Federal Judge Rules Lawsuit Can Proceed To Challenge New Hampshire Law Which Prevents Libertarian Candidates From Getting On The Ballot

“This signature-collection process is like a marathon that’s hard enough just to finish, and now the state is essentially demanding that the Libertarian Party run the marathon in less than two hours. This is unfair and unconstitutional.”

Associated Press
By Associated Press

Photo: David Goldman/AP CONCORD, N.H. — A federal judge has ruled that the Libertarian Party can proceed with its challenge to a New Hampshire law it claims could prevent its candidates from getting on the ballot. A third party can have its nominees placed on the New Hampshire general election ballot by winning at least 4 percent of the

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Ferguson Reveals Racists In Libertarian Clothing

There are two kinds of libertarians: true believers in the constitution and racists hiding behind the constitution. Determining what kind of libertarian someone is, though, is as easy as asking his or her opinion on Ferguson.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
Police Shooting Missouri

The shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has once again highlighted the bitter divisions between left and right and black and white in America. As might be expected, the usual suspects on both sides have lined up to support their view of events and lambast the other side’s interpretation of what went on between Mr. Brown and the police

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Libertarians, Progressives Poised To Redefine American Politics

As discontent with the “Big Two” grows, Libertarian and Progressive parties are exploding in America, especially among Millennials. It’s a shift that could redefine politics in the future.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

During the recent International Students for Liberty Conference, an annual global meeting of collegiate libertarian clubs, filmmaker and noted Socialist Oliver Stone spoke to the assembled crowd about his shifting political views. Stone’s panel dealt with “imperial overreach” and “the national security state.” It also featured Peter Kuznick,

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Americans Mad About NSA Spying Face Uphill Battle

One AT&T customer is now looking to switch providers, and has downloaded a mobile application called Seecyrpt that offers encrypted phone calls.

WASHINGTON — Charlotte Scot isn't one to take things lying down — like the time President George W. Bush was re-elected and she moved to Canada in protest. So when the 66-year-old artist from Old Lyme, Conn., heard that major telecommunications providers have been turning over data about every Americans' phone calls to the government since 2006,

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Champion Of Gun Rights And Armed Protests Caught With Psychedelic Mushrooms

A Second Amendment activist is refusing to cooperate with law enforcement after being arrested for possession of drugs.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

A controversial Second Amendment activist and libertarian talk radio host who called for an armed protest blocks away from the White House is refusing to cooperate with law enforcement after being arrested for possession of drugs and illegal firearms. Adam Kokesh, a Marine and Iraqi war veteran, was calling on his supporters from around the nation

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