Omnibus Shows Congress’s Priorities: Authoritarianism and War
By: Ron Paul Those hoping for a Christmastime government shutdown were once again disappointed when Congress passed a 4,000-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that few, if any, Representatives and Senators ...
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RESTORE ELECTION INTEGRITY IN THE STATES
As Americans saw, the 2020 presidential election was beset with fraud and irregularities. Although it is too late to rectify the 2020 election, voter fraud remains a clear and existential threat ...
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The Real Constitutional Crisis
By: Laurence M. Vance According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a crisis (plural: crises) is: 1a: the turning point for better or worse in an acute disease or feverb: a paroxysmal attack ...
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Trump Wants Obama-Style Monetary Policy
By: Mike Maharrey President Trump wants the Federal Reserve to relaunch Obama-era monetary stimulus. That means inflation. Trump started ratcheting up criticism of Federal Reserve monetary policy months ago. As ...
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Gun Control, the Dick Act of 1903, Bills of Attainder & Ex Post Facto Laws
by Publius Huldah The latest round of rubbish flooding our in boxes is an ignorant rant claiming that the Dick Act of 1903 (which the purveyors of rubbish claim respects ...
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The Green Bad Deal
by Ron Paul The recently-proposed Green New Deal is proof that climate change is for progressive Democrats what terrorism is for neoconservative Republicans: a ready-made excuse to expand government and ...
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How to Rebalance Power Between Congress and the Executive Branch
by James R. Rogers Ben Peterson, an occasional contributor to L&L, discusses the interplay between constitutional norms and institutions at National Affairs. I style the takeaway point as this: interests ...
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Minnesota Committee Passes Bill to Reform Asset Forfeiture Laws, Opt Out of Federal Equitable Sharing Program
By: Mike Maharrey ST PAUL, Minn. (March 27, 2019) – A bill moving through the Minnesota House would reform the state’s asset forfeiture laws to require a criminal conviction in most ...
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The Next Step in Social Security’s Ponzi Scheme
by Gary M. Galles, Mises Institute On January 30, Rep. John Larson and 200 Democratic co-sponsors introduced the Social Security 2100 Act. Portrayed as giving retirees long-overdue benefit increases, it ...
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Separation of Powers Act Introduced in U.S. Senate
The Separation of Powers Act stops bureaucrats from dictating to judges how to interpret laws passed by Congress and their own regulations. WASHINGTON – Republican U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley of ...
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