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Date: April 10th, 2009

Headline: “ID Thieves Preying on Pedophiles”

10 April, 2009 (21:35) | Crime & Punishment, Human Interest | By: ricjames

Boy, who do you root for in that one?

“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” (Updated!)

10 April, 2009 (12:42) | Crime & Punishment, Human Interest, Military, Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

The federal government is enjoined from abridging the freedom of speech or of the press by virtue of the explicit restriction against Congress making any law granting any part of the federal government the power to do so. That restriction is housed in the 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the highest [...]

Cybersecurity Act of 2009

10 April, 2009 (11:37) | Cybersec Act 2009, Internet, Law, Politics, Technology | By: ricjames

Would a bill introduced to Congress put it within the President’s power to completely shut down your access to the Internet in a “national security emergency” as defined by the President and his assigns? Excellent question. The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773) is being discussed in many quarters as enabling the President to do just [...]

Sock-puppetry, impersonation, or identity theft? Dem lobbying firm might find out the hard way.

10 April, 2009 (07:43) | Human Interest, Law, Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

Thanks to a post by Warner Todd Huston over at RedState I was alerted to a fascinating tale of – at the very least – horribly unethical tactics undertaken by a Democrat-aligned lobbying firm in Boston. Matthew Nadler works for the Halifax-Plympton Reporter and Enterprise out of Halifax, MA. He takes his paper’s position in [...]