Sen. Rockefeller: FCC Should Take FOX News, MSNBC Off Airwaves

From:  Real Clear Politics / 1:05 video

Sen. Rockefeller: FCC Should Take FOX News, MSNBC Off Airwaves

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/11/17/sen_rockefeller_fcc_should_take_fox_news_msnbc_off_airwaves.html

League of Women Voters Try to Stop Pledge of Allegiance at Debate

1:16 YouTube video

League of Women Voters Try to Stop Pledge of Allegiance at Debate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M61pDT05A8

Tea-Party affiliated group seeks constitutional change

From:  The D.C. Caller

Tea-Party affiliated group seeks constitutional change
http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/02/tea-party-affiliated-group-seeks-constitutional-change/



A Tea Party activist is working to get state backing for a constitutional convention to pass a constitutional amendment that would give two-thirds of the states the ability to repeal congressional acts, such as the new health care law.


“It restores a lot of the sovereignty and a lot of the power that the states have lost,” said Marianne Moran, executive director of RepealAmendment.org and *former executive director of Tea Party In Action.

The Tenth Amendment has become useless because of Supreme Court decisions that have expanded federal power and because of the Seventeenth Amendment that stripped state legislatures of their right to name U.S. senators, Moran said. . . . .

Wiretapped phones, now Internet?

From:  Star Tribune / 1:14 video

Wiretapped phones, now Internet?:  To better track criminals, U.S. wants to be able to wiretap online communications.
http://www.startribune.com/nation/103836983.html


Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations of the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is "going dark" as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone.


Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications -- including encrypted e-mail transmitters such as BlackBerry, social networking websites such as Facebook and software that allows direct "peer-to-peer" messaging such as Skype -- to be technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order. The mandate would include being able to intercept and unscramble encrypted messages. . . .

U.S. Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority

From:  Fox News

U.S. Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/27/seeking-expand-internet-wiretaps/


The Obama administration is developing plans that would require all Internet-based communication services -- such as encrypted BlackBerry e-mail, Facebook, and Skype -- to be capable of complying with federal wiretap orders, according to a report published Monday.


National security officials and federal law enforcement argue their ability to eavesdrop on terror suspects is increasingly "going dark," The New York Times reported, as more communication takes place via Internet services, rather than by traditional telephone.

The bill, which the White House plans to deliver to Congress next year, would require communication service providers be technically capable of intercepting and decrypting messages, raising serious privacy concerns, the Times said. . . . . . .


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From:  Star Tribune

Wiretapped phones, now Internet?  To better track criminals, U.S. wants to be able to wiretap online communications

http://www.startribune.com/nation/103836983.html


Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations of the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is "going dark" as people increasingly communicate online instead of by telephone.


Essentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications -- including encrypted e-mail transmitters such as BlackBerry, social networking websites such as Facebook and software that allows direct "peer-to-peer" messaging such as Skype -- to be technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order. The mandate would include being able to intercept and unscramble encrypted messages. . . . . .

Every Responsible Citizen Should be Armed

6:57 YouTube video

Every Responsible Citizen Should be Armed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5n7inTI1dc


Examples of an Armed Victim, an Unarmed Vicitim and a Police Officer who Advocates Self Defense

Truthful, Science-Backed Food Claim Could Put You in Prison for 10 Years: Bill Passed by US House of Reps

From: 

Truthful, Science-Backed Food Claim Could Put You in Prison for 10 Years: Bill Passed by US House of Reps

http://www.gaia-health.com/articles301/000307-science-claim-10-years-prison-house-passes.shtml


The bill is now in front of the Senate. It's time to act! The right of free speech is at risk, along with your right to choose your food.


Under a bill passed by the US House of Representatives, you could be imprisoned for ten years for simply stating a food's potential to prevent or treat disease, no matter how conclusive the scientific research. At this point, the only thing standing between you and this law's enactment is the US Senate. This may be your last chance to save your right to free speech and healthy food. . . . .

We the People: Honoring Constitution Day

1:13 YouTube Video

We the People: Honoring Constitution Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejH1Xvw12sA&feature=player_embedded


As we celebrate another Constitution Day, we should take time to reflect on the awesome gift of the Constitution and work to commit ourselves further to the principles of the Founding.

The Meaning Of The Constitution

From: Heritage Foundation

The Meaning Of The Constitution
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2009/09/The-Meaning-Of-The-Constitution


An excerpt from The Heritage Guide to the Constitution

The Constitution of the United States has endured for over two centuries. It remains the object of reverence for nearly all Americans and an object of admiration by peoples around the world. William Gladstone was right in 1878 when he described the U.S. Constitution as "the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man."

Part of the reason for the Constitution's enduring strength is that it is the complement of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration provided the philosophical basis for a government that exercises legitimate power by "the consent of the governed," and it defined the conditions of a free people, whose rights and liberty are derived from their Creator. The Constitution delineated the structure of government and the rules for its operation, consistent with the creed of human liberty proclaimed in the Declaration. . . . .

Lawsuit planned after protesters put on terror list

From: Pittsburgh Live

Lawsuit planned after protesters put on terror list
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_699551.html



An activist who believes he was improperly included on a state terror threat list said this morning he is preparing a federal lawsuit.

"When people's civil rights are trampled it's a federal issue," said Gene Stilp of Harrisburg, who holds a Virginia law license but does not practice as an attorney.

Gov. Ed Rendell, speaking Downtown this morning, said he does not believe activists' Constitutional rights were violated.

The statement was a reversal from what he said yesterday. Asked in Harrisburg on Tuesday whether monitoring activists was "tantamount to trampling" on their Constitutional rights, he said: "I would say so." . . . .

Koran burner Derek Fenton booted from his job at NJ Transit

From: New York Daily News

Editor's Note: While we COMPLETELY DISAGREE with Mr. Fenton's Koran burning stunt on Sept. 11, 2010, that was his constitutional right to do so. Just because it was his "Right" does not make it reasonable, or right. However, the company that he works for having fired him (supposedly for his stunt at ground zero) does go against his "Right to Freedom of Speech."


Koran burner Derek Fenton booted from his job at NJ Transit
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/14/2010-09-14_koran_burner_derek_fenton_fired_from_his_job_at_nj_transit.html



The protester who burned pages from the Koran outside a planned mosque near Ground Zero has been fired from NJTransit, sources and authorities said Tuesday.

Derek Fenton's 11-year career at the agency came to an abrupt halt Monday after photographs of him ripping pages from the Muslim holy book and setting them ablaze appeared in newspapers. . . . .

The Government's New Right to Track Your Every Move With GPS

From: Yahoo News / Time

The Government's New Right to Track Your Every Move With GPS
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599201315000


Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn't violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway - and no reasonable expectation that the government isn't tracking your movements.

That is the bizarre - and scary - rule that now applies in California and eight other Western states. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which covers this vast jurisdiction, recently decided the government can monitor you in this way virtually anytime it wants - with no need for a search warrant. (See a TIME photoessay on Cannabis Culture.) . . . . . .

Tracking Your Digital Trail

From: New American

Tracking Your Digital Trail
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/computers/1160



Innocent-seeming questionnaires, tests, and surveys are increasingly being disseminated by government officials so that they have complete histories on every citizen.

At this writing, Republican Congresswoman Virginia Foxx of North Carolina is busy apologizing for her politically incorrect gaffe in arguing against legislation that would expand federal hate-crime laws to include sexual orientation. She pointed to the infamous Matthew Shepard case as a “hoax” inasmuch as Shepard’s killers appeared to have been interested in drugs, not sexual-identity issues.

Were Foxx a teenager today, she would be spared the necessity of balancing her conservative views on sexuality against the left’s Orwellian obsession with semantics. School counselors would steer her away from career paths in politics, journalism, or teaching (all careers that influence public perceptions) based on her answers on school-based, opinion-oriented tests and surveys, cross-matched with her family’s religious affiliations, magazine and newspaper subscriptions, and other “private” information that she might inadvertently let slip throughout her K-12 years. She would also be “guided” by social-studies and “health” teachers who are aggressive in “helping” students overcome “inflexible” and “intolerant” attitudes — a strategy now made infinitely simple via computer. . . . . . . .

The Government Can Use GPS to Track You

From: Time

The Government Can Use GPS to Track Your
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2013150,00.html



Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn't violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway — and no reasonable expectation that the government isn't tracking your movements.

That is the bizarre — and scary — rule that now applies in California and eight other Western states. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which covers this vast jurisdiction, recently decided the government can monitor you in this way virtually anytime it wants — with no need for a search warrant. . . .

John Bush Arrested For Protesting Outside Free Speech Zone At U.T. Austin

4:10 YouTube video

John Bush Arrested For Protesting Outside Free Speech Zone At U.T. Austin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gr1BIDi97M




In complete violation of the Constitution, John Bush is arrested while exercising three of his First Amendment rights: Freedom to Peacefully Assemble, Freedom of Speech, and Freedom of the Press.


All of this happened outside of Obama's speech on UT campus.


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What Ever Happened to the Constitution? | Andrew Napolitano

56:44 YouTube video

What Ever Happened to the Constitution? Andrew Napolitano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sNWbiAMf80

Presented by Judge Andrew Napolitano at the 2010 Mises University. Includes an introduction by Mises Institute founder and chairman, Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Recorded 29 July 2010 in Auburn, Alabama.

Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images

From: CNET News

Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20012583-281.html

For the last few years, federal agencies have defended body scanning by insisting that all images will be discarded as soon as they're viewed. The Transportation Security Administration claimed last summer, for instance, that "scanned images cannot be stored or recorded."

Now it turns out that some police agencies are storing the controversial images after all. The U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that it had surreptitiously saved tens of thousands of images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse.

High court trims Miranda warning rights bit by bit

From: Yahoo News / AP

High court trims Miranda warning rights bit by bit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_supreme_court_miranda

You have the right to remain silent, but only if you tell the police that you're remaining silent.
You have a right to a lawyer — before, during and after questioning, even though the police don't have to tell you exactly when the lawyer can be with you. If you can't afford a lawyer, one will be provided to you. Do you understand these rights as they have been read to you, which, by the way, are only good for the next two weeks?

Rohrer: 10th Amendment Clearly Defines State Powers

4:57 YouTube video

Rohrer: 10th Amendment Clearly Defines State Powers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB03MEw2_4c

Obama complies with Agenda 21 and expands federal power

From: Canada Free Press

Obama complies with Agenda 21 and expands federal power
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/26056