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On Thursday, January 15, oral arguments were made before the California State Appeals Court in San Francisco in the case Rubin v. Bowen. Third parties continue to challenge the nonpartisan, top-two open primary in the state, claiming that the system violates the association rights of political parties and disenfranchises third-party voters in the general election. Richard Winger, who runs the site Ballot-Access.org, wrote a post on the oral arguments, implying that third parties were poorly re

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6MgATBZMII&t=26m45sIn concurrent addresses, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro separately announced a new foreign policy direction between the neighboring nations. For the first time since the 1960s, U.S. restrictions on trade, commerce and travel with the island nation will be relaxed. In a release, the White House press secretary's office said: "With our actions today, we are calling on Cuba to unleash the potential of 11 million Cubans by

"If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.” – Mark 3:25“Politics at its purest is philosophy in action” – Margaret Thatcher“Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.” – Thomas Jefferson Whereas to many outside the liberty movement, including the mainstream media, politicians like Rand Paul seem quite libertarian, many Americans who actually call themselves “libertarians” seem to despise Rand Paul for not being libertarian enough in various a

The announcement this week that the officer who killed Eric Garner would not be tried for homicide has further fueled public debate as to the appropriate level of force police officers use while in perceived danger. In 2014 alone, over 496 individuals have died in incidents with law enforcement officers, some of whom did not posses a weapon. As the year comes to a close, instances of possible excessive force on the part of law enforcement officers have shocked the country one after the other. V

Illegal immigration has once again been thrust into the spotlight by President Obama's speech to the nation about his executive order on the subject. It had mostly taken a backseat during the election as neither side really wanted to talk about any issue facing the nation. This post is not to say whether the executive order is good or bad... or even legal. The pundits are already out spinning the story as are Republican lawmakers in Congress. So let's look at what is being done by this executiv

Republicans swept the 2014 midterm elections on Tuesday, capturing the Senate and delivering a stinging defeat to Democrats that will likely define the next two years.If the 2010 midterms were a “shellacking,” as President Barack Obama famously called it, the 2014 midterms were probably more comparable to an alleyway beating. Republicans not only won the out-of-reach Senate with 52 seats by Wednesday, but also entrenched their formidable 244-member House majority and picked up three more governo

When it comes to politics, 2014 may be remembered as the year of the improbable. In Kansas, a GOP stronghold, both the Republican governor and a very conservative senator are fighting for their political lives against a moderate Democrat and an independent, respectively. Meanwhile, in New Mexico, a state President Obama won by more than 10 percentage points just two years ago, the incumbent Republican governor, Susana Martinez, is poised to handily defeat her Democratic opponent. As surprising

The main talk of the 2014 election has been which political party will control the Senate after the votes have been counted. Democrats have been on defense throughout most of the country as President Obama's approval rating remains low. So with just a week to go before Election Day, how will the numbers fall? Here are my predictions. In this election cycle, Democrats have 38 seats that are safe or not up for re-election while Republicans have 42. So that is where my numbers start.Democrats are

While the FAA continues to weigh different options on how to regulate the domestic use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), the use of drones have already been in play, for better or for worse. In September, the agency approved permits for UAS use to seven Hollywood production companies and allowed law enforcement to use drones to aid in the search of a woman in Dallas. In contrast, a student at the University of Texas was arrested for flying one at a school football game. The debate on who shoul

Never let it be said that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) doesn’t know how to make an entrance — or exit. The onetime Republican presidential candidate arrived late to a homeland security committee hearing on cybersecurity threats in the Dirksen Senate office building slated to begin 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The Arizona senior senator slipped in from behind the dais as senior intelligence officials read their testimony to lawmakers and took his seat near Chairman Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Del.) What McCa