Is ’1984′ Now?

SenatorRandPaul YouTube 11/13/2012

George Orwell’s dystopian novel continues to come true in too many ways.

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Update: Reminder: The Bill of Rights Doesn’t Give Anyone Any Rights…

 

 

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Hero Of The American Left, Professor Noam Chomsky Denounces Obama Administration

Sam Rolley Personal Liberty 4/30/2013

Notable left-wing polemicist Professor Noam Chomsky has made a career of writing and speaking out against government abuses of civil liberties in the United States and abroad. In the 2008 Presidential election, the professor endorsed Barack Obama but contended that the youthful Presidential candidate would have little positive or negative [...]

Sen. Paul Declares Victory for Americans’ Right to Trial by Jury

Passage of Feinstein-Lee amendment underlines Constitutional right against indefinite detention

Sen. Rand Paul 11/29/2012

This evening, the U.S. Senate voted on Amendment No. 3018 to the National Defense Authorization Act sponsored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), and co-sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul, which protects the rights prescribed to Americans in the [...]

Obama Has Already Appealed The Indefinite Detention Ruling

David Seaman Business Insider 9/13/2012

This sent a chill down my spine. In the midst of my interview with Tangerine Bolen, a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the NDAA’s indefinite detention provisions & coordinator of StopNDAA.org, she received an email from her lawyer to inform her that the Obama administration has already appealed yesterday’s historic [...]

Judge Strikes Down NDAA, Rules Obama Must Obey Constitution

Doug Book The Western Center for Journalism 5/19/2012

In a considerable setback for a president eager to ravage the due process rights of the American people, Federal Judge Kathleen Forrest granted a preliminary injunction on Wednesday, striking down those sections of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 which sought to provide Barack Obama [...]

McCain fingers Schumer for ‘grandstanding’ on AZ immigration law

Jamie Weinstein The Daily Caller 4/24/2012

Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain defended his state’s tough immigration law and blasted New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer for grandstanding on the issue Tuesday.

“Well my position is it is a classic Schumer grandstanding use of his subcommittee,” McCain said when asked by a reporter outside his party’s [...]

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