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What the Julian Assange Arrest Means to All of Us

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is finally under arrest.  That’s not good news for those of us who love freedom. Assange is accused of conspiring to hack into computers in connection with WikiLeaks’s release of classified documents from former Army private and intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. The indictment filed under seal last year in Virginia and released Thursday

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Mother of 1-Year-Old Killed in Car Crash Gets Prison and She Wasn’t Driving

Brittany Stephens, a passenger in the vehicle hit by a speeding off-duty cop, has been sentenced to prison for negligent homicide.  Stephens 1-year-old was killed in the crash.  The cop was driving 94 mph, 44 mph above the speed limit.  He was also charged with negligent homicide.  Christopher Manuel, already released on a $15,000 bond,

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Florida Criminal Justice Reform May Happen This Year

For years, the “tough on crime” lobby has won the day in Tallahassee, often shooting down common sense measures that would serve justice and make the punishment actually fit the crime.  Instead, we’ve got mandatory minimums and the judges hands are tied when it comes to sentencing. That may be changing.  State Senator Jeff Brandes

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Football Coach Fired After Praying After a Game, Supremes Decline to Get Involved

Here we go again.  Another battle over prayer in the public square is really a battle about the meaning and scope of the First Amendment to the Constitution. The First Amendment text reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,

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No Justice for Military Vets Supreme Court Says

The US Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit filed on behalf of sick and disabled military veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who were debilitated by burn pits which contained tires, batteries, medical waste and other hazardous materials. Plaintiffs allege that KBR, formerly owned by Halliburton Corporation, and other companies dumped tires, batteries, medical

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