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Mark J. Fitzgibbons
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March 6, 2024
The Colorado decision: A John Marshall momentThe Supreme Court was flexing some muscle as referee in our constitutional republican system, ala John Marshall.
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December 22, 2023
2020 Election Fraud and the CourtsThere may be consequences for the people who engineered what may be the most consequential criminal collaboration or conspiracy in history.
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November 9, 2023
John Eastman’s bar trial exposes Democrats’ process-rigging ignominyJohn Eastman's California Bar trial will backfire against those doing the rigging.
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December 6, 2022
Did Trump really call to terminate the Constitution?Leftists and establishment Republicans have been systematically "terminating" the Constitution for decades.
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April 26, 2022
Conservatives fighting over Florida action against Disney is OKThe argument spurred by Florida's action against Disney is healthy.
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June 29, 2021
Justice Kagan's 'white supremacist' defense of the home and libertyU.S. Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan sided with the so-called "white supremacy" of Anglo-American common law in limiting the ability of police to enter homes without a warrant.
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January 3, 2021
No, President Trump did not pardon Steve Stockman. He should.Even though Stockman's sentence has now been commuted, he remains restricted in his rights. He needs a full pardon.
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November 24, 2020
Trump voters can take this action to #StopTheStealTrump voters can help ensure the state legislatures fulfill this constitutional duty to reflect the true will of the legal voters in their states.
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October 20, 2020
Ordered Liberty is Not White Supremacy and Does Not Date from 1619This election is ‘the ballgame’ for America’s ordered liberty
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September 6, 2020
Steve Stockman's many 'friends' appeal to Supreme CourtAt age 63 and with various comorbidities that set other prisoners free during the COVID-19 pandemic, the still imprisoned Stockman is now looking to the SCOTUS for relief.
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August 17, 2020
Stockman Conviction a Roadmap for Biden/Harris to Jail Conservative ActivistsYou may have heard the term “criminalization of politics.” Steve Stockman’s 2018 conviction is very literally an example.
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July 20, 2020
Justice Thomas once again excelsThomas understands that the American rule of constitutional law is more than some inside-Washington power play among the branches.
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June 24, 2020
What Police Reform Can Learn from the Common LawThe common law bases of qualified immunity, the judge-made doctrine whereby government officials are immune from consequences of their lawlessness, are not a one-way.
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January 16, 2020
Sharyl Attkisson Refiles Spying Suit, Exposes Big Deep State PlayersIn her lawsuit refiled on January 10, Attkisson relied on a whistleblower who was actually involved in hacking her computers. He identified some of the other government officials complicit in the very disturbing spying on her. The refiled complaint quotes government forensics experts as being "quite shocked."
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March 18, 2019
Judge Jeanine's constitutionally correct question about sharia lawThe question of whether sharia or any foreign laws, including those from socialist regimes, may be used to dilute or even construe American constitutional law is fundamental to our national political debate.
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August 23, 2018
17 million reasons why Trump not guilty of campaign violationsThis situation won't even be close to being Trump's biggest challenge. In fact, I think he's going to enjoy dishing it back out.
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June 25, 2018
Isn’t There Some Way that Facebook and Twitter can be Forced to Stop Excluding Conservatives?Enforcing the First Amendment in the “digital town square”
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February 3, 2018
Why the FISA memo could lead to perjury convictions of Comey & Co.Comey's legal peril is real.
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December 14, 2017
SCOTUS and the Spy in Your PocketHow the Supreme Court may protect smartphone information from government intrusion, by ruling that private digital information should be an "effect" under the original meaning of the Fourth Amendment.
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December 10, 2017
Mueller, Deep State ignore lessons from 17th century EnglandThe abusive Charles I and the Star Chamber operating under his reign eventually succumbed because they became overzealous
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December 3, 2017
Charlottesville antifa Whitewash continuesPresident Trump accurately blamed “both sides” for the violence in Charlottesville, which makes it a matter of theological importance to the Left that no responsibility attributed to leftists can enter the public’s consciousness.
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September 26, 2017
No room for fun in progressives' identity politicization of sportsProgressives won't ruin my fun and love of the sport, but as with nearly everything else good about America, they are trying hard.
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September 9, 2017
The Left Closes Ranks to Protect the Great Charlottesville WhitewashCharlottesville became a rallying cry for Democrats and social justice warriors. This helps explain the false narrative about Charlottesville promoted by the liberal news media.
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August 30, 2017
Charlottesville false narrative crushed by DHS warningGovernor Terry McAuliffe's efforts to evade responsibility for the shocking violence at Charlottesville just got even more implausible.
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August 15, 2017
CNN ‘shuts up’ conservativeThis is a sad, yet comical metaphor for the left’s view about civility.
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August 8, 2017
Is Your Dog 'Contraband'?A disturbing ruling from a federal judge confuses government "licenses" with "title" and establishes the government's right to declare as "contraband" and seize what it does not license.
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March 7, 2017
Liberal New York Times columnist may face serious legal problemsCould the N.Y. Times' Nicholas Kristoff’s tweet asking anyone at the IRS to criminally leak Trump’s tax return be solicitation of a felony?
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February 6, 2017
Neil Gorsuch should be hailed by privacy advocatesDigital-age privacy advocates should be thrilled with President Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court precisely because he is a superb originalist.
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October 18, 2016
O’Keefe exposes Hillary’s truly sick ‘trickle-down’ economicsWhat’s truly repulsive is how the operative brags about using the mentally ill and homeless to fulfill the Democrats’ mission of mayhem: “I’m saying we have mentally ill people, that we pay to do s---, make no mistake[.]”
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October 9, 2016
If you think Donald Trump’s comments are vulgar, check out Hillary’s potty mouthNote: If you are offended by vulgar language, do not read this.
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October 7, 2016
Of Course Trump Paid TaxesJust with his real estate holdings Trump may have paid more in real estate taxes than what the Clintons have paid in all taxes combined.
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August 24, 2016
Uncovered emails show motiveMeans, motive, and opportunity are three elements to establish a crime. Now we have a provable motive.
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August 20, 2016
Hillary’s email testimony, Powell’s facts, and mens reaNew revelations about what Hillary Clinton told the FBI about former secretary of state Colin Powell’s “advising” her on using private email may provide grounds to reopen the case for criminal prosecution against her.
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July 29, 2016
Trump’s mocking Hillary’s ‘missing’ emails proves media don’t get itEvery time the media hacks try to bury Trump, they make him stronger. They think and speak Washington, not American.
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June 13, 2016
Protecting the Privacy of Nonprofit Donors from AbuseDonors to nonprofit organizations of all stripes are at risk of harassment, unless a bill to be introduced this week by Rep. Peter Roskam is by passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law.
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June 6, 2016
Schooling Trump and entrepreneurs in nanny state lessonsNY State AG: “This never was a university. The fraud started with the name of the organization.” What about Rock n Roll University, Power Sales University, Food University, Charm University LLC, American DJ University Astrology University, and Dunkin Donuts University?
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April 26, 2016
IRS dereliction aids California AG's donor privacy violationsFree speech takes another hit, with a cameo from Lois Lerner's successor.
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April 20, 2016
AG Claude Walker contradicts self on ‘danger’ of fossil fuelsWhat kind of a prosecuting attorney would sue one fossil fuel company to keep an oil refinery in his jurisdiction, then five months later launch an investigation of another, claiming fossil fuel is a “product that is destroying the earth”?
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March 25, 2016
California AG Kamala Harris wants your private information from the IRSCalifornia Attorney General Kamala Harris is considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, and in all likelihood will win the Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer. Unfortunately, she is displaying the worst instincts of a government bully.
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February 16, 2016
The left invents a ‘right’ for ObamaThe left is notorious for taking away rights guaranteed by the Constitution and creating rights that do not exist under it. Now leftists are giving President Obama a new right.
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January 15, 2016
Ted Cruz is Natural Born under OriginalismThe people who question whether Ted Cruz is eligible to be president under the Natural Born Citizen clause fall into two categories: the sincere and the opportunists. This essay is for the sincere.
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November 28, 2015
FTC goes 'Star Chamber' on warrant transparencyThe FTC has gone full “Star Chamber” in its secrecy and use of administrative subpoenas.
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November 12, 2015
How America Failed to Keep the RepublicThrough the creation of the “Administrative State,” with vast bureaucracies violating the separation of powers, America has failed to keep the republican form of government created by the Founders.
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November 2, 2015
4th Amendment for me, but not for theeConstitutional schizophrenia of unprincipled folks on the left.
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October 29, 2015
Federal bureaucrats issue judge-less subpoena to support SEIU positionMillion dollar judge-less subpoena targets speech by McDonalds deemed unworthy by SEIU
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October 25, 2015
Government will examine your energy bill if your neighbor grows potWelcome to the new police state, where the government may, unbeknownst to you, look at your residential energy bill if your neighbor is suspected of growing pot.
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October 23, 2015
Government Investigation Tricks or TreatsA judge-less warrant and the world's smallest violin.
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October 6, 2015
Judge-less warrants for phone records (and money in the bank for lawyers)Administrative subpoenas are relics of the Star Chamber, and they now make a lot of money for D.C. lawyers.
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September 25, 2015
Lois Lerner's 'Partners'A damning 2007 letter reveals Lois Lerner’s “partner in the regulation of charities.”
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September 13, 2015
Conservatives not understanding the Fourth Amendment spells troubleWeird interpretation of "administrative subpoenas."
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September 2, 2015
Political elites violating tax return confidentiality laws in ways that would land citizens in jailUsing extortionate demands to intimidate and censor nonprofit advocacy organizations and charities by requiring they file a confidential tax return schedule showing their top donors.
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August 17, 2015
Kamala Harris, Dem Rising Star, Goes for the Jugular on Conservative NonprofitsThe Supreme Court is being asked to determine whether California’s ambitious Attorney General and candidate for U.S. Senate, Kamala Harris, has violated the First Amendment and federal law protecting confidential tax return information.
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July 20, 2015
Feds Get the Power to Seize Medical Records on 'Fishing Expedition' Investigations with No Subpoena from a JudgeNullifying the 4th Amendment for medical records
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July 18, 2015
Paramilitary politics of the left exposed in Wisconsin investigationBoth the Wisconsin "John Doe" investigation and subsequent reactions expose the Stasi DNA of the left.
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July 16, 2015
Oregon dignity czar's attack on Christian bakers' property of conscienceA ruling from the Oregon labor commissioner that is excessive insanity under color of law.
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July 8, 2015
Will P.C. overtake Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg?Massachusetts wants to change its flag to something more P.C.
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July 4, 2015
This Independence Day, We Need James OtisToday, the principles of law and liberty argued by Otis are being ignored by America’s soft police state.
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June 30, 2015
Lawyers rejoice while Christian farmers fined for not hosting gay marriageThis is going to keep happening.
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June 26, 2015
Scalia zingers in marriage caseHas there ever been a Supreme Court dissent quite like Justice Scalia's?
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June 25, 2015
Sotomayor's 4th Amendment Time BombJustice Sonya Sotomayor’s recent majority opinion in City of Los Angeles v. Patel is a blueprint for a major power grab for the administrative police state.
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June 15, 2015
Magna Carta and the Law that Governs GovernmentThe Magna Carta is celebrated on June 15, 800 years after its first rendition was forced upon King John at Runnymede.
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June 12, 2015
PBS gives lesson plan for gay marriage constitutional amendment and despotismToday’s lesson plan, children, is about “Constitutional amendments and same-sex marriage.”
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May 27, 2015
IRS boss Koskinen in denial over massive agency hack“This is not a security breach. Our basic information is secure,” Mr. Koskinen insisted.
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May 25, 2015
Andrew McCarthy, Rand Paul both wrong on 4th AmendmentSenator Paul claims that government collection of metadata of Americans violates the Fourth Amendment protection of privacy, while Andrew McCarthy blasts Paul as “laughably wrong when he insists the NSA program violates the Fourth Amendment.”
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May 20, 2015
Government must obtain warrant for e-mails (unless government wants your e-mails)A new "privacy protection" bill authorizes government agencies to skip the requirement of going to a judge by unilaterally issuing judge-less warrants.
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May 16, 2015
EEOC's judge-less warrant to Catholic hospital is sign of what's to comeThe federal government expands its jurisdiction over employment matters, especially for faith-based employers.
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May 7, 2015
9th Circuit Court's Democratic Campaign ContributionThe Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed a gift to the Kamala Harris for U.S. Senate campaign
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April 30, 2015
Homeland chief: Fourth Amendment 'beyond my competence'Jeh Johnson, a man with sweeping power to invade the property rights and privacy of every American using judge-less warrants, professes ignorance of the law that governs his use of that power.
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April 24, 2015
America's Soft Police StateThe constitutional protections limiting government power to search and seize our persons and most private property have been gutted by executive and administrative actions. Here’s how to stop it.
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April 19, 2015
Liberty receding in the wake of non-judicial government search and seizureAs the administrative state has expanded, it has used "administrative subpoenas" to circumvent the judicial branch and bully and harrass its opponents.
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April 18, 2015
Government snooping through your emails without a warrant: Not just the NSAThe SEC and IRS, among other government agencies, love, love, love administrative subpoenas to snoop through emails without probable cause.
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March 28, 2015
Ted Cruz starts with words of action about the ConstitutionTed Cruz began his bid for the presidency with an appropriately active, as opposed to passive, choice of words that “It is a time to reclaim the Constitution of the United States.”
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March 20, 2015
A little-noted masterpiece of constitutional scholarship by Justice ThomasYou could spend years reading history books, the Federalist Papers, and case law, but you won’t find a better explanation of the essence of our Constitution.
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February 23, 2015
Court enjoins California AG Kamala Harris on First Amendment groundsCalifornia AG repeatedly described as the “female Barack Obama” gets slapped down on acts statutorily related to some of Lois Lerner’s abuses of First Amendment rights.
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January 31, 2015
The Most Unlikely Hero for Conservatives: Justice SotomayorLiberal Justice Sotomayor has become an unlikely champion of the Fourth Amendment.
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January 24, 2015
21st-century Fourth Amendment faces first legislative test in VirginiaHow HJ 578 is treated will tell us if Virginia legislators will protect fundamental rights, or protect government lawlessness.
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January 18, 2015
Remembering citizen-privacy activist BJ OstergenA creative and fearless activist who turned the tables on arrogant government officials.
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December 16, 2014
Lazy, Incompetent Bureaucrats Will Celebrate the <em>Heien</em> Decision for YearsIn Heien the Supreme Court has lowered the bar of expectations for the government.
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December 2, 2014
Police body camera federal funding terrific but unconstitutional ideaPresident Obama’s call for $75 million to fund 50,000 police body cameras finds no support in the Constitution, but such concerns never seem to matter to the man.
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November 19, 2014
Is Jonathan Gruber a Michael Mann without academic freedom defense?Jonathan Gruber and Michael Mann are both professors who received taxpayer money while promoting what many believe is verifiable dishonesty.
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October 26, 2014
Green group's abuse of animal-rescuing farmer gets a hearingA green group complains that a farmer with over 200 rescued animals has hot running water at her farm.
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September 27, 2014
Bill Maher Thinks Beheading on American Soil a Laughing MatterAlso mocks concerns about terrorists coming into America through the southern border.
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September 24, 2014
Naked, Contemptuous Assault on Constitution by Obama IRS UnmaskedRarely are government agencies so blatant as the Obama IRS
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September 16, 2014
Outrageous IRS Commissioner False Claim: 'Whenever we can, we follow the law'The IRS is in fact is a perennial, institutional lawbreaker.
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August 12, 2014
The sad but common irony that lawbreakers such as Lois Lerner are in positions of law enforcementThe unintentional hilarity of Lois's 2011 Annual Report
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August 2, 2014
Lois Lerner's 'pillow talk' about conservative 'crazies'The "mating sound of lawyers in love.”
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July 19, 2014
Tea Party suit shows why we need remedies legislationThe Tea Party lawsuit against IRS moves forward over a motion to dismiss, but the judge dismissed claims to hold individual IRS officials personally liable for intentional violations.
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July 15, 2014
Reagan Knew How to Prevent Local Government Abuse of Property RightsIt is the nature of government at any level to expand its power unless constrained by law, and that’s been the case with zoning and land use officials.
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July 3, 2014
Independence 'born' with lawsuit against bureaucratsThe sanity-defying position taken by the Justice Department in the True the Vote litigation and the roots of bureaucratic accountability in America.
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June 11, 2014
Dave Brat Wins One for Federalist 44The best explanation of Brat’s win may have been given on January 25, 1788.
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April 23, 2014
IRS Gives 'Death Penalty' to Conservative CriticWhen the IRS revokes tax-exempt status of a 501(c)(3) organization, the sanction is considered so severe that tax practitioners refer to it as the “death penalty.”
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April 12, 2014
Illegal Tax Refund Seizures in Our Corrupt RepublicWhoever placed this provision in the 2011 farm bill should be tossed out of office this November -- before given a proper tarring and feathering
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April 1, 2014
Conservative Critics of Government Are 'Freaks' Who 'Will Need Kevlar'Emblematic of the civil war taking place within the GOP in Virginia and nationally
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January 27, 2014
America's Most Important Property Rights LegislationMaking government officials subject to consequences for their abuses of rights.
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January 4, 2014
When Government Breaks the LawWhy do so many conservatives shy away from using the word "illegal" to describe Obama's acts in "fixing" ObamaCare?
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January 1, 2014
The League of Statists Versus Your RightsWe are seeing national forces use local jurisdictions to violate property rights. The Tenth Amendment is becoming less effective operationally against federal infringements
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December 30, 2013
A Veteran Gets Criminal Treatment and Censored over ChickensLeo Hendrick has earned the right to have his say about liberty.
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December 18, 2013
Mugged by governmentA civil libertarian, constitutional conservative is a conservative who's been mugged -- by the government.
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November 21, 2013
Reining in America's Greatest Lawbreaker, President ObamaObama has now reached the tipping point with his illegal "fix" of Obamacare
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November 2, 2013
Next Tuesday and the Fate of ObamaCareNo election -- state or national -- will be as important in sending a message about ObamaCare than the one on Tuesday in the Virginia governor's race.
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October 24, 2013
Virginia Farmer Starts Property Rights Legal RevolutionIf you are smacking your lips at the notion of being able to sue bureaucrats who abuse their authority, history is on your side.
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October 2, 2013
Facts don't matter to Clinton stalking horse in VirginiaTerry McAuliffe, the political bagman who rented out the Lincoln Bedroom while Bill Clinton was in office, wants to be governor of Virginia -- in the worst way.
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August 5, 2013
When Government Acts IllegallyA breakthrough in the battle against big, corrupt government.
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July 26, 2013
CA, NY Democrat AGs Use Color of Law to Break Donor Privacy LawUsing their positions as the "charitable officials"
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July 21, 2013
George Zimmerman Could Be YouJoseph Stalin's henchman Lavrenty Beria said, "Show me the person, and I'll find you the crime."
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July 17, 2013
Here Comes the Bride, Zoning Permit In HandCouples wanting their wedding at that charming winery where they met or some other scenic private venue may need to pay a fee to get government authorization in the form of a permit.
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July 5, 2013
Obama Cuckolds John Roberts with ObamCare DelayThe justice was outwitted by the master lawbreaker.
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June 10, 2013
Audit the IRSPeople fear government not just because it has power; it's the lawlessness of government.
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June 6, 2013
IRS Takes Vengeance on Virginia for Enforcing the LawSue the feds and see what the IRS does to you.
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May 16, 2013
Time for Legal Fees from Lawbreaking GovernmentGovernment protects its lawbreaking -- because it can. Victims of bureaucratic lawbreaking are deprived of real due process of law. Bureaucrats know this, which can make them contemptuous of following the law.
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May 3, 2013
Et tu, Kim Strassel?She manages consistently to write some of the best and most insightful conservative editorials in the country, and now this?
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February 14, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli's Liberty and Justice for AllVirginia Attorney General and candidate for governor Ken Cuccinelli on the fight between liberty and all-engulfing big government with an insatiable appetite for power over everything in our lives
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February 11, 2013
A Property Rights Revolution for 2013A previously apolitical organic farmer in Virginia has set off a property rights revolution that would make Founders Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and author of Virginia's Declaration of Rights George Mason proud.
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January 18, 2013
Farm Bureau Turns Against Small Farmers on Boneta BillFarm Bureau is the insurance company that is the equivalent of AARP for farmers. It believes that it is the gatekeeper of all legislation affecting farmers. Protecting freedom and property rights evidently take a back seat.
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January 3, 2013
Martha the Farmer May Have the Last LaughMartha Boneta, the Virginia farmer at the center of the Pitchfork Protest in August that gained national attention, may have found the ultimate way to keep lawbreaking bureaucrats in check.
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December 3, 2012
Ken Cuccinelli: Conservatives' New 'It' CandidateEstablishment Republicans can learn from Cuccinelli. He translates life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness into policies to govern in the 21st century.
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November 5, 2012
Virginia to Vote on Property RightsQuestion 1 on the ballot for Virginians this Tuesday is whether to adopt a constitutional amendment to protect private property owners from damage or under-fair market taking of their property through eminent domain.
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November 3, 2012
Our Sam Cooke president don't know muchThe Obama presidency has been built on a disregard for history, science and math.
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October 27, 2012
Prayers for Dan RiehlMy pal the firebrand conservative writer Dan Riehl is unconscious and in intensive care at a Fairfax, Virginia hospital.
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October 4, 2012
Corrupt County Says No to Discovery in Pitchfork Protest Farmer LawsuitGovernment officials seem to show a growing sense of entitlement to their corruption whether at the federal, state or local level.
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September 25, 2012
Bring on the Cuccinelli PrincipleLawbreaking bureaucrats should have skin in the game.
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September 7, 2012
The Environmentalists' Police and Welfare StatesThe story about the abuses by Fauquier County against Martha the farmer, of pitchfork protest fame, just gets creepier and creepier.
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August 31, 2012
The Battle of Fauquier CountyA maxim from marketing is that a narrower focus has broader appeal. The national story about the pitchfork protest farmer, Martha Boneta, shows the reality of that maxim.
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August 27, 2012
Pitchfork Protest Farmer Confronts Government Corruption and RetributionA county that attempted to fine a farmer for hosting a birthday party for eight 10-year-old girls didn't like resistance and has retaliated.
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August 3, 2012
Agrarian Unrest comes to AmericaGround zero in the current national discussion of whether individual liberty matters in the face of the all-powerful regulatory state.
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July 17, 2012
Bureaucrats Bully Family Farms in D.C. ExurbsIt's come to this: a party of eight 10-year-old girls on a family farm is subject to regulatory purview, and is cause to threaten county citizens with fines up to $5,000.
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July 3, 2012
Government Wins Even ObamaCare Ruling's 'Silver Lining'John Roberts' nonsensical, activist opinion upholding ObamaCare is even worse than it appears. The ObamaCare decision will embolden Barack Obama and left-wing statists.
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June 28, 2012
War!America is now at war. It is a civil war, but no shots will be fired. It's a war over the Constitution, yet it will be through the Constitution that the winner will be determined.
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June 27, 2012
ObamaCare and Our Paramount LawJustice Marshall's words in Marbury vs. Madison sum up what the ObamaCare case is all about perhaps better than any writings of legal scholars, journalists or politicians.
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June 19, 2012
America's First Anarchist PresidentUngrounded in sound constitutional justification, under-enforcement of the law leads to, or can be, anarchy.
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June 16, 2012
Obama Lurching Toward TyrannyBy the scope and consistency of their lawbreaking, the Obama administration is Public Enemy Number 1.
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May 31, 2012
Donald Trump and birth certificate fraudBirth certificate fraud, it turns out, is such a common occurrence that it's treated under federal, state and local legal jurisdictions.
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May 21, 2012
Obama the Inchoate KenyanWas attempted fraud committed when Barack Obama's literary agency came to publish that he was born in Kenya?
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May 18, 2012
Chuck Colson: An American story of freedomChuck Colson was such a great example of why our religious freedoms are integral to what America represents. We live; we fail; and through freedom, we have the opportunity to attain great things in our lives -- often because of failure and its lessons.
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May 11, 2012
Paul Begala's Bully BSThe Washington Post sure knows how to spread it. Now, left wing political hacks are smearing it.
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May 3, 2012
Chief Justice Roberts' Marbury MomentIf the Supreme Court declares the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, almost assuredly John Glover Roberts, Jr., the chief justice, will write the majority opinion. His words will weigh heavily on America's future.
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March 31, 2012
ObamaCare: Your money or your lifeLiberal Bob Shrum threatens "Tea Party" justices on the Supreme Court that declaring ObamaCare unconstitutional will guarantee four more years of an Obama presidency.
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March 16, 2012
Catholic Bishops calling out America's biggest lawbreaker: POTUSMajor institutions in America and their leaders are beginning to acknowledge that our lawbreaking POTUS lacks the legal and moral legitimacy to remain in office.
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March 6, 2012
State attorneys general report tackles Obama's unprecedented lawbreakingWe finally have some lawyers using the law for the right purposes. Let's get them some assistance, and grow their ranks.
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March 2, 2012
Santorum's intellectual evolution to a strong constitutional conservativeHe has matured from big-government conservative to constitutional conservative. There's a difference
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March 2, 2012
What the Cuccinelli Climategate case really meansDon't waste your time reading the liberal press about this one.
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February 13, 2012
Bullying Statists Are Destroying Private PhilanthropyThe bureaucrats and lawyers who regulate charities tend to be big-government statists who disrespect private property and other constitutional rights. They are ruining private philanthropy.
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February 1, 2012
Barking up the wrong treeObama and his policies are a disaster, even for our little four-legged friends.
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December 27, 2011
Subpoena Judges? Yes, IndeedThe fact that it has not been customary for Congress to subpoena judges may be less of a testament to respect for judicial independence than homage to mutual deference among the ruling class to statism.
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December 20, 2011
Newt's Courting the Demise of Citizens UnitedAn unconstitutional and unwise proposal from the former speaker.
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December 7, 2011
The Richmond Tea Party Audit and the First AmendmentIt looks like the government bullies in Richmond picked on the wrong victims.
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November 14, 2011
A Chicago Politics Expansion of Executive PrivilegeProponents of Executive Privilege in the Solyndra affair are expanding a limited doctrine not expressed in the Constitution into a rule of law protecting crony capitalism and potential lawbreaking.
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November 9, 2011
Why conservatives have a Hart for Herman CainHerman Cain may be this year's Gary Hart. Conservatives, however, know that the news media act like a pack of wolves when conservatives are in danger. Cain may be lying. We know the media lies -- and cheats.
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November 7, 2011
Cain Accuser's Modified Limited HangoutAfter anonymously stoking the story for good reason or not, which may have been done in violation of the confidentiality requirements of the nondisclosure agreement, it is curious that the Cain accuser now sees "no value in revisiting this matter."
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November 5, 2011
High-Stakes Chess May Backfire for Cain AccuserHerman Cain's accuser is engaging in a "hard pivot" vis-à-vis her legal strategy. Wonder why...
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November 2, 2011
Corrupt Crony Capitalism 'Been Bery, Bery Good' To Members of CongressHaving just received my 401(k) statement showing another decrease in value, a story in Roll Call caught my eye. The wealth of Members of Congress as a whole increased nearly 25 percent since 2008.
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October 26, 2011
Obama 'Can't Wait' for the Rule of LawAmerica will not lapse into a dictatorship; we won't let that happen. But the dictatorial aspects of the Obama administration must be called out for what they are: lawbreaking.
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October 17, 2011
Clarence Thomas' ConstitutionJustice Thomas' Constitution is a far better one than the political establishment would want for America.
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September 24, 2011
Conservatives, Sisyphus, and the Renewed Constitutional MovementThe key to saving America and its exceptional nature is in the math, but it's also very much about the law.
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August 27, 2011
Virginia's Political Earthquake, and Its Little HurricaneWe've had an earthquake in Virginia, and are facing a little bit of a hurricane. Oh, and besides the politics, there have been some big natural events taking place.
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July 13, 2011
Tap into the Social Security Trust Fund as if it were the federal oil reserveThe official Social Security Administration website claims, "Far from being 'worthless IOUs,' the investments held by the trust funds are backed by the full faith and credit of the U. S. Government."
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July 2, 2011
Lennon's freedomI'm skeptical, but I also don't discount that John Lennon became dissatisfied with the left. We are imperfect, but are born with the potential to grow.
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June 30, 2011
Let's have a Light Bulb Party!Yesterday I was talking with a colleague about the federal ban on incandescent light bulbs. A light went off in my head (if you'll excuse the term).
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June 11, 2011
Cruising with Freedom and Hillsdale College in the BalticsA lesson in freedom and how fragile it may be if we are not vigilant.
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May 30, 2011
Call your congressman, not your stock broker, for hot tipsWhat's illegal for you and me is legal for them.
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May 24, 2011
NPR's campaign finance nerveYou'd think just coming off the NPR scandal involving its 'corporate' willingness to hide donations to promote political and religious causes, NPR would be a little smarter.
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May 23, 2011
An apology to IsraelisOn behalf of most Americans, I apologize for our president. He has apologized to other peoples for America. I figured it's time for an American to apologize to other people for him.
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May 12, 2011
Why the Left doesn't understand (or want) American exceptionalismWashington Post opinion giver and scribe Richard Cohen writes about The Myth of American Exceptionalism. There may be no better example of why the liberal view of America is wrong.
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April 26, 2011
More Crony Philanthropy"Prince of Pork" Hal Rogers (R-KY), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, is very charitable with your money.
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March 30, 2011
Oregon Attorney General's Uncharitable LegislationAn attempt to shut down grassroots charities.
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March 25, 2011
Democrat Senator tells how he really thinks about our freedomThis is obviously how they really think.
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March 22, 2011
The 'Legality' of the Act of War in LibyaIs it conceivable -- is it credible -- that the United States has not been at war since 1941? Of course not.
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March 21, 2011
Libya: Where's Congress? Worse Yet, Where Are Conservatives?What we have is an open and notorious violation of the constitutional structure for how such military force may be employed.
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March 15, 2011
Double, double standards on being shocked, shockedThe leftwing media is up in arms, claiming the videos in which NPR executives were 'O'Keefed' were edited misleadingly and dishonestly.
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February 24, 2011
'A man's home is his castle,' 250 years laterToday is the 250th anniversary of the Paxton's Case, in which James Otis argued against the British Writs of Assistance, and uttered the famous words, "A man's house is his castle"
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February 7, 2011
Dick Morris Disses (But Misses) Virginia Tea Party Candidate for SenateMaybe for now, but wait awhile.
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January 24, 2011
How To Make Liberal Democrats Vote for Smaller GovernmentVirginia Democrats have introduced legislation to scale back government power. That's right.
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January 10, 2011
Left Blames the Constitution for Assassination Attempt on Rep. GiffordsThe Left's attempt to de-legitimize the law that governs government, our Constitution, has taken a turn to the deranged.
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January 5, 2011
The Liberal Press Meets the Law That Governs GovernmentIn the twisted political world of Washington, the law that governs government -- the Constitution -- is malleable and negotiable like everything else that takes place in that town.
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December 15, 2010
Cuccinelli's Other ObamaCare VictoryWhat Cuccinelli did in defeating (for now) the individual mandate also prevents an historically massive expansion of the federal government's audit and investigation powers.
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December 10, 2010
Why Constitutional Conservatism Is AscendingIf 2009 was the year of birth of the Tea Party movement, 2010 was the year of ascendancy of constitutional conservatism.
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December 1, 2010
'No Labels': No KiddingIt was only after reading Joe Scarborough's angry, poison pen attack on Sarah Palin that I learned Morning Joe is part of a new organization for civility in politics called "No Labels."
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November 24, 2010
A 'gradual depreciation' of rightsA forewarning of the process by which government has gradually chipped away at constitutional rights, and how the judicial branch allowed that to happen.
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November 18, 2010
The party of evil -- and stupid?The old line is that Democrats are the party of evil, and Republicans the party of stupid. Democrats appear to be poised to overtake Republicans as the party of stupid.
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November 11, 2010
Reform the House Rules - Now!Real, long-lasting policy changes won't occur unless the internal rules of Congress are changed. The key meeting is next week.
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November 8, 2010
Naked Emperors: How and why the Gingrich Revolution collapsedEssential reading for tea partiers who want to succeed at reforming Congress with the new GOP majority.
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November 4, 2010
Term limit the SpeakershipUnder Article I of the Constitution, the House could establish a rule that a Speaker may serve no more than four years in that role.
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November 1, 2010
A lesson from 'extremist' ReaganMuch like today's Tea Partiers and constitutional conservatives, Reagan faced strong opposition from the Republican establishment.
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October 25, 2010
A Mass Nervous Breakdown of the LeftThe left is having, before our eyes, a mass nervous breakdown at the prospects of its collapse, exacerbated by the lost prospect of being on the verge of something really big.
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October 19, 2010
Media misrepresenting Christine O'Donnell. Again.The media is so desperate to attack Christine O'Donnell, they forget YouTube exists.
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October 14, 2010
Delaware debate moderator tells Coons, 'Go for it'A ruling class troll who should never moderate another debate.
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October 12, 2010
Political Speech Laws: The Ruling Class Versus Mom, Pop -- and Rape VictimsPolitical speech laws create barriers to participation in politics by those whose voices should be heard. They must be changed.
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September 29, 2010
Those dumb, dangerous, 'fundamentalist' constitutionalistsSo, the new liberal meme is that the Tea Party, with its emphasis on constitutionalism, is a bunch of dumb and dangerous 'fundamentalists.'
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September 23, 2010
Those, like, totally weird constitutionalistsThere's no fool like an educated fool.
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September 20, 2010
Those cruel constitutionalistsHow badly does the HuffPo misunderstand the Constitution? This bad.
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September 18, 2010
Christine O'Donnell and the Tea Party EraChristine O'Donnell is a game-changer in the first regularly scheduled federal elections of the Tea Party era in more ways than one.
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September 16, 2010
We have a long way to go in correcting the liberal SenateCompared to America, the Senate is slanted very far to the left, and even most of the Republicans are establishment types.
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September 14, 2010
Win or lose, Christine O'Donnell's no Barack ObamaFor all the scrutiny Ms. O'Donnell will face if she wins the Delaware primary today, we at least know she's not a gold digger at the public trough.
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September 10, 2010
The New Hampshire pro-life candidate is who?Republican establishment and tea parties clash in the Live Free Or Die state.
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September 2, 2010
U.N. report clearly not treason, just treasonousIt clearly gives our foreign detractors and enemies comfort.
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August 26, 2010
'Compassionate' nonsense aimed at the Tea PartyMichael Gerson, the "compassionate" George W. Bush speechwriter and advisor, cautions that the Tea Party is toxic for the GOP.
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August 16, 2010
The Tea Party and the Spider's WebAs the liberal establishment is trying to understand the Tea Party movement, dangers lies ahead.
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August 9, 2010
Obama shows Virginia Dems out the door the Chicago wayThe Old Dominion finds out the cost of Obama's wrath.
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July 26, 2010
Journolist and MaliceThe malice exhibited in the Journolist e-mails is about more than journalistic ethics.
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July 12, 2010
Values Voters and Limited GovernmentPresident Obama's real (and perhaps only) gift to America may be that he set into motion the greatest movement in modern history towards constitutional conservatism.
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July 6, 2010
Bringing Home IncivilityDon't be fooled by the schoolmarm looks of Elaine Marshall, North Carolina's Secretary of State and the Democratic Party's nominee this year for U.S. Senate. She's a dangerous person.
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June 18, 2010
The NRA's Deal with the DevilDisappointment does not come from opponents; it comes from friends.
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June 14, 2010
Hypocritical Democrats filtering corporate money for electionsAll perfectly legal thanks to a loophole in McCain-Feingold.
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June 3, 2010
Conservatives: Beware of the Military Funeral CaseThe Westboro Baptist Church military funeral case now in the news has potential for mischief against conservative activists.
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May 28, 2010
Obama's Environmental Policy: Blame the Law, Then 'Bust Through' ItAn unintentional admission?
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May 25, 2010
ObamaCare Lawsuit Reveals National Grab to Regulate Individual 'Decisions'A standard legitimizing unlimited federal power.
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May 17, 2010
Climategate Taxpayer Fraud Investigation Draws Ideological HeatThe civil investigation is making some people sweat.
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May 3, 2010
Crony PhilanthropyLeftwing nonprofits wholeheartedly see themselves as a "partner" with not just big government, but especially with this President
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May 3, 2010
Mr. Obama, government ain't me, manAt his University of Michigan commencement speech Saturday, President Obama again bashed critics of government (and socialism), and said, "government is us."
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April 26, 2010
Justice Stevens on Distinguishing Protest from IncitementLiberals claiming Tea Party protests are dangerous need to review what liberal icon Justice Stevens wrote on the subject.
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April 20, 2010
Less Free Speech for the Free Market On Its WayNew powers about to be given to the Federal Trade Commission under The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 4173)
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April 9, 2010
Government Is the Biggest LawbreakerMeasured just by the number of victims, there is no close second place to government as the biggest lawbreaker. Measured in terms of impact, government lawbreaking is disabling our entire society.
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April 2, 2010
Thurbert Baker, Attorney General for ACORNBased on praise by the liberal media, you'd think that General Baker was the model of fiscal responsibility and restraint on judicial activism.
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March 29, 2010
Charlie Rangel Faces His Scott BrownWhat better message to send to Washington than to defeat an old bull like Charlie Rangel?
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March 17, 2010
No information FOIA youthe Obama administration is keeping more information hidden from the public than did the Bush administration by employing "exceptions" to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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March 16, 2010
Wake-Up Call for the Tea PartyTea Partiers who think they're onto something special are right. In terms of competing with the organized left, though, they're light-years and hundreds of millions of dollars behind.
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March 12, 2010
Lessons from the Coffee PartyFor the free publicity given by its allies in the media, the Coffee Party is pure boredom. Yet there are lessons here for conservatives.
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January 28, 2010
A Dangerous Dissent on Citizens UnitedThe dissenting opinion in Citizens United written by Justice Stevens exposes the sometimes-camouflaged antipathy towards freedom held by liberal, big-government types.
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January 23, 2010
Tea Party CrashersSome members of the media are in a snit about the Tea Party Movement's First Amendment freedom to peaceably assemble without them.
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January 15, 2010
Conscienceless Martha CoakleyPro-life Catholics probably shouldn't work in hospital emergency rooms, according to Martha.
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January 4, 2010
Will Massachusetts send ACORN flunky Coakley to replace Ted Kennedy?On January 19, Massachusetts will hold a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat held formerly by the late Ted Kennedy.
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December 22, 2009
The Leftwing finds a use for Christmas after allAt least they're trying to get in the spirit of the season.
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December 19, 2009
Send a 'No health care reform' Christmas card to your senatorA little Christmas cheer from their constituents.
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December 15, 2009
Another look at defunding ACORNMaybe more judges should be blocking acts of Congress when they are in fact unconstitutional
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December 2, 2009
Free speech for me - not for thee'Silence the GOP' is now official Democratic policy
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November 25, 2009
ACORNing the Climate Change MovementThe climate change movement may have been caught in its first ACORN moment, with the publication of emails suggesting global warming data has been manipulated or suppressed.
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November 19, 2009
Miranda Rights on the Battlefield Unconstitutional?Eric Holder has some explaining to do.
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November 14, 2009
Presumed IgnorantWhen asked where in the Constitution Congress is authorized to mandate health insurance for individuals, those favoring such legislation sound like babbling morons. With apologies to babblers and morons.
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November 4, 2009
Hoffman lost, but tea partiers won in NY-23 after allLesson: never underestimate the value of putting up a fight based on principle.
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October 15, 2009
ACORN, Payola and Color of LawHere's one example of how state law enforcement officials have leveraged and possibly violated the law to help ACORN in return for ACORN's political help.
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October 9, 2009
Beware of Misdirection on Dreams AuthorshipI've concluded, after initially thinking it was an issue, the Obama/Ayers' authorship matter is a distraction.
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October 7, 2009
Rep. Bachman: Problem Bigger Than Just ACORNACORN's scandals hit a nerve with conservatives. It's likely no one in the media would understand why even if they were to try.
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October 2, 2009
Investigate Jerry BrownCalifornia's Attorney General Jerry Brown is going to investigate "both ACORN and the circumstances under which ACORN employees were videotaped."
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September 23, 2009
ACORN and the AGsDespite years of warning signs that ACORN was violating the law, many state attorneys general have not investigated the organization or brought enforcement actions.
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September 15, 2009
The Left's new enemy: 'Tenthers'Who are the dastardly people who are now unhinging the left?
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September 12, 2009
Fund-raising battle over Joe Wilson seatTop-down versus grass roots efforts. Guess which will win?
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September 10, 2009
Obama's Authoritarian, Unconstitutional Health Care ProposalThere is no clause in Article I of the Constitution authorizing Congress to craft legislation forcing individuals to purchase insurance.
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August 26, 2009
Pets May Not Be So Happy under 'Happy Act'Republican Congressman Thaddeus McCotter has introduced well-meaning legislation that is certain to tug at the heartstrings of animal lovers.
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July 30, 2009
Black Market Judicial PhilosophySome called it a confirmation conversion. At times during her confirmation hearings, Judge Sotomayor sounded as if she could have been Chief Justice John Roberts' sister.
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April 29, 2009
Sometimes You Gotta Spend Taxpayer Money to... Spend Taxpayer MoneyThe spending of federal stimulus money is so expensive that some states can't seem to afford it.
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April 2, 2009
Cornerstone to the Obama AgendaConservatives are big financiers of the spread of socialism by nonprofits. Bigger even than billionaire George Soros.
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April 1, 2009
Apparently, no disposable income is best for charitiesGeorge Soros tells charities to learn to love higher taxes on donations to them.
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March 31, 2009
Liberal charities learn to love lower donationsGrinning while marching toward insolvency and irrelevance.
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January 12, 2009
Give Us 'Change' in Congressional Fundraising AbusesThree kinds of political fundraising money laundering help keep congressional bulls in power.
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October 29, 2008
Who Enforces the Constitution's Natural Born Citizen Clause?If you believe in individual rights and the notion that our Constitution is a document granting enumerated but limited powers to the federal government, then you have reason to be troubled by the recent dismissal in Berg v. Obama et al.