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The Government Can Now Legally Detain You Indefinitely After All. It Couldn’t Over the Weekend.

Written by Gary North on September 19, 2012

Last week a judge overturned the NDAA’s provision that authorizes the U.S. government to arrest and indefinitely detain people suspected of terrorism. The judge said that the provision violated the Constitutional protection of due process: the Fifth Amendment. This restriction on federal power did not last long. A federal judge has just granted a “stay […]

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Don’t Carry Cash in Tennessee. The Cops May Take It

Written by Gary North on May 18, 2012

A New Jersey man was driving in Tennessee. He was pulled over to the side of the road by a state trooper. He had been speeding. That was mistake #1. The cop asked if the man was carrying money. The man sad yes. That was mistake #2. He said was trying to buy a car. […]

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Would Assassinating You Violate Judicial Procedure? No, Says the Attorney General.

Written by Gary North on March 14, 2012

So, you think the U.S. Constitution guarantees due process of law. Well, what if it does? It’s an old document. Who cares what the voters’ original intent was? Not the Attorney General of the United States, certainly. He gave a prepared speech at Northwestern University Law School recently. In his speech, he made it clear […]

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