In California, the American Civil Liberties Union has assembled a high profile panel with the intention of studying every aspect of the legalization of marijuana in anticipation of such laws coming into fruition in the state.The reportedly “blue ribbon panel,” chaired by Lt.
The Atlantic's Andrew Cohen sat down with former Texas Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson to discuss the consequences of partisan judicial elections.
As the debate on online privacy intensifies, Pew Internet & American Life Project, a project of Pew Research Center, recently
published a report on our behaviors and fears online.
Researching the impact of the Internet on society, Pew Internet focused in on privacy online, and found that while most Americans want to remain anonymous online, they fear that it's not possible.
Republican Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul, introduced a Constitutional Amendment last week that would prohibit members of Congress from passing laws "applicable to a citizen of the United States that is not equally applicable to Congress."
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The vote to reopen the government and pass a temporary budget deal has shaped up to be possibly the most divisive vote of 2013. H.R. 2775, also called the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2014 funds the government until January 15, 2014, and was passed October 17. The Senate voted 81 to 18 to fund the government and avert a potential default, whereas the House voted 285 to 144.
On Saturday, approximately 1,500 gun rights activists gathered at one of Texas' most sacred historical sites, the Alamo, in San Antonio to protest a city ordinance that bans open carry of firearms. According to the local news site, San Antonio Express-News, about a third of the protesters carried rifles, shotguns, and antique pistols as an open display of civil disobedience.
From San Antonio Express-News:
With our national debt at $17 trillion and growing and another crisis looming in January 2014, Congress and the White House must come together and find a way to either decrease expenses or increase revenue to manage our federal debt.
It is truly a matter of survival as a nation for us to resolve this dilemma.
There are veritable plethora of ways to accomplish the ultimate goal, yet the concept remains the same. It's not a complicated concept: spending more than you generate has some rather serious consequences.
Following the resolution of the 16-day government shutdown, U.S. Representative Justin Amash, a libertarian Republican representing Michigan's third district, has
acquired a primary challenger.
Republicans and Democrats continue to shrink and the IPO has unusual fallback.
Monthly Trends: The month of September showed continued losses in membership for the Republican and Democratic Parties. The IPO lost membership at the same rate as the major parties as well.
Out of Washington, we tend to hear the same old stories. Republicans want to cut spending and not raise taxes. Democrats want to tax the rich and not let Republicans touch the entitlement programs. Tea Party Republicans just want to defund the Affordable Care Act. In a divided government, it has managed to get us into one stalemate after another. This last time, it finally shut down the government and nearly brought us to the brink of defaulting on our debt.