Roll Call reports that Reps. Justin Amash and Thomas Massie are considering introducing an amendment in the United States House of Representatives as early as this week that would protect National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden from prosecution. Continue reading … Continue reading
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United States Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia, who is running for US Senate, struck a nerve when he offered an amendment to eliminate funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) during consideration of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act … Continue reading
J.D. Tuccille relates at reason.com the sad history of dramatic deterioration in the United States government’s respect for the freedom to travel. Continue reading at the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. … Continue reading
The Washington Post reports that the ranking minority member of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence seems not too concerned about the United States government collecting information about our phone conversations: Sen. Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), the top Republican on … Continue reading
The United States Senate is preparing to end consideration of the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act (S. 954) without any vote on Sen. Ron Wyden’s amendment that would eliminate the Controlled Substances Act prohibition on growing hemp. Continue reading … Continue reading
The United States Senate may vote this week on an amendment that would eliminate the Controlled Substances Act prohibition on growing industrial hemp. Sen. Ron Wyden has introduced in the Senate his Industrial Hemp Farming Act as Amendment 952 to … Continue reading
What could be less controversial than a US public high school social studies teacher informing his students that they have the right to refuse to answer whether they have done something illegal? In fact, this concept—the right against self-incrimination—is part … Continue reading