Law

Repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ a civil rights issue

June 3, 2010
Repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ a civil rights issue

President Obama has endorsed a compromise between Congress and the Defense Department to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, an agreement that may sidestep a key obstacle to repealing the military’s policy banning gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the armed forces. Three Libertarian candidates for Congress endorse repealing “don’t ask,...
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Social justice requires a morally formed society

March 29, 2010
Social justice requires a morally formed society

Social justices doesn’t require socialism, but a rather a society formed morally and with a proper balance between political and moral ties. “What social justice requires is a society that is formed morally, with a sense of their own dignity and the dignity of other people,” said Rev. Robert Sirico, founder and president of...
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Appeals court upholds Google tax breaks

February 16, 2010

N.C. appeals court rebuffs challenge to Google tax breaks :: WRAL.com. Libertarians Mike Munger and Barbara Howe, both taxpaying citizens of North Carolina, have no “standing” to sue over use of their money by the State, according to the N.C. Appeals Court. Guess the only solution is to throw Google in the harbor.
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Fortified ALE

September 14, 2009
Fortified ALE

Every one of the 104 N.C. Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement agent, (except, apparently, two) is armed with a Sig Sauer assault rifle Model 522. (Read the News & Observer article here or the longer AP story here). This gives a whole new meaning to the term “fortified ale.” The next time you’re in...
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Restauranteurs choked by own second-hand smoke

April 4, 2009

LPNC Press Release RALEIGH (April 3) — Restaurant owners and their lobbyists are choking on the second-hand smoke wafting from the back rooms of the North Carolina General Assembly, said a Libertarian Party of North Carolina spokesman. “It’s ironic. They’re coughing and wheezing in the smoke generated by their own attempts to burn the...
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Election law challenge

March 26, 2009

LPNC Press Release Oral argument for the Libertarian Party’s appeal of its challenge to North Carolina’s election laws has been set for April 20 at 1 p.m. The appeals panel judges are Chief Judge John C. Martin and Judges Ann Maria  Calabria and Sanford Steelman The Court of Appeals is temporarily located at 227...
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