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- Despite Ron Paul surge, tea party hopes on the ropes in Iowa
- Appeals Court Revives EFF’s Challenge to Government’s Massive Spying Program
- Iowa’s GOP caucuses may see some Democratic defectors
| Despite Ron Paul surge, tea party hopes on the ropes in Iowa Posted: 31 Dec 2011 01:30 PM PST By Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor Three days ahead of the Iowa caucus, the tea party as any kind of solid voting bloc is practically nowhere to be found. Instead, Rick Santorum, a traditional Christian conservative, is on the rise. And Ron Paul? Although an intellectual keystone of the broader tea party movement that rose to protest government bailouts in 2009, he has consistently trailed far behind as a tea party favorite, suggesting his newfound appeal lies elsewhere. Rick Perry? Michele Bachmann? Herman Cain? According to polls at least: tested, considered, discarded. A year ago, the tea party coalesced into a ballot box force that helped Republicans regain the House of Representatives while at the same time, as Sen. Dick Lugar (R) of Indiana has charged, undermining a Republican shot at grabbing the Senate. At the time, many tea partiers renewed their aim at President Obama, their undisputed public enemy number one. But oh so much has happened since then. And here on the eve of Republican nominating contests, the tea party savior never quite made it to the ball, forcing the amorphous bloc of conservatives, gun owners, libertarians, evangelicals, and even disgruntled Blue Dog Democrats to break across more traditional lines, leaving no clear front runner and the prospect of backing a more establishment candidate like Mitt Romney closer at hand. To read more, visit: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/1231/Despite-Ron-Paul-surge-tea-party-hopes-on-the-ropes-in-Iowa |
| Appeals Court Revives EFF’s Challenge to Government’s Massive Spying Program Posted: 31 Dec 2011 01:24 PM PST From InfoWars.com San Francisco – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today blocked the government's attempt to bury the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) lawsuit against the government's illegal mass surveillance program, returning Jewel v. NSA to the District Court for the next step. The court found that Jewel had alleged sufficient specifics about the warrantless wiretapping program to proceed. Justices rejected the government's argument that the allegations about the well-known spying program and the evidence of the Folsom Street facility in San Francisco were too speculative. "Since the dragnet spying program first came to light, we have been fighting for the chance to have a court determine whether it is legal," said EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. "Today, the Ninth Circuit has given us that chance, and we look forward to proving the program is an unconstitutional and illegal violation of the rights of millions of ordinary Americans." Also today, the court upheld the dismissal of EFF's other case aimed at ending the illegal spying, Hepting v. AT&T, which was the first lawsuit against a telecom over its participation in the dragnet domestic wiretapping. The court found that the so-called "retroactive immunity" passed by Congress to stop telecommunications customers from suing the companies is constitutional, in part because the claims remained against the government in Jewel v. NSA. To read more, visit: http://www.infowars.com/appeals-court-revives-effs-challenge-to-governments-massive-spying-program/ |
| Iowa’s GOP caucuses may see some Democratic defectors Posted: 31 Dec 2011 01:17 PM PST
By Paul West, The Los Angeles Times Reporting from Atlantic, Iowa— Adding an unpredictable element to the presidential contest in Iowa, some disaffected Democratic voters are planning to switch sides and cast Republican ballots in Tuesday’s caucuses. Caucus rules limit participation to registered party members. But anyone who shows up at a Republican caucus — including Democrats, independents and libertarians — can join the GOP or switch their party affiliation on the spot. Rep. Ron Paul, in a tight race for first place in Iowa with Mitt Romney, is perhaps the most likely to benefit from Democratic crossovers. His campaign is distributing information sheets advising Iowans that they can register Republican “for a day” on caucus night, then switch their registration back afterward if they want. “It’s easy. You can register on your way in the door,” David Fischer, co-chairman of Paul’s Iowa organization, told voters Thursday at a campaign stop in Atlantic. To read more, visit: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ron-paul-democrats-20111231,0,843950.story |
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