Taking privacy cues from the federal government is – to say the least – ironic, considering today’s Orwellian level of surveillance.
BOB BARRCourts have long recognized the federal government’s robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country.
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State legislatures continue to do just that – enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right.
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On taking office, Obama promised the ‘most transparent’ administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.
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The move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a ‘fairness’ issue, is the typical ‘wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing’ ploy so often used by governments unwilling to cut expenditures to match revenues.
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Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing.
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After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation’s ability to protect its borders.
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Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country.
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This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control.
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Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields – in medicine and information technology – should not be overlooked.
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The world is undoubtedly a safer, freer place because Thatcher – like Reagan – refused to back down when it came to defending freedom.
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The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody.
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It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today’s intelligence challenges.
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It is not just software glitches and corrupted memory cards that should be on the minds of election officials.
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I supported the Iraq resolution, but that was not an approval of war in Iraq and certainly was not approval for an occupation of Iraq.
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People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles.
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Firearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense.
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