The ACLU, ECDs [Tasers] , and the erosion of police discretion?

The Supreme Court considers adding taser-related cases to the 2012 docket on May 24th.

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Yes, America is Still in an Official State of Emergency

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How big a threat to the U.S. is Russia?

FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Top Democrats are jumping all over Mitt Romney for comments he made about Russia. Russia Threatens To Target U.S.Defense Sites With Nuclear Missiles[Photo: theblaze.com] 

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Good Samaritan Gesture Could Cost D.C. Bartender $100,000

It began as a gallant gesture. An off-the-clock bartender offered to walk a female patron home. But the night would lead to a punctured lung, two surgeries and medical bills that could go as high as $100,000. Mike Boone of Trusty's Bar in Washington, D.C.'s East Hill neighborhoo …

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SpaceX Set for Historic Commercial Flight to Space Station

The first of a new breed of private-sector spacecraft built for NASA as a commercial venture is poised for blastoff Saturday on a high-stakes inaugural test flight to the International Space Station.  

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Spy drone could have almost brought down a plane in Colorado

A tape recording made available this week confirms that the pilot of a Cessna Citation 525 CJ1 radioed air traffic controllers outside of Denver on Monday after nearly colliding with an unidentified flying object. Several factors have suggested that the aircraft was most likel …

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Hondurans Attack Government Buildings, Demand US Leave

The dead included two pregnant women and two children. The Drug Enforcement Administration agents, with their Honduran counterparts, fired from U.S. helicopter gunships at a boat carrying the civilians, mistaking it for their intended target – a boat carrying drug traffick …

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Dangerous Legislation

Once again we see on the "suspension" calendar, which is customarily reserved for non-controversial legislation, a resolution designed to move the US toward a military conflict with Iran. Sadly, it has become non-controversial for Congress to call for US attacks on foreign co …

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Where in the World Is Same-Sex Marriage Legal? - By Uri Friedman | Foreign Policy

The debate over gay marriage has shot up to the top of the U.S. political agenda in recent days, with Vice President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Arne Duncan expressing support for same-sex marriage, North Carolina overwhelminglypassing an amendmen …

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