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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has said that, “The issue of wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time,” and “for the last 40 years the great middle class of our country—once the envy of the world—has been disappearing.”
As a libertarian, I want the Constitution upheld more than anyone. I understand the constitutional argument conservatives have used against the Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized gay marriage when they say the 10th Amendment protects the sovereignty of state law. However, I also am aware of the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment.
On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that Nebraska became the 19th state to abolish the death penalty, along with the District of Columbia. It is the first predominantly Republican state to abolish capital punishment in more than 40 years. This is an encouraging trend because the death penalty is costly, immoral, dangerous and ineffective at deterring crime.
Right now, the government is collecting the metadata – the digital trail you leave on your electronic devices – of millions of Americans and storing it in huge data-mining facilities across the country. Although the second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on May 7 that such bulk collection of Americans’ metadata through a program code-named PRISM is not authorized by section 215 of the Patriot Act, a provision that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to access records or other items under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the government remains persistent; and not only is the government basing PRISM’s legitimacy on a vague interpretation of section 215, but they are also violating your constitutional rights and liberty by doing so.
Republican presidential candidate for 2016 Rand Paul presents a realistic and pragmatic position on Iran. As a senator, he demonstrates remarkable political maneuvering to avoid war while successfully comforting those who question his ability to be a strong commander in chief.
As support for recreational marijuana legalization in Michigan increases, the likelihood of a ballot proposal to enact the necessary legislation is becoming a reality.
“How stupid do they think we are?”
The Federal Communications Commission didn’t start its regulatory hassling when it took on Eminem’s lyrics in 2002. In fact, this government agency has been trying to censor and regulate our communications technology since the 1930s. Now, President Obama is pushing for it to be almost completely under its control by reclassifying broadband as a taxable public utility.
On Jan. 20, President Obama will announce in his State of the Union address a seemingly grand plan to make two years of community college “free” for American students everywhere as long as they maintain a “C” or better average. Of course, what he won’t mention is how the federal government is financing these costs through taxpayers and the states at $60 billion, according to Politico.
On Jan. 20, President Obama will announce in his State of the Union address a seemingly grand plan to make two years of community college “free” for American students everywhere, as long as they maintain a “C” or better average. Of course, what he won’t mention is how the federal government is financing these costs through taxpayers and the states at $60 billion, according to Politico.
