of Justice (sic) has nothing better to do than to harass the famous Tennessee guitar manufacturer, Gibson, arrest organic food producers in California and send 12 abusive FBI agents armed with assault rifles to bust down yet another wrong door of yet another innocent family, leaving parents, children, and grandmother traumatized. What law did Gibson Guitar Corp break that caused federal agents to disrupt Gibson's plants in Nashville and Memphis, seize guitars, cause layoffs, and cost the company $3 million from disrupted operations? No US law was broken. The feds claim that Gibson broke a law that is on ...
Steve Forbes: US Will Return to Gold Standard Read more on Newsmax.com: Steve Forbes: US Will Return to Gold Standard Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? Vote Here Now!
Post Date: 2011-09-02 00:54:44 by Mad Dog
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Forbes magazine editor Steve Forbes predicts that the United States will adopt a new gold standard within the next five years — and warns investors to be “extremely careful” about putting money in gold. “I think in 2013 you’re going to see a new regime in Washington, and you’re also going to see in the next five years something that sounds astonishing today, and that is for the first time since the 1970s the dollar will be relinked to gold,” the two-time presidential candidate tells Newsmax in an exclusive interview. “We will return to a gold standard. It will be a modernized version of it, but in essence it will be the basic principle that the ...
Deprivation of rights under color of law
Post Date: 2011-09-01 21:55:22 by A K A Stone
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TITLE 18 PART I CHAPTER 13 – § 242 Deprivation of rights under color of law Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed ...
Surrogate Smack-Down- How Limbaugh’s Guest Hosts choreographed his Anti-Paul message
Post Date: 2011-08-30 16:47:43 by Capitalist Eric
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For the last 6 years, I have been wearing the 3 hats of Program Director, News Director and Host of PM Drive (3p-6p) on WSPD, Toledo’s #1 News/Talk station. 46 years in radio/TV, I’ve labored in the broadcasting vineyards from Baton Rouge to Houston, Charlotte, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Dallas-Ft.Worth, San Francisco, New York City and several lesser media markets along the way. I was part of the Original Cast at the start of CNN, did the last music show and first local talk show on WABC/New York. I "invented" Vacation Relief, providing talk talent (mine) to major market radio stations around the country via ISDN. As such, I have had the pleasure of subbing ...
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