Archives for: May 2011

A Murder in Tucson May 23, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 23, 2011 The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution specifies that to be valid, a search warrant must offer a specific description of ?the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.? Thi… more »

If You Don't Despise Prosecutors, You're Not Paying Attention (Continued) May 20, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 20, 2011 In January 1986, a 9-year-old girl in Detroit was raped in her bed. Prompted by her mother, the child identified a man named Karl Vinson as the predator. Vinson, in the company of his wife, had babys… more »

America's "Soft" Totalitarianism Begins to Harden May 19, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 19, 2011 A recent state Supreme Court decision in Indiana disposed of constitutional and statutory protections running back to the Magna Carta by holding that citizens have no right to resist unlawful invasions of… more »

Putting the Finishing Touches on the Imperial Warfare State May 18, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 18, 2011 Since Congress passed the UN Participation Act in December 1945, the U.S. Government has effectively operated under a standing declaration of war. Every president since Harry Truman has claimed the supp… more »

Farewell, Fourth Amendment May 17, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 17, 2011 Narcotics officers in Lexington, Kentucky set up a ?controlled buy? of crack cocaine in an impoverished neighborhood. Uniformed police pursuing the suspect went to the wrong door. After detectin… more »

"Qualified Immunity" for a Craven Bully with a Badge May 16, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 16, 2011 Miriam Leverington, a cardiac nurse, wasn?t happy to be stopped in a speed trap outside Colorado Springs in December 2008. The condescending attitude of the officer who had ambushed her, Duaine Peters… more »

Indiana Supreme Court Upholds the "Rapist Doctrine" -- Don't Resist the Criminal May 13, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 13, 2011 The Indiana State Supreme Court has just nullified the Fourth Amendment and the equivalent provision of that state?s constitution. In a 3-2 decision, the court has ruled that Indiana residents have no… more »

He Served the Empire Abroad -- and was Murdered by it In His Own Home May 12, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 12, 2011 ?Please don?t shoot, I have a baby!? pleaded Tucson resident Vanessa Guerena as a party of armed men swarmed her home. Vanessa woke up her husband, 26-year-old Jose, who had just returned from the… more »

Making Felons of Fishermen May 11, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 11, 2011 The term ?felony,? as used for centuries in Anglo-Saxon law, referred to a criminal offense for which death may be considered an appropriate punishment. Until recently it was widely understood that fe… more »

"The Very Proper Gander," Updated May 10, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 10, 2011 In 1940, James Thurber published ?The Very Proper Gander,? an allegory describing how patriotic fervor can mutate into irrational hysteria. In Thurber?s fable, which was set among oddly human fa… more »

Waking Up to a Nightmare May 9, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 9, 2011 The ?American Dream,? as envisioned by generations of Americans, is defined by attending a ?good? government school, earning at least a four-year college degree, then buying a home as early as poss… more »

May 6, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 6, 2011 The real estate bubble collapsed years ago, but one segment of the housing market continues to thrive ? incarceration. Like the Federal Reserve-driven housing bubble, the prison economic boom reflect… more »

The Imperial Wing of the Tea Party Movement May 5, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 5, 2011 Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee, co-founder of the Senate Tea Party Caucus, told reporters that the Obama administration was right to go into Pakistan without the country?s approval to find Osama bin L… more »

Obama Been Lyin' 'Bout Osama bin Laden May 4, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 4, 2011 We are told that Osama bin Laden was the head of a world-wide terrorist syndicate threatening our very existence. Yet instead of being captured and interrogated for priceless intelligence, he was gunned d… more »

If You Don't Despise Prosecutors, You're Not Paying Attention May 3, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 3, 2011 The State of Texas stole eighteen years from , Anthony Graves who was sentenced to death for a murder he didn?t commit. A federal appeals court overturned his conviction in 2006, but Graves had to wait f… more »

He's Dead; Can We Come Home Now? May 1, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute May 1, 2011 So, he?s dead. In fact, there is reason to believe that Osama bin Laden has been deceased for several years: A December 2001 report out of Pakistan claimed that the terrorist chieftain perished from a lu… more »

Why Does John McCain Support Al-Qaeda? April 29, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 29, 2011 In 2009, Arizona Republican Senator John McCain visited Libya to express support for the government of deranged dictator Muamar Khadafi, the international terrorist who had been embraced by the Bush a… more »

The Militarized Homeland Security Monolith April 28, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 28, 2011 It?s ironically appropriate that President Obama chose Gen. David Petraeus to head the CIA. The new assignment would merely deepen Petraeus?s war resume: Having commanded wars in two countries, his… more »

Passport to a Prison Society April 27, 2011

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Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute April 27, 2011 Do you know where your mother lived at the time she gave birth to you? How about her address on your first birthday? If necessary, could you describe what, if anything, she did for a living during her p… more »