Tag Archives: Liberty

Taking the Constitution on Offense

March 14, 2012  |   Posted by :   |   Constitutional Issues,National Issues,Progressive's Agenda   |   0 Comment

Last week, Misfit Politics posted a video tribute to honor the passing of Andrew Breitbart.  In it, Brandon Morse said that, for the first time ever conservatism is going on the offense… and he couldn’t be more right.  Over the last few years we’ve learned a few things and gotten organized.  All you have to [...]

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Have we reversed the Constitution?

March 07, 2012  |   Posted by :   |   Constitutional Issues   |   0 Comment

It’s pretty obvious at this point that our country is headed in the wrong direction.  And with a little perspective, it’s just as obvious why.  Over the last few decades, in many ways we have actually allowed our politicians to reverse the Constitution. Take a look: We no longer focus on what government can’t do [...]

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What recess appointment power?

January 13, 2012  |   Posted by :   |   National Issues   |   0 Comment

Since the moment President Obama announced his appointments to the Consumer Financial Protection Board and the National Labor Relations Board, there has been an ongoing debate over whether or not the Senate was in recess when these appointments were made.  The whole spectacle has been really interesting – but it’s basically irrelevant in this situation. [...]

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It was sort of fun having a Constitution, wasn’t it?

December 26, 2011  |   Posted by :   |   Constitutional Issues,National Issues   |   0 Comment

“[T]o bereave a man of life, or by violence to confiscate his estate without accusation or trial, would be so gross and notorious an act of despotism, as must at once convey the alarm of tyranny throughout the whole kingdom. But confinement of the person by secretly hurrying him to [jail], where his sufferings are [...]

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Latest threat to your liberty… bag fees?

December 02, 2011  |   Posted by :   |   Our Rights   |   0 Comment

Someone needs to let Sen. Mary Landrieu know that the commercials for Southwest are supposed to be funny because apparently she didn’t get the joke.  She thinks we honestly need a bag police: Airlines would no longer be allowed to charge passengers for their first checked bag under a bill being introduced in Congress ahead [...]

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Enough with banning things!

November 03, 2011  |   Posted by :   |   Constitutional Issues   |   0 Comment

If you watch the news regularly then you’ve probably heard of Four Loko – a caffeinated alcohol drink that became enormously popular over the last couple of years.  Of course, that brought it to the attention of the nanny-staters in the federal government because apparently adults can’t be trusted to drink caffeine and alcohol at the [...]

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