civil rights

With the violent crime rate increasing disproportionately in urban communities, it's no surprise that a recent phone survey of black voters found that 80 percent felt gun violence was an “extremely serious” problem. However, it seems this surge in violence actually has many in the black...

The Second Amendment guarantees American citizens the right to bear arms, but both federal and state governments determine how citizens may legally exercise that right. And while both federal and state gun control laws regularly change, laws at the state level change more frequently and often...

“There’s a direct correlation between gun control and black people control.” –Stacy Swimp, President of the Frederick Douglass Society Every schoolchild knows that the Declaration of Independence declares that the basic equality of man is “self-evident.” The United States Constitution...

The Australian government has made millions of dollars for corona fines. A pregnant woman was arrested for being against the lockdowns. A different woman got tazed for refusing to wear a mask. I could go on, but you get the picture. These lockdowns are a gift to authoritarians everywhere. Fear...

Information has taken on a whole new meaning in the digital age, a time when sensitive data is either too easily accessible or not accessible enough. This issue of access to information encompasses fundamental human rights – specifically the freedom of speech as well as the right to privacy...

The claim often heard from those attempting to pass more gun control legislation is that all they’re trying to do is get the “weapons of war off our streets,” but it’s simply untrue that “weapons of war” are available to the general public. You’d last about three minutes in a conventional war...

After his mysterious demise, celebrity predator-pervert Jeffrey Epstein still manages to dominate the news. That calls for a look back at another man who also liked ‘em young, but who has become a civil-rights hero with glowing memorials on every hand. As NBC News reports, the Harvey...

"Banks said she was investigated for letting her middle child go to school with a bad haircut he’d given himself. The haircut, Banks said she was told by an investigator, could amount to emotional abuse." Full article at Huffington Post here. Dori www.LittleLibertarians.com

CIA Whistleblower Ray McGovern Brutally Assaulted by Police at Haspel Hearing:

Horrific New Revelations On CIA Torture: Here is the Guardian article being discussed: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/oct/09/cia-torture-black-site-enhanced-interrogation Here is the Zerohedge article that was mentioned...

Nearly 1 Million Pounds of Seven Deadly Air Pollutants Released by Texas Refineries During Harvey Floods

How We Know The So-Called “Civil War” Was Not Over Slavery How We Know The So-Called “Civil War” Was Not Over Slavery

Hollywood Forever Cemetery removes Confederate monument after calls from activists and threats of vandalism What's next: desecrating the graves of confederate soldiers?

Is Hate Speech Free Speech? "Others use intimidation or shouting down." This is the part I'm fuzzy on and confused about. The argument on the left is: "Yes, everyone has free speech. But that includes the speech of counter-protesters. The First Amendment only prohibits government...

Jailed Reporter Barrett Brown on PressFreedom, FBIcrimes & WhyHe Wouldnt Do Anything Different Jailed Reporter Barrett Brown on Press Freedom, FBI Crimes & Why He Wouldn't Do Anything Differently: Investigative reporter Barrett Brown, who recently completed a four-year prison sentence...

GOP rep: 'No president is allowed to burn the First Amendment’ (Amash) Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) on Tuesday defended the constitutionality of flag burning, saying President-elect Donald Trump would violate freedom of speech if he cracked down on it. "Nobody should burn the American flag...

Question: If you had one chance to violate the rights of a group of individuals in order to promote "the greater good", what would you do?

I am a defender of states' rights, and much of my reasoning for this is based on the Founding Fathers' view that the federal government should be rigorously limited to the powers defined and described in the Constitution, and that other matters, which the Constitution did not address, were to be...