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Gary North
Written by Gary North on August 20, 2012
President Obama signed an executive order — not a bill sent by Congress — to allow up to 1.7 million illegal immigrants to temporarily get legal residence. Not being a law, this order can be reversed if a new President cancels it. Congress has nothing to say about it either way. My guess is that […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 17, 2012
President Obama has opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants by retroactively annulling the laws that kept them out. Arizona’s governor has instructed state agencies to deny driver’s licenses to them. She has said they may not sign up for the welfare state, which is limited to legal residents only. So, which law is sovereign: the […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 13, 2012
President Obama has added to the burden of Americans. He has determined that it is now the responsibility of taxpayers to police the world’s treatment of women. He has signed an executive order which establishes a new foreign policy objective: ending violence to women everywhere. It is a good idea to end violence against women. […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 9, 2012
The Fourth Amendment does not protect terrorists. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld George W. Bush’s Terrorist Surveillance Program. “This case effectively brings to an end the plaintiffs’ ongoing attempts to hold the executive branch responsible for intercepting telephone conversations without judicial authorization.” Unless the U.S. Supreme Court reverses this, it is likely […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 7, 2012
It’s a crime to preach to the police in Holly Ridge, North Carolina. The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a street preacher who, after calling on police officers to “repent,” was handcuffed, transported in a police car to the City’s law office, detained in County Jail, held on a $500 bond, and […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 3, 2012
In North Dakota, a judge has refused to toss out a case where a farmer says he was arrested as a result of information supplied by a drone. The drone was supplied to local authorities by the Department of Homeland Security. It seems that some cows had wandered onto the man’s property. He refused to […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on August 2, 2012
Justice Scalia is an “originalist.” He says that he looks at what the Constitution meant when it was ratified in 1787 and 1788. In an interview on Fox News, Supreme he said that the Constitution does seem to allow state legislatures to place restrictions on gun ownership. He was vague as to which kinds of […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on July 30, 2012
It is no longer a crime in Washington, D.C. for a citizen to photograph or make a video of something that a policeman is doing publicly in the line of duty. This is now official policy of the police. This was forced on the police by a lawsuit from a man who was arrested two […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on July 18, 2012
On July 27, the United Nations Organization is expected to finalize an international ban on gun ownership. Obama has vowed to sign it. The United Nations has been pushing for a treaty against privately owned weapons ever since 1961. Under George W. Bush, the treaty had opposition. President Obama is strongly in favor of it. […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on July 17, 2012
The police banged at a man’s door at 1:20 a.m. They did not identify themselves as police. He came to the door holding a gun. They shot him dead. They offer no apology. The police were looking for someone else. They were at the wrong apartment. Do not open a door at 1:30 a.m. holding […]
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