What do John Stagliano, Lizzy Borden, and Rob Zicari have in common? All three were prosecuted under Federal obscenity laws. Lizzy Borden and Rob Zicari were sentenced to 1-year prison terms while Stagliano’s indictment was dropped by the Court. ReasonTV recently did a story on the idea of obscenity: The idea of obscenity is, in [...]
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Earlier in my life, I knew my late grandfather was a libertarian. Back then, before I got my head on straight, I thought that libertarianism was on par with anarchism — completely anti-government, not just wanting the government to leave you alone. Now I’m sure we’ve all taken those political alignment quizzes that try to [...]
Here’s an interesting question that no one seems to be asking in this enormous debate on gay marriage: do you have a right to get married? Now if we were to go by the definition of a right that I have presented several times1, the answer is a definite No, you don’t have a right [...]
In response to my last article regarding a near-continuous attempt by Rep. Serrano to repeal the 22nd Amendment, I received a rather interesting comment that I ultimately decided to not approve because it was not relevant to the topic at hand: Here’s a practical Tea Party type strategy to create a “Citizen Congress” A Congress [...]
The Twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution is one part of the Constitution that should never be touched. Never. A limit on the presidential term is necessary. I warned on Facebook months ago to be immediately alarmed when someone aims to remove this limit. Well unbeknownst to me at the time I made that statement, a [...]
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Here is an interesting question to ponder: does Congress have the power to exempt from the United States Supreme Court or Federal courts cases dealing with certain topics? This question arises from a rather startling trend I’ve noticed within conservative circles, and that is the desire to see certain topics stripped from Federal jurisdiction, the [...]
In typical discussions of morality, two topics tend to come up more than most: sex and abortion. Obviously the two are related — without the former you would not have the latter, but also, and obviously, without the former, you and I would not exist. This discussion will also focus primarily on the former. The [...]
This is something that has recently been reported on Fox News, and saw a brief cameo on Glenn Beck’s show, and something of which I only just now learned. There is a publisher who is publishing pocket-sized copies of the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation with [...]
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If you threaten to take the words "under God" out of the pledge of allegiance, you’re a secular, anti-American lunatic. Or so the Christian right in this country would have you believe. For me, I say don’t remove the words "under God", instead repeal the whole, freakin’ thing. Take the entire pledge out of the [...]
Recall from an earlier post that I sent an e-mail to Senator Lieberman (I-CT) regarding the Terrorist Expatriation Act. I’ve received a reply from the Senator’s office, and it was unfortunately a form reply: Dear Mr. Ballard: Thank you for taking the time to contact me. I appreciate the opportunity to know your opinions on [...]
