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Media focus builds pressure to limit seizures by feds CJ Ciaramella The Washington Free Beacon 10/29/2014 Several U.S. senators are considering reforms to federal civil asset forfeiture laws—which allow the government to seize citizens’ property even if they are not convicted or charged with a crime—following several high-profile investigations by news outlets. On Sunday, the […] October 30th, 2014 | Tags: Carol Hinders, civil asset forfeiture laws, due process, FAIR Act, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Rand Paul | Category: 5th Amendment, Congress, IRS, journalism, Property rights | Comments are closed
Rob Port The Daily Signal 8/30/2014 BISMARCK, N.D. — A map developed by the EPA and released to a U.S. House committee investigating controversial proposed water regulations should have citizens concerned, says U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer. “It is certainly alarming the EPA would develop these maps in secret and only release them after being confronted […] August 30th, 2014 | Tags: "wetlands inventory", abuse of power, Agenda 21, Rep. Kevin Cramer, water | Category: Agriculture and Food Production, Colorado, Congress, Environmental Protection Agency, federal regulations, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Progressives, Property rights, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming | Comments are closed
Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune 5/2/2014 …Obama already has named a handful of monuments across the country — using his unilateral power under the 1906 Antiquities Act — and has promised more. “I’ll use my authority to protect more of our pristine federal lands for future generations,” he said in his State of the […] May 4th, 2014 | Tags: 1906 Antiquities Act, Executive order, federal land, land seizures, land trust, President Bill Clinton | Category: Barack Obama, California, Environment, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Politics, Property rights, Utah, Washington | Comments are closed
Rick Wells GOP The Daily Dose 1 May 2014 While Senator Harry Reid professes that he is running the Bundy cattle off of public land because it’s the right thing to do, evidence indicates that Dirty Harry might have a personal interest in seeing that the Bundy’s join the other 52 ranchers they’ve run out […] May 3rd, 2014 | Tags: Bunkerville, Bureau of Land Management, Cliven Bundy, Doug Gillespie, Reid Bunkerville LLC, Sen. Harry Reid | Category: 2nd Amendment, Department of the Interior, law enforcement, Media, Nevada, Property rights | Comments are closed
Ed Morrissey Hot Air 4/24/2014 And probably most other Cliven Bundy supporters as well, assuming that the New York Times report of his Saturday press conference is accurate. National Journal’s Brian Resnick described these comments as something “overheard” by the Times, but the Times report itself puts them in the context of an open meeting […] April 24th, 2014 | Tags: Bureau of Land Management, Cliven Bundy, Dana Loesch, freedom, Kira Davis, Natural Rights, Oath Keepers, Reince Priebus, Sen. Dean Heller, Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Rand Paul, slavery | Category: 1st Amendment, Department of the Interior, Entitlements, Glenn Beck, Media, Nevada, Politics, Property rights, Racism, Video | Comments are closed
Filming Cops 4/21/2014 NEVADA — As the Bundy Ranch stand-off between Americans and functionaries of the State unfolded last week, we all saw the reports of armed supporters from several surrounding areas heading to the ranch. According to some reports, up to 5,000 militia members were en route just hours before the federal officers stood […] April 21st, 2014 | Tags: Bailey Bundy Logue, Bureau of Land Management, cattle, Cliven Bundy, Dinesh D'Souza, Endangered Species Act, Facebook, federal land, Ken Ivory, Michele Fiore, Montana Freemen Standoff, Twitter, Veterans, wild horses | Category: 2nd Amendment, Agriculture and Food Production, Department of the Interior, Glenn Beck, Military, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Property rights, Social networking websites, Texas, Wyoming | Comments are closed
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