Too much government creates more problems than it solves and reduces personal accountability across generations. Government was created to provide for the defense of its people, not the financial welfare of all its citizens. Would-be defenders of the poor and powerless spend a lot of time and effort “denying that people bear responsibility for the […]
Category: Liberties Lost
How we have lost liberties by losing states rights and allowing the federal government to enter every aspect of our lives
Martial Law By Executive Order
Martial Law by Executive Order Built Around National Emergencies At one level, the prospect for war with Iran is probably an immediate justification. But the comprehensiveness of the Executive Order, like that of the 2012 NDAA, speaks to something much deeper. President Obama’s National Defense Resources Preparedness Executive Order of March 16 does to the […]
Executive Orders – Obama’s Plan B
Using Executive Orders To Seize Control Of Our Economy And Our Lives President Obama has made clear that he’s determined to continue pushing his “progressive” agenda, regardless of constitutional limitations on his power. He aims to have his way by issuing more and more executive orders. The most ominous sign of possible things to come […]
Court Review of NDAA
Supreme Court Review of NDAA WASHINGTON, D.C. — In refusing to hear a legal challenge to the indefinite detention provision of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA), the United States Supreme Court has affirmed that the President and the U.S. military can arrest and indefinitely detain individuals, including American citizens. By denying without […]
NDAA 2012 Abolishes Civil Liberties
Congress and Obama Ignore Constitution With NDAA 2012 Obama, the biggest critic of Bush’s violation of civil liberties for prisoners of war (POWs), signed legislation removing the constitutional protections of civil liberties for all Americans—not just POWs—on December 31st 2011. Worse yet, both Democrats and Republicans combined to overwhelmingly pass the legislation with 322 to […]