National Blog - page 266
A Time for a New Style of Leadership
By: Jessie Markell At the Leadership Institute’s monthly Wednesday Wake-Up Club Breakfast the featured speaker, Rep. Justin Amash, suggested we are in a new age that calls for a new style of House leadership. Mr. Amash noted that as we [...]
Ron Paul: The Fourth Amendment is Clear
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul condemned reports that the Obama Administration is secretly collecting data from the phone calls of millions of Americans: “I wish I could say I was shocked at the reports the NSA [...]
Key Takeaway From NSA Scandal
Last night, Glenn Greenwald broke the news that for the first time in the Obama Administration there was definitive proof of the NSA's mass collection of "metadata" on American citizens. Greenwald writes, The order, a copy of which has been [...]
Politicians Denounce Recent Supreme Court Ruling
In Maryland v. King, by a vote of 5-4, the Supreme Court held that police can forcibly take DNA samples without a search warrant from individuals arrested for a serious crime. In a fiery dissent, Justice Scalia wrote, “Make no mistake [...]
C4L Supports Industrial Hemp
Today, C4L President John Tate penned a letter to senators urging them to support Senator Ron Wyden's industrial hemp amendment to the farm bill. The text of Senator Wyden's amendment is identical to S. 359, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act. Read [...]
How The Internet Sales Tax Harms Small Businesses
In a new video from the Heritage Foundation, Catesby Jones, President of Peace Frogs, a clothing company in Gloucester, Virginia,explains how the National Internet Sales Tax Mandate will harm his business. (Hat tip: Human Events).
Liberty Reserve Targeted via USA PATRIOT Act
By: Wesley Long Liberty Reserve, an online money transfer and currency exchange service based in Costa Rica, was targeted for investigation and shutdown last week with help from the USA PATRIOT Act, according to this report from The [...]
Intern With Campaign for Liberty This Fall!
Campaign for Liberty is looking for dedicated, liberty-minded high school or college students to intern for our fall semester (August 19 – December 13). The responsibilities of this paid internship include answering phones, handling [...]