A Fine for Not Using a Biofuel That Doesn’t Exist

By MATTHEW L. WALD for the New York Times Published: January 9, 2012 WASHINGTON — When the companies that supply motor fuel close the books on 2011, they will pay about $6.8 million in penalties to the Treasury because they failed to mix a special type of biofuel into their gasoline and diesel as required [...]

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NPRI’s litigation center takes aim at long-running constitutional violation

Suit seeks to restore the separation-of-powers principle in Nevada By Andy Matthews It is possible to have legitimate disagreements over the interpretation of parts of Nevada’s constitution. Article 3, Section 1 — the separation-of-powers clause in Nevada’s constitution — is not one of them. It reads: The powers of the Government of the State of [...]

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Online piracy debate far from over

By Gautham Nagesh     – 11/16/11 06:52 PM ET The Hill THE LEDE: Any hope supporters had of the House quickly passing the Stop Online Piracy Act might have been quashed on Wednesday, when a one-sided hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee sparked a massive backlash online. The legislation would empower the government [...]

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A repellant for tyrants: Part II

Flouting the separation-of-powers principle breeds autocracy and bureaucratic metastasis By Joseph Becker Nevada Policy Research Institute When state governments ignore the separation-of-powers doctrine, the consequences can be dire. By way of quick review: The separation-of-powers principle provides that those entrusted with duties and powers in either the judicial, executive or legislative branch of a government [...]

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H. R. 358 the Protect Life Act

It never ceases to amaze me just how politicians can bend, warp and distort the truth when it fits their needs!  Ever since the Protect Life Act bill was introduced – it became the rallying point for abortion advocates and opponents alike! Abortion advocates tout that this is really the “Let Women Die” act – [...]

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New California HPV Vaccine Law Frightens Bestselling Author Teresa Tomeo

Measure enables girls 12 and older to get HPV vaccine — sans parental consent SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ — With little fanfare, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday that enables girls 12 and older to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine without parental consent. Bestselling author Teresa Tomeo finds it [...]

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Clark County School District police routinely use police powers outside of school grounds

Officers ‘not concerned about’ state’s governing statutes By Karen Gray LAS VEGAS — Is the Clark County School District Police Department usurping police powers it is not granted under the law? Nevada Revised Statutes specifically designate school police as Category II peace officers, who have only temporary and restricted authority in Class A felony crimes. [...]

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White House statement regarding illegal immigration,Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and the state of Arizona

Folks – before we get into the post from Sheriff Joe Arpaio, I would like to say that although I do not agree with everything he says, nor everything he does…nobody…not Republican nor Democrat, liberal or conservative, not far left or far right has come up with a more effective solution to the problems effecting [...]

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Why Under-18 Tan Bans Won’t Work

Groups that plan to propose under-18 tanning restrictions to states, provinces and municipalities are ignoring conflicting data in a blind effort to denegrate any and all UV exposure, International Smart Tan Network believes. Groups are pointing at survey research on tanning are missing important points: Read the rest of this article on the International Smart [...]

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Just because you have the right to do so, doesn’t make it right that you do!

Folks – I said this about the Mosque in New York City just yards from Ground Zero – and it looks like I’ve got to say the exact same thing about this Revered in Florida, who will memorialize September 11th, 2001 this year by burning the copies of the Quan. Sir, Just because you have [...]

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Abolish the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? No – just clarify it!

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – is a sore spot for many in this immigration debate.   It is via this section of our Constitution that illegal aliens have been claiming citizenship for their children who are born on U.S. soil – and therefore eligible for all the benefits afforded any other U.S. Citizen. [...]

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A Hole in the Fence of Immigration Reform

A gaping hole sits squarely in the middle of the fence of proposed “Immigration Reform.” This crack, while inviting to those on the other side of the border, seems to go largely unnoticed by the politically correct mainstream on the American side. Many experts call this loophole an “illegal immigration magnet,” or more commonly, birthright [...]

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CNN Host Calls for Crackdown on ‘Bloggers’

Should there be a “gatekeeper” regulating internet bloggers? In the aftermath of the Shirley Sherrod incident, that’s what CNN promoted on July 23. Anchors Kyra Phillips and John Roberts discussed the “mixed blessing of the internet,” and agreed that there should be a crackdown on anonymous bloggers who disparage others on the internet. Read the [...]

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Fact sheet on the Arizona immigration law…

Arizona’s Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (Formerly SB 1070, as revised on April 30, 2010) Purpose of the Law: • To ensure “the cooperative enforcement of federal immigration laws throughout all of Arizona;” • To “make attrition through enforcement the public policy of all state and local government agencies in Arizona;” and [...]

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State Rep. in accident with suspected illegal immigrant…

From myfox Boston…

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The penis is mightier than the gun!

I think originally that read, the pen is mightier than the sword – but for some reason in this country, we are more concerned about sex and sexuality – than almost any kind of violent crime you can think of! We have laws against prostitution, we have laws that state a soft porn magazine cannot [...]

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Operation Wetback Fact or Fiction?

There are a lot of emails floating around regarding “Operation Wetback”- claiming that 13 million Mexican Nationals were deported in 1954 under President Dwight Eisenhower.  The reason?  So that WWI and Korean Veterans would have a better chance a jobs. Like most internet forwards – this does have a few bits of truth to it… [...]

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Illegal Immigration – outlaws want to write the laws!

In my post yesterday I stated that it is the illegal immagrant community that is the ONLY criminal culture in the United Staters that can get away with protesting the very laws that they themselves are accused of breaking.  Well, Guess what?  It looks like it’s happening again! According to Reuters… Protest organizers said on [...]

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70% of Arizona Voters Favor New State Measure Cracking Down On Illegal Immigration

The Arizona legislature has now passed the toughest measure against illegal immigration in the country, authorizing local police to stop and check the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 70% of likely voters in Arizona approve of the legislation, while just [...]

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Court: FCC has no power to regulate Net neutrality

The Federal Communications Commission does not have the legal authority to slap Net neutrality regulations on Internet providers, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. unanimously tossed out the FCC’s August 2008 cease and desist order against Comcast, which had taken measures to slow BitTorrent transfers before voluntarily ending them [...]

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Thomas More Law Center Asks Court to Stop Enforcement of the Individual Mandate of Health Care

ANN ARBOR, MI – In an effort to expedite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision of the newly enacted health care reform act, today, the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, filed a motion in Federal District Court [...]

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Is your political preference legally protected under civil-rights law?

From the Orlando Sentinel: A doctor who considers the national health-care overhaul to be bad medicine for the country posted a sign on his office door telling patients who voted for President Barack Obama to seek care “elsewhere.” “I’m not turning anybody away — that would be unethical,” Dr. Jack Cassell, 56, a Mount Dora [...]

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The Census Is Getting Personal

From Jerry Day and the Matrix News Network Part 1 THESE videos is not expert legal advice or a paid professional service. It is layman’s opinion. Census Video Part 2, Clarifications This video answers the most common questions and objections to the original video “The Census Is Getting Personal”. Addressed in this video are the [...]

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What is Reconciliation?

How is it that what was once called the “Constitution Option” is now considered nuclear? We’re starting to hear a lot about this parliamentary procedure called “reconciliation” – and very few folks if any really know what it means.  Personally, I remember hearing the threats from the Republicans during the Democrats refusing to give judicial [...]

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First Court Challenge to Federal “Hate Crimes” Act

The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor Michigan, this morning filed a federal lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., challenging the constitutionality of the recently-enacted federal Hate Crimes Act.  The Act criminalizes so-called “bias” crimes motivated by a person’s “actual or perceived” “sexual [...]

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