by Vince | Jan 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
UPDATE: This post originally stated the 4th Amendment kept govt from taking citizen’s property. NJMike was kind enough to point out that it is of course the 5th. Which just goes to show the wisdom of that century old adage: Never write a blog while drinking beer...
by Vince | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
We all know that Barack Obama was a Constitutional Law professor at the University of Chicago. He spent more than a decade lecturing on what is possibly the greatest document ever written by men. Later, when elected to the Senate and then the White House he swore to...
by Vince | Jun 18, 2013 | American Intelligence, Barack Obama, Constitution, Freedom, IRS, NSA Wiretap's, Politics
I remember once when I was in college I took a trip home to the DC metro area with my girlfriend. She and I went to the movies not far from where my mother lived in a rather rough part of town called Capitol Heights, MD. I have no idea what we saw. I do however...
by Vince | May 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
As is often the case with terrorist events, the Boston Marathon bombings had an impact far beyond the bodies of the people harmed by the delivery vehicle itself. Of course that is the very nature of terrorism, where the goal is to use the media to leverage shockingly...
by CJ | Apr 22, 2011 | 4th Amendment, ACLU, Constitution, Law, Law Enforcement
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 A couple of days ago, I read an article about how police in Michigan (go figure) were...
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