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A U.S. District Court has upheld the North Carolina election law setting the signature requirements for an independent candidate to get on the ballot for the U.S. House. Judge Graham C. Mullen denied a request for summary judgment by Bryan Greene, who sought to have the statute ruled unconstitutional. Greene argued that requiring an...
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The issue of whether or not to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Towers terrorist attack has been hijacked for political expediency, said Mike Beitler, Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate in an op ed on his website. “To collectively blame every Muslim for the actions of a few is probably...
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The Constitutional Freedom Alliance opened its gathering of representatives from state Tea Party movement groups yesterday with a video produced to answer the question recently raised by Democratic Congressman Bob Etheridge: “Who are you?” The answer was a resounding, “We are the People of the United States” and we want to restore the Constitution....
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The Tea Party Movement has often been called fragmented and ineffective. That is natural for a grassroots movement, composed of a variety of organizations and groups across the nation. To at least partially remedy this, the Constitutional Freedom Alliance is inviting North Carolina Tea Party movement members and groups to an organizational and planning...
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The recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that the Second Amendment protects an individual right and applies to the states is a striking victory not just for gun rights advocates but for anyone who believes in the fundamental rights protected by the U.S. Constitution. “Libertarians have always firmly supported the individual right of...
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Two Libertarian candidates with experience in the law and law enforcement believe a bill being considered by the General Assembly to allow police to take a DNA sample from those arrested for certain felonies violates the basic American principle of the presumption of innocence and protections against unconstitutional search and seizure. “At its most...
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The bitter battles now routine for every U.S. Supreme Court nomination go beyond the issue of the qualifications or political views of the specific nominee. They expose a more fundamental problem with the federal government: the legislative and executive branches simply refuse to take the Constitution seriously. “Once upon a time, Congress felt it...
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The decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to overturn a referendum approving non-partisan city council elections in Kinston is a clear example of the abuse of Federal government power and a insult to the intelligence of all voters, said North Carolinians for Free and Proper Elections. “Nearly two-thirds of Kinston voters decided to...
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While Republicans are calling for Congress to “repeal and replace” the new Federal health care law, North Carolina’s Libertarians want to make more fundamental changes. Most are skeptical of Republican opposition, particularly Sen. Richard Burr’s pledge to “repeal and replace” that has become the GOP battle cry. “Burr’s statement ‘repeal and replace,’ tells you...
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The “PATRIOT” Act, all several hundred pages of it, was passed in the dead of night without being read, without being adequately debated, and with the full official approval of both parties, who unhesitatingly wiped out two-hundred years of constitutional law in a procedure that lasted for less than an hour. via The Road...
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