Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 30, 2011 Although it is as routinely ignored as any other constitutional or statutory limit on government power, the Posse Comitatus Act is still the law. That statute forbids the use of the military in domestic… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute October 29, 2011 ?Civil asset forfeiture? is the practice of seizing money and other property from people suspected of criminal behavior. In practice, it is undisguised theft. As the Detroit News reported a couple of… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 28, 2011 For several years, residents of Houston, Texas have been barraged by phone solicitors seeking money for what was described as a special charitable fund for the families of financially troubled police of… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 27, 2011 James Miller is a professor of theater at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Like millions of others ? including your correspondent ? Miller is a fan of the short-lived science fiction series ?Firefly,? w… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 26, 2011 Lokuda Losil, a 60-year-old farmer, lived with his eight children and six grandchildren on 30 acres of land in Kiboga, Uganda. About three years ago, a motley assortment of police, soldiers, and mercena… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 23, 2011 Sammy Hagar, lead singer for the rock band Chickenfoot, received a letter from an Iraq vet who couldn?t find work. He closed the letter with the words, ?Can you help me, brother? I need a job.? A… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 22, 2011 According to the Richmond, Virginia Times-Dispatch, ?It was difficult not to feel safe ? inside the exhibition hall at the Greater Richmond Convention Center? during the 2011 National Tactical Ope… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 21, 2011 During a September 20 press conference in New York City, presidential aspirant Rick Perry told a reporter: ?As a Christian, I have a clear directive to support Israel?.? He made the same point… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 20, 2011 In 2002, U.S. citizen Jose Padilla was designated an ?unlawful enemy combatant.? According to the Bush administration, Padilla was involved in an al-Qaeda plot to detonate a radiological bomb. The eviden… more »

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute September 19, 2011 The foundation of the Soviet legal system was the assumption that anything not explicitly permitted by the government was illegal. The chief enforcement agent of the Soviet police system was the citizen i… more »