Constitutional Concerns

Pentagon Defends UNCONSTITUTIONAL Policy Against Soldiers Sharing Faith

Photo: Breitbart. Pentagon personnel responded to Breitbart News’ report about court-martialing service members who share their faith in the military, which the Pentagon confirmed on May 1, and the Air Force on May 2 separately confirmed a second time. Now the Pentagon claims the opposite. But these new statements instead only compound the problem, as the Pentagon’s new definitions for terms squarely contradict what the… Read more →

Secret US court approved every single domestic spying request in 2012

Photo: Reuters The United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court quietly rubber stamped nearly 2,000 government requests to search or electronically monitor people in the United States last year, according to a Justice Department report published this week. The agency, which oversees requests for surveillance warrants against suspected foreign intelligence agents on US soil, released the report to Senate majority leader… Read more →

Poll shows 29 percent of voters think ‘armed revolution’ might be needed

Picture: Wikipedia. We knew distrust of government was high. But a new poll shows that suspicion reaching new levels. According to a survey from Fairleigh Dickinson University, nearly a third of registered voters — 29 percent — believe an “armed revolution” might be necessary in the next few years in order to protect liberties. The poll from the university’s PublicMind… Read more →

“We want people to call us if the guy down the street says he hates the government…”

Picture: Wikipedia. Florida House and Senate budget leaders have awarded Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw $1 million for a new violence prevention unit aimed at preventing tragedies like those in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., from occurring on his turf. Bradshaw plans to use the extra $1 million to launch “prevention intervention” units featuring specially trained deputies, mental health… Read more →

Gov. Brown OKs funds to confiscate guns from criminals, mentally ill

Photo:  (Renee. C. Byer / Associated Press) SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at taking handguns and assault rifles away from 20,000 Californians who acquired them legally but have since been disqualified from ownership because of a criminal conviction or serious mental illness. The measure, the first of several gun-related bills to reach the governor,  allocates $24 million in… Read more →