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SCOTUS nominee thinks it’s OK to ‘disappear’ citizens when fighting terrorism
On July 9, President Donald Trump nominated D.C. Circuit Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Kavanaugh once served as a law clerk for Justice Kennedy, who reportedly recommended him to Trump as a...
Fabulously successful national convention
Dear Libertarian, Last week we concluded our 2018 Libertarian National Convention in New Orleans, LA. It was a great success. Preliminary figures indicate this year's convention may have surpassed the 2016 presidential nominating convention in both attendance and...
Libertarian presidential hopefuls: Now there are 2 … or 3?
Both Adam Kokesh and Gov. Bill Weld have been appearing at numerous state Libertarian Party conventions this year, and now both have attended the party’s biennial national convention, which ran through July 3 at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans. Kokesh has announced...
Sarwark wins unprecedented 3rd consecutive term as Libertarian national chair
Nicholas Sarwark won an unprecedented third consecutive term on July 2 as chair of the Libertarian National Committee, in balloting by delegates to the 2018 Libertarian National Convention in New Orleans. He received a landslide 65 percent of the vote on the first...
Livestream of 2018 New Orleans Libertarian National Convention
Day 3 https://youtu.be/v5BOEDjFZ5E Day 2 https://youtu.be/MgLaLP3yV10 Day 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G2iZl4gEFg LNC Debates https://youtu.be/_qksc-DNS_w
Public union defeat delivers victory for free speech, smaller government
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 27 that nonunion government employees can no longer be forced to pay fees to public sector unions. The Libertarian Party platform states, “We favor repealing any requirement that one must join or pay dues to a union as a condition of...
Supreme Court inches toward more cell phone privacy protection
The government cannot track a person’s location using cell phone towers unless it has a warrant, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 22 in Carpenter v. United States. Timothy Carpenter, a suspect in a string of armed robberies in Detroit, was not arrested until his...
The Supreme Court just increased your cost of living
The price of that custom one-of-kind handmade Canadian maple end table that you can get on Etsy for $229 just increased between $4 and $22, depending on where you live. The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that online merchants must charge the applicable sales tax...
LNC to hold convention June 30 – July 3 in New Orleans
Organizers expect largest-ever midterm delegation For immediate release June 20, 2018 ALEXANDRIA, VA — The Libertarian Party (LP) will hold its national convention from June 30 through July 3 in New Orleans at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The biennial event will draw...
Trump will now keep detained immigrant families in the same cages
For the last month, the Department of Homeland Security has been separating captured immigrant children from their families at the border. They’ve been housing the children in cages at an abandoned Walmart and other facilities, and holding their parents in cages...