The New McCarthyism: Depriving Constitutional Rights Based on Mere Suspicion
The civil libertarians who warned about a New McCarthyism in the United States turned out to be right. As in the early 1950s, politicians- abetted by an uncritical press- are using national security as a pretext to take away constitutional rights. Like the Old McCarthyism, the New McCarthyism wants constitutional rights eliminated without due process, based on mere suspicion. Like the Old McCarthyism, the New McCarthyism’s leading advocate happens to be a congressperson named McCarthy.
How many laws did you break this week?
If you consider yourself a “law-abiding” citizen, here is a question: How do you know?
Over the last century, not only has there been a vast increase in the number of new lawsboth state and federal, but the definition of a criminal act has drastically changed.
Court’s logic has gone to pot
If you have a little vegetable garden, be afraid. Be very afraid. Since tomatoes are bought and sold across state lines, the federal government has the right to outlaw your tomato garden, quite literally.
Federal Drivers’s Licenses: Can Colorado Say “NO”?
The “Real ID Act” passed easily in the House and was attached to the Iraq War spending supplement, thus ensuring overwhelming approval in the Senate on May 10, 2005. An un-funded federal mandate with dubious security benefit, backed up by federal coercion, the act will turn the driver’s license into an internal passport and the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) into a branch office of the federal Department of Homeland Security. Real ID was marketed as a tool against terrorist travel, but with even the slightest scrutiny, this argument falls apart.
Contract Schools Bring Innovative New Choices to Denver Public Schools
In an effort to improve student achievement, Denver Public Schools is expanding its school options by contracting with non-public school providers — including Escuela de Tlatelolco, Connections Academy and the New America School.
