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• Challenge to health bills constitutionality fails, 39-60

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  A challenge to the Senate health bills constitutionality failed on Wednesday afternoon in a party-line vote. Sens. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and Orrin Hatchs (R-Utah) point of order arguing that the Senate bill is unconstitutional under the Interstate Commerce Clause and Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution failed in a ...
  4 days ago

• Moronic elected officials (sworn to uphold the Constitution) finally realize health care bill is unconstitutional

  
  HotMES — Authority: 418
  Finally, the people who have sworn to uphold the Constitution start to question whether or not the health care bill is constitutional : Congressional Republicans plan to mount a last-ditch challenge Wednesday to the health care bill now moving through the Senate, arguing that a key provision is unconstitutional. ...
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• Fifth Amendment Limits

  
  Federal Tax Crimes — Authority: 423
  In a Q&A session such as a summons interview or grand jury session, witnesses may assert a Fifth Amendnment privilege only as to questions the answers to which might have a tendency to incriminate them. That is to say that there are questions that do not implicate the privilege and must be answered. Practitioners ...
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• Between a void and a hard place

  
  a public defender — Authority: 469
  You are Paul Clarke. You live in a small town in England. You’ve had a run-in or two with the law, but nothing serious. One day, you find a black bag a the end of the garden. You think it’s a bag of rubbish (garbage, for you non-Brits). You open it and inside find a shotgun. Being civic minded (plus a little ...
  1 week ago

• NOTICE: As much as 40 percent of all land in the United States is already under some form of government control or ownership — 800 million to 900 million acres out of America’s total 2.2 billion acres.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  Citizens Fighting Back Against Government In Eminent Domain Cases quote The government now appears poised to wield greater control over private property on a number of fronts. The battle over private property rights has intensified since 2005, when the Supreme Court ruled in the Kelo v. City of New London case ...
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• L.A. Beer Blast #46: Firestone Walker Dessert Pairing, Brew & You, Beachwood BBQ, Blue Dog Beer Tavern, Blue Palms Brewhouse, BottleRock LA, The Daily Pint, Fifth Amendment Alehouse, The Golden State, Ladyface Alehouse & Brasserie, Library Alehouse, Lucky

  
  Food GPS — Authority: 432
  The L.A. BEER BLAST is designed to let Food GPS readers know what’s new at select L.A. bars and restaurants with great beer selections. You’ll also discover beer-related events in the area and learn about industry leaders. Expect a new L.A. BEER BLAST every Thursday evening, in time for the weekend rush. Look in ...
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• Court Blocks Effort to Withdraw Fifth Amendment Assertion at Civil Trial

  
  Day On Torts — Authority: 470
  Defendant asserted his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination throughout the discovery phase of a civil trial.  During the fourth week of trial he attempted to waive the privilege and give substantive testimony. The Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld the decision of the trial judge to prohibit the the ...
  1 week ago

• Honest Services Fraud: Your Third Felony Today?

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 783
  Last week, the Supreme Court heard two cases challenging the scope of so-called “honest services” fraud, a 28-word provision tacked onto the generic federal mail-and-wire fraud statute that makes it illegal to “deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.” If you’re asking what this statute ...
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• If Youre Not Lying, You Dont Plead The Fifth

  
  Mocking Words — Authority: 129
  The last time we heard from White House State Dinner crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi (otherwise known as "really bad liars"), they were giving an interview to very hot Matt Lauer and vehemently stating that they had been invited to that dinner and that they had emails and all sorts of compelling evidence that ...
  2 weeks ago

• Congressional panel summons White House gatecrashers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) A Congressional panel has summoned a socialite couple to explain how they gate crashed into President Barack Obama’s state dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and shook hands with them both, proving a major security lapse.The House Homeland Security Committee, which oversees the Secret ...
  2 weeks ago

• Crashers to be subpoenaed

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 149
  December 9, 2009Not a great surprise. The House Homeland Security Committee voted 26-3 to subpoena the crashers — to appear January 20, 2010. The crashers have already stated through their lawyer that they will plead the Fifth.No word on who the 3 were.Also no great surprise – attempts to subpoena Desiree Rogers ...
  2 weeks ago

• House panel votes to subpoena Salahis

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 464
  Congress authorized subpoenas Wednesday for the White House gate-crashers to testify about how they got into a state dinner without an invitation. Lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee voted Wednesday to compel the attention-hungry couple, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, to answer questions about the Nov. 24 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Salahis to invoke Fifth Amendment rights to evade appearance before inquiry panel

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Washington, Dec. 9 (ANI): The wannabe reality-television star couple, which crashed its way into the Obama administration’s first state dinner, have vowed to use their Fifth Amendment rights in order to evade an appearance at a congressional inquiry panel into the incident.As the House Homeland Security Committee ...
  2 weeks ago

• Crashers, if subpoenaed, won’t talk

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 149
  December 8, 2009As a follow up to last week’s hearing, the House Committee on Homeland Security will decide tomorrow whether the crashers will be issued a subpoena. Rep King (R-NY) is also going to push to subpoena DESIREE ROGERS. Though I can’t imagine he is going to get anywhere – look at the barrymedia’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Gate-crashers to Take the Fifth if Subpoenaed

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 178
  The White House gate-crashers plan to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to testify if they are subpoenaed to appear on Capitol Hill about the security breach. (Dec. 8)
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• White House ‘Crashers’ to Take the Fifth if Subpoenaed

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 464
  Washington couple accused of crashing President Obamas first State Dinner will invoke their Fifth Amendment rights if subpoenaed to testify on Capitol Hill about the incident, according to a letter from their lawyer.
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• ‘I got my ass kicked,’ Charles Nesson admits

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 151
  Harvard law professor Chales Nesson admits “I got my ass kicked” in the Joel Tenenbaum vs the RIAA trial. Like Jammie Thomas-Rassett, Tenenbaum was ordered to pay for allegedly 30 downloading copyrighted songs . His bill? Read the original post: ‘I got my ass kicked,’ Charles Nesson admits Related ...
  3 weeks ago

• L.A. Beer Blast #44: Ladyface Alehouse & Brasserie, Brew & You, Beachwood BBQ, Blue Palms Brewhouse, BottleRock LA, The Daily Pint, Fifth Amendment Alehouse, The Golden State, Library Alehouse, Lucky Baldwin’s, Lucky Baldwin’s Delirium Café, Lucky Devils,

  
  Food GPS — Authority: 432
  The L.A. BEER BLAST is designed to let Food GPS readers know about what’s new at select L.A. bars and restaurants with great beer selections. You’ll also discover beer-related events in the area and learn about industry leaders. Expect a new L.A. BEER BLAST every Thursday evening, in time for the weekend rush. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Likely Supreme Court Tie Would Be a Loss to Property Owners

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 738
  Today, the Supreme Court heard argument in Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection , which is a Fifth Amendment Takings Clause challenge involving beachfront property (that I previously discussed here ). Essentially, Florida’s ”beach renourishment” program created ...
  3 weeks ago

• Property rights are dead in New York

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 447
  The New York Court of Appeals ruled against a group of home and business owners yesterday who had sued to prevent a developer from working with political leaders in New York City to take private property to build a new arena for the New Jersey Nets basketball team: After enduring three years of delays, several ...
  4 weeks ago

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