Rights

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 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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Five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court gutted an important private property protection in the U.S. Constitution. In Kelo v. New London, the court wrongfully decided it was acceptable for government to condemn and seize private property and give it to another owner. To call attention to this unjust decision, the chairs of the...
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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 Capitol police have graciously revoked rule 16 for our event — flag poles and poles for signs are now permitted. Thanks to all of you in the community who supported this! Please remember to thank the Capitol police when you are at the event today! Laura Long Organizer, Triangle Conservatives Unite! Laura is...
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One of the most prominent features of Tea Party movement events has been a field of red, white, blue and yellow, emblazoned on the American and Gadsden flags and other banners of the American Revolution. Organizers of the Raleigh Tax Day Tea Party are concerned the police will won’t let that field blossom at...
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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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George Orwell used examples of political language, called New Speak, in his prophetic novel 1984: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. New speak is also spoken locally.  The John Locke Foundation just published a New Speak glossary for anyone who wants to understand the consultant’s report Raleigh city planners paid for to help implement...
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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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A victory of sorts for liberty. Steve Bierfeldt of the Campaign for Liberty writes that the TSA has changed its rules after an incident where he was detained by TSA “agents.” “We often forget that the power wielded by government exists only because there are those willing to carry out its orders,” Steve writes....
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