Mark Meckler on Fox News: 24,000 Lost IRS Emails
Mark Meckler appeared on Fox News recently to discuss how the IRS could “lose” 24,000 emails that pertain to that agency’s targeting of conservative groups. Many of them, the IRS admits, were to or from former IRS director Lois Lerner. The IRS will claim that this was accidental, of course. It’s the same tactic they’ve […]
King v. Burwell Ruling Reveals There Is “No Longer Any Balance of Power in the Federal Government”
PURCELLVILLE, Va., June 25, 2015 – The Convention of States Project denounces today’s Supreme Court ruling in King v. Burwell that proves once again the people don’t stand a chance against the ruling elite in Washington, D.C. Worse yet, the Court’s decision to ignore the law-as-written sets a precedent that completely strips Congress of its […]
Hollywood Against Big Government: Vince Vaughn’s Prescient Words About Gun Ownership
Hollywood has long had a hypocritical relationship with guns. While strutting around with armed bodyguards, they staunchly oppose the right for ordinary Americans to enjoy the same security guns provide. While starring in blow-’em-up action movies and flashing guns in every scene, they speak out against the glorification of firearms. Vince Vaughn isn’t buying it. […]
Nosier than the NSA? Shadowy Bureau May Have Your Credit Card Info
While the domestic spying National Security Agency has been under the red-hot political spot light, another quasi-governmental agency has quietly gone about the business of collecting nearly 1 billion U.S. credit card records without consumer consent. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CFPB, unlike the NSA, operates with no congressional oversight and with little public transparency, […]
Mark Meckler on Reason.com: “Electing Good People Isn’t Enough”
“Isn’t amending the Constitution a little excessive for the problems facing our nation? All we need is to elect the right people into office who will really follow the Constitution.” This is an objection often raised by skeptics and critics who hear about Citizens for Self Governance’s plan to use Article V to rein in […]
The Looming ‘Security Cliff’: The Senate Faces the Patriot Act
Should a government that can already seize your bank account for very little reason be allowed to also collect your phone records with as little justification? Our legislative body is over one “cliff” and on another as the main provisions of The Patriot Act are set to expire June 1. The Senate, up against needs to address Americans’ […]
It’ll Take More Than Mockery To Get Texas To Trust The Federal Government
Texas Governor Greg Abbott set off a firestorm… of ridicule. When he discovered military exercises would be conducted in 7 states – including Texas – over the summer in one of the biggest peacetime military exercises in six decades, he knew Texans were going to have questions. After all, residents of Houston can still remember […]
Wisconsin Home Invasions: When the Government Upends Democracy
Cindy woke up to a battering ram at her front door. She opened the door to a rushing mob of policemen, yelling and barging through her house with no explanation. She begged them not to shoot her barking dogs. Another woman had to wake her children with an armed policeman at the foot of their […]
More IRS Smoking Gun Emails
As the tedious process of sorting through three years’ worth of IRS emails continues, more evidence mounts showing how far-reaching and deliberate the cover-up actually was. More of Lois Lerner’s emails show what she thought about the IRS criteria used in targeting Tea Party groups and other opponents of the President Obama. In one email, […]
Parents Bullied in the Name of Common Core
Third graders at Coleman A. Young Elementary in Detroit, Michigan brought a letter home that threatened them with suspension if their parents didn’t come to a meeting about the new Common Core testing – in the middle of a work day. The letter started by thanking 24 parents who made it to a previous meeting. […]