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In a blow to the constitutional rights of citizens, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in Heien v. State of North Carolina that police officers are permitted to violate American citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights if the violation results from a “reasonable” mistake about the law on the part of police.
The Rutherford Institute

Acting contrary to the venerable principle that “ignorance of the law is no excuse,” the Court ruled that evidence obtained by police during a traffic stop that was not legally justified can be used to prosecute the person if police were reasonably mistaken that the person had violated the …read more

Huntsville, Alabama – Huntsville police officer Lewis Hall was recently indicted on charges of conspiracy, bribery, obstruction of justice, and making a false statement to investigators, after he was caught attempting to rig a trial so an accused cocaine trafficker could avoid jail time.
Ironically, Hall has been voted “officer of the year” for his police department in the past.
According to investigators, Hall attempted to bribe a fellow police officer with $5,000, if that officer would lie in court and say that evidence he collected during a vehicle search was unwarranted. Instead of helping Hall get the cocaine trafficker off of …read more

According to this story, Michael Grimm, who was just re-elected to Congress from New York city last month, will resign this week. He is the only Republican member of the U.S. House from New York city. A special election will be needed. …read more

On December 17, the New Jersey voters who believe that New Jersey’s primaries violate the U.S. Constitution filed this reply brief. The case is Balsam v Secretary of State of New Jersey, 14-3882, now pending in the Third Circuit. New Jersey has registration by party, and does not let voters voter in a partisan primary(More)… …read more

Iowa State Representative Peter Cownie (R-West Des Moines) will again introduce a bill to eliminate Iowa’s straight-ticket device, according to this news story. …read more

A Twitter account believed to be led by Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has lashed out at the US establishment over police violence and racism, tweeting out messages under popular protest hashtags and appealing to Jesus Christ’s sufferings.
RT.com
In a series of tweets on Sunday, the account attacked what it said was America’s hypocrisy over the Ferguson protests. It went as far as contrasting the Biblical motive of Jesus suffering for the oppressed to the alleged US police oppression of African-Americans.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.(Reuters / Morteza Nikoubazl)
“#Jesus endured sufferings to oppose tyrants who had put humans in hell …read more

A Utah man is dead after his wife dialed 9-1-1 to get him medical attention for a cut foot.

Stansbury Park, Utah– Nicholas McGehee, a 28 year old sergeant in the US Army, a veteran of two tours in Iraq and recipient of a Purple Heart was shot and killed by Utah police on Sunday. McGehee had stepped in broken glass and 9-1-1 was called to request medical help.
The two unnamed officer’s arrived on the scene around 4am, one from the Sheriff’s Office and one from the Utah Highway Patrol. The officers claim to have seen a man holding a …read more

According to this article, it is likely that a ballot-qualified Independent Party will soon come into existence in Louisiana. Louisiana permits groups to become ballot-qualified parties if they have at least 1,000 registered members, and pay a one-time fee of $1,000. There are approximately 80,000 voters who wrote in “Independent” on the voter registration forms,(More)… …read more