If you thought feds wanted to track you before, check out now

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The federal government is arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court that police investigators and other authorities should be allowed to track American citizens in the U.S. to develop the “probable cause” needed for search warrants and other investigative tools.

But a team of civil-rights experts says such permission would pose a grave danger to freedom-loving citizens who may become the targets of the political influences that hold power at any given moment.

The Supreme Court announced yesterday it will weigh in on the controversy of police attaching GPS tracking devices to citizens’ vehicles to obtain information that may lead to the “probable cause” necessary for search warrants and arrests.

“The court of appeals’ decision, which will require law enforcement officers to obtain a warrant before placing a GPS device on a vehicle if the device will be used for a ‘prolonged’ time period, has created uncertainty surrounding the use of an important law enforcement tool,” said the government’s brief in the case, U.S.A. v. Antoine Jones.

“Although in some investigations the government could establish probable cause and obtain a warrant before using a GPS device, federal law enforcement agencies frequently use tracking devices early in investigations, before suspicions have ripened into probable cause. The court of appeals’ decision prevents law enforcement officers from using GPS devices in an effort to gather information to establish probable cause.”

Read More at WND by Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily

First Amendment Wins in Arizona Campaign Finance Case

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The Supreme Court continued its rollback of campaign finance “reforms” that have seriously infringed our First Amendment rights over the past 35 years.  The court, in a 5-4 ruling Monday, struck down as unconstitutional Arizona’s public financing system for state elections.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, issued in the final week of the court’s term, sealing the fate of the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Act.

The Arizona law challenged in Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Bennett benefited candidates for state office who accept public financing.  The law allowed them to receive more taxpayer money in direct response to the campaign activities of privately financed candidates and independent groups.

A candidate got these additional matching funds if his or her initial funding was exceeded by the combined spending of a privately financed opponent and that of independent groups either opposing the candidate or supporting his or her privately financed opponent.

The result?  For every dollar spent by privately financed candidates on political speech and political activity above a certain low threshold, their publicly financed opponents received an additional dollar.

Read More at Human Events by Hans von Spakovsky, Human Events

Poll: Gov. Perry top pick for GOP nominee among Tea Party

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The Texas conservative, who’s weighing a late entry into the GOP field, beats other candidates among Tea Party members.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) is the top choice of Tea Party supporters for a Republican presidential candidate, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

The Texas conservative, who’s weighing a late entry into the field of GOP candidates, beats other candidates among members of the Tea Party, the conservative grassroots wing of the Republican Party that’s battling to shape the race for the nomination.

Twenty percent of Tea Party supporters would like to see Perry as the nominee, according to a McClatchy-Marist poll released Wednesday. Perry displaces former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) as the top Tea Party candidate in Marist’s April poll; Huckabee’s since withdrawn from the race.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) is the second choice of the Tea Party, at 17 percent, followed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) at 16 percent and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) at 12 percent.

Read More at the Hill By Michael O’Brien, The Hill

Video: Obama Flake

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Americans Will See if Republicans Are Any Different Than Democrats

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Speculation is running rampant about why House Majority Leader Eric Cantor walked out of debt ceiling talks with Democrats. Most of the speculation is credited by pundits to insider maneuvering between Speaker John Boehner and Cantor. The Washington Post reports the debt deal maneuvering this way, “One analysis of the House GOP right now is that there are two players in the GOP who can cut a budget deal: Eric Cantor and John Boehner … One of them is going to have to do it. Which means one of them is going to lose his job. The optimistic take is that what we’re seeing right now is a game of musical chairs over which one of them it’ll be.”

Our analysis is different, and the Washington media will never understand it. The GOP’s inability to make deals is a direct result of the effectiveness of the Tea Party movement. Washington media always wants a deal between the forces for permanent government growth. For the first time in our lifetime the forces in support of actually limiting government have gained power. John Boehner and Eric Cantor understand this new dynamic. The very future of the Republican Party depends on it.

Clearly, John Boehner is frustrated by the new political realities. He wants to play golf with President Obama on the weekends and make nice with him during the week. Boehner has done his best to strong arm Republicans into forfeiting their only budget leverage and vote to raise the debt ceiling. His problem is he doesn’t have the votes, and a speaker that cannot pass legislation is doomed to be replaced.

Republican members of Congress have been flooded by messages from citizens to not raise the debt limit. They pour in daily by FAX, FedEx, mail, and telephone. Citizens intuitively understand that the solution to a debt problem is not more debt. The solution to the problem needs to come in the form of budget cuts. The Tea Party Caucus, Michele Bachmann and a movement called “Cut, Cap, Balance” are winning the battle inside the Republican Party. Tea Party leaders are threatening to bolt the Republican cause if Boehner and Cantor don’t produce an acceptable deal.

The mainstream media, as usual, are oblivious.

Read More at Floyd Reports by Floyd and Mary Beth Brown, Floyd Reports

Is ‘evidence’ of crimes erased before our eyes?

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The legal complaint by a U.S.-based Islamic lobby group asking a federal judge to expunge all copies of a best-selling exposé that documents the group’s terrorist ties is an attempt to eliminate evidence that could lead to criminal prosecution, according to a lawyer defending a co-author of the book.

Daniel Horowitz, who represents “Muslim Mafia” co-author P. David Gaubatz and his son, Chris, believes the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, knows that the material is incriminating and wants it destroyed.

“So far, the Obama administration has refused to prosecute CAIR,” Horowitz said, “despite undeniable evidence that following 9/11 they sought donations for 9/11 victims and passed the money to the Hamas-based Holy Land Foundation.”

CAIR has insisted its designation by federal prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Justice Department’s terror-finance case against the Richardson, Texas-based Holy Land Foundation is unjustified. But the group admitted in a legal brief in 2009 that it solicited donations in the wake of the 9/11 attacks for Holy Land Foundation, which was convicted of funneling more than $12 million to Hamas.

In May 2007, CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the scheme.

Read More at WND By Art Moore, WND

 

Adult Diaper Removed for TSA

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Gay marriage passes in New York: Welcome to East California

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New York State now allows gay marriage. Make no mistake: this is a defeat for the preservation of America as we know it. It is a bright red warning light to every American who loves our country just as she is; and there is no turning back now.

Fools and fence sitters take note: Citizenship is no longer a spectator sport. Smug phrases like, “Oh I never talk politics, or I don’t bother to vote,” which should more honestly be, “I don’t vote because I’m too smart to vote but you’re not,” have been rendered ridiculous overnight.

Whether you talk about politics or not really doesn’t matter to the troops of destruction. They talk about you and how to take everything you have. Those who believe they aren’t victims of liberal politicians in Albany and Washington are basically drooling halfwits.

The forces of evil are at our door. They have come to make us live our lives as they see fit. In this world we may have repose or may have truth, but we may not have both.  The truth is before us: there can be no more repose. Each American must either fight or live under the tyranny of the minorities.

New York’s dominoes

The consequences of this bill around the country remain to be seen, but in New York it is an acceleration of the final days of America’s once great “Empire State.” New York is finished. It will soon be recognized as “East California” wallowing in political correctness and union control.

Read More at Coach Is Right By Kevin “Coach” Collins. Coach is Right

 

Miller Disagrees with Legal Fees Ruling

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Miller says, first and foremost, the legal actions taken were about the rule of law prevailing.

Fairbanks, Alaska. June 24, 2011 — From spokesman Randy DeSoto:

“While Joe agrees with the court’s decision to deny Lisa Murkowski’s demand to pay her legal fees, he strongly disagrees with the court’s decision relating to his payment of the State’s fees.

“In his ruling, Judge Carey writes that Miller was motivated by the salary of the office of US Senator, not the integrity of the vote and the constitutional rights of the tens of thousands of Alaskans who voted for him last fall. However, Miller’s Complaint requested, first and foremost, a fair count of Alaska’s U.S. Senate votes. Despite the incontrovertible evidence that the candidates’ votes were counted differently (hand vs. unverified machine count) resulting in an unreliable final tally, the Alaska courts denied this relief.

“Joe also brought suit to clearly establish what legal standard would be used to count the write-in ballots. Judge Carey does not adequately take into account the federal district court’s order that halted the certification of the election until “serious State law issues” were finally and fully resolved. He also discounts the federal court’s ruling stating the Alaska law governing the counting of write-in ballots was unclear and in need of revision, and that the state legislature passed a bill seeking to clarify how write-in ballots would be counted in the future, which the Governor signed into law last month.

“In short, Judge Carey admits that Miller’s legal action raised substantial and complex legal issues. This admission is consistent with the federal district court’s initial decision. Nevertheless, Judge Carey mistakenly divines – without any evidence concerning this before him – that Joe Miller’s motivation was a U.S. Senator’s salary. Obviously, the Judge and many like him do not get it.”

Joe Miller stated, “The Tea Party revolution is not about salary, position, or prestige: it’s about bringing America back to its constitutional foundations, where the rule of the law rather than the ruling class prevails.”

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