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The Associated Press Friday, May 17, 2002; 5:11 AM Rather said that "patriotism run amok" is making it difficult for journalists to provide Americans with all the information they need about the war in Afghanistan and to hold the Bush administration accountable. He also accused the Bush administration of failing to give journalists full access to the fighting and the information it has about the war. 
For a detailed and authoritative analysis on JAILING OF AMERICANS,
see also: CATO INSTITUTE's
"All Locked Up,"
Director of the Project on Criminal Justice Tim Lynch comments that
the number of incarcerated people surpassed 2 million for the first
time last year. Lynch writes that it took more than 200 years for
America to hold its first 1 million prisoners, but managed to
incarcerate the second million in only the past 10 years and warns
of a "prison industrial complex."
Read about America's Un-Constitutional Jailing of the People
in the CATO INSTITUTE's
"The Ominous Powers of Federal Law Enforcement"
by Timothy Lynch, The Cato Handbook for Congress:
106th Congress, 1999.
In part it states;"The sheer volume of modern law makes it impossible for
an ordinary
American household to stay informed—and yet the U.S. Department of
Justice vigorously defends the old legal maxim that ‘‘ignorance of the
law is no excuse.’’ That maxim may have been appropriate for a society
that simply criminalized inherently evil conduct, such as murder, rape,
and theft, but it is wholly inappropriate in a labyrinthine regulatory regime
that criminalizes activities that are morally neutral. It has been estimated
that the number of new enactments by legislative bodies ranging from
city councils to Congress is 150,000 per year. At that rate, a conscientious
citizen would have to study 410 laws each and every day all year round—
a full-time task, to say the least.
It is simply outrageous for the U.S. government to impose a legal duty
on every American citizen to ‘‘know’’ all of the mind-boggling rules and
regulations that have emanated from Washington over the years. The
106th Congress can remedy that unjust situation by passing a law that
would require U.S. attorneys to prove that regulatory violations are ‘‘willful’’
or, in the alternative, permit a good-faith belief in the legality of
one’s conduct to be pleaded and proved as a defense. The former rule is
already in place for our complicated tax laws—but it should also shield
unwary Americans from all of the other regulations.
See CATO INSTITUTE's Report On "How" the US Government and State Governments abuse US Civil Rights with "real-offense" sentencing in US National, State, and Local & Municipal courts, in "The Ominous Powers of Federal Law Enforcement" by Timothy Lynch, The Cato Handbook for Congress: 106th Congress, 1999.
See also CATO INSTITUTE's:Warrior Cops: The Ominous Growth of Paramilitarism in American Police Departments,"
by Diane Cecelia Weber. Briefing Paper No. 50. August 26, 1999. This tells the "whole" story and "meaning" of the Presidential Election of 1876, and how the United States was saved for 100 years from Military and Para-Military Police Forces.
CHINA, TERRORISTS, & PANAMA, THREATEN THE PANAMA CANAL
Henry Kissinger on Israel and the PLO
Congressman Tom Delay, US House of Representative, on Israel & the PLO
Big Brother is Already Here: NRA Spokesman Says; Liberator Online, Vol. 7, No. 6, March 26, 2002:
Also: Too often when we dictate who will lead
Although bits and pieces of the administration's plans to wage war against Iraq and possibly Iran and North Korea are discussed, we never hear any mention of the authority to do so. It seems that Tony Blair's approval is more important than the approval of the American people! Congress never complains about its lost prerogative to be the sole declarer of war. Astoundingly, Congress is only too eager to give war power to our presidents through the back door, by the use of some fuzzy resolution that the president can use as his justification. And once the hostilities begin, the money always follows, because Congress fears criticism for not "supporting the troops." But putting soldiers in harm's way without proper authority, and unnecessarily, can hardly be the way to "support the troops." Let it be clearly understood- there is no authority to wage war against Iraq without Congress passing a Declaration of War. HJ RES 65, passed in the aftermath of 9/11, does not even suggest that this authority exists. A UN Resolution authorizing an invasion of Iraq, even if it were to come, cannot replace the legal process for the United States going to war as precisely defined in the Constitution. We must remember that a covert war is no more justifiable, and is even more reprehensible. Only tyrants can take a nation to war without the consent of the people. The planned war against Iraq without a Declaration of War is illegal. It is unwise because of many unforeseen consequences that are likely to result. It is immoral and unjust, because it has nothing to do with US security and because Iraq has not initiated aggression against us. We must understand that the American people become less secure when we risk a major conflict driven by commercial interests and not constitutionally authorized by Congress. Victory under these circumstances is always elusive, and unintended consequences are inevitable. NOTES: These 'excerpts' are from " Liberator Online, Vol. 7, No. 6" SOURCE: Ron Paul, US House of Representatives For True & Objective Sources to the Religion of ISLAM, please Click Here at ISLAM. The Holy Koran/Qu Ran Many Christian Denominations The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints The Roman Catholic Church Judiac Web Sites Islamic Web Sites Wicca & Pagan Web Sites
Cato Daily Dispatch October 17, 2001 http://www.cato.org/ CATO 10/17/2001 United States Court of Appeals for the FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT: INDIVIDUALS HAVE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the Constitution guarantees individuals the right to have a gun, the first time in recent history that such a high-level legal authority has explicitly endorsed such a view, according to The Washington Post. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5677-2001Oct16.html) The decision's immediate impact will be felt in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, which are within the jurisdiction of the court that issued the opinion. But the ruling is likely to embolden opponents of gun control to press their cause in federal courts around the country.
Sandra Day O'Conner's "Dissenting Opinion"
in "ATWATER et al. v. CITY OF LAGO VISTA etal.
certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fifth circuit
No. 991408. Argued December 4, 2000 Decided April 24, 2001".
"Because the 'COURT's POSITION' is 'INCONSISTENT' with with the 'EXPLICIT' guarantee of the 'FOURTH AMENDMENT', I dissent [Emphasis added]
US Court in Lubbock, TX strikes "down" illegal Texas
law which essentially declares [that]ALL "students" [Are]SUSPECIOUS of ILLEGAL CONDUCT [EVEN WITHOUT "cause" to believe so] and so they VIOLATED the [US] FOURTH AMENDMENT.
The Judge then states that:"Such an intrusion also comes at a great price to
citizens' constitutionally guaranteed rights to be
secure in their 'persons, houses, papers and effects,'"
[Federal Judge Sam R. Cummings] said in a ruling issued
late yesterday.
Click Here For America's Jailing of Women & Children
For a detailed and authoritative analysis on JAILING OF AMERICANS,
see also: CATO INSTITUTE's
"All Locked Up,"
Director of the Project on Criminal Justice Tim Lynch comments that
the number of incarcerated people surpassed 2 million for the first
time last year. Lynch writes that it took more than 200 years for
America to hold its first 1 million prisoners, but managed to
incarcerate the second million in only the past 10 years and warns
of a "prison industrial complex."
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Why The United States is No Longer a nation where
the "the rule of law [is] crucial, and a constitutional government must derive 'just powers from the consent of the governed.' It was understood that an explicit transfer of power to government could only occur with power rightfully and naturally endowed to each individual as a God-given right" (By Ron Paul, Representative of the United States House of Representatives on July 10, 2003 ) - This is Why the American People Must Have a New Government (Opinion - Michael Lynn Mincy - August 8, 2004)