School’s ‘psycho-social checklist’ asks if first-graders have sexual identity issues

Kyle Olson EAGnews.org 3/24/2014

BATON ROUGE, La. – A Louisiana mother isn’t happy about a number of probing questions her school district asks about her child in a “Psycho-Social Checklist” sent home to parents last week.

“The following is a checklist of psycho-social stressors that may impact a student’s academic and social functioning,” the Central […]

Scalia: NSA spying debate may reach Supreme Court

Kellan Howell The Washington Times 3/22/2014

…If the issue were to come before the Supreme Court, Justice Scalia hinted he would rule that the Fourth Amendment doesn’t protect “conversations” that the government might listen to because the Fourth Amendment prohibits the government from searching your “persons, houses, papers, and effects” without a warrant, not “conversations.”

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‘Your right to privacy is under assault’

 

Rand Paul gets standing ovation at Berkeley

Alex Pappas The Daily Caller 3/19/2014

Delivering a rare speech for a Republican at this bastion of liberalism, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday was given multiple standing ovations by the left-wing audience after railing against government surveillance and warning the students: “Your right to privacy […]

How to Get Feinstein to Support the Fourth Amendment – Snoop and Intimidate Her Staff

Scott Shackford Reason Magazine 3/11/2014

Sen. Dianne Feinstein – generally a lover and defender of our growing surveillance state – took to the Senate floor this morning to confirm and clarify a story that came out last week: The CIA snooped on a computer network Congress was using to investigate CIA abuses.

At the heart […]

Sen. Rand Paul at CPAC 2014

The ACU YouTube 3/7/2014

The Honorable Rand Paul, United States Senator for Kentucky, speaks at CPAC 2014 on March 7, 2014.

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Related: Rand Paul focuses on Constitution, civil liberties in CPAC speech

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) offered a stark contrast from other speakers this afternoon at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). […]

Americans rising up against government

Three examples of pushback against the ruling class.

Glenn Harlan Reynolds Opinion USA Today 2/23/2014

America’s ruling class has been experiencing more pushback than usual lately. It just might be a harbinger of things to come…

…in Connecticut a massive new gun-registration scheme is also facing civil disobedience. As J.D. Tuccille reports:

“Three years ago, […]

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