By Andrew P. Napolitano
The president's men trash the Constitution to pursue antagonists
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
News organizations are convinced that the Obama administration trampled on freedom of the press when the Justice Department seized Associated Press phone records in pursuit of a government source who leaked details of a thwarted terrorist plot last year.
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The Republican presidential brawl will not be the only fight on the ballot when voters in the swing state of Ohio head to the polls on Super Tuesday.
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In Ohio, a redistricting plan recently approved by state lawmakers is pitting longtime incumbents against each other, turning up the heat in the Buckeye State's 2012 election cycle.
"Joe the Plumber" is launching his bid for Congress.
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Libya's transition provides lessons for how to proceed in the future, President Obama said.
U.S. Reps. Dennis J. Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur jumped into re-election campaigns in the same newly redrawn congressional district across northern Ohio on Wednesday, setting up a primary fight next year between two veteran Democratic incumbents.
A former U.S. diplomat advised the crumbling regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi on how to counter its critics, according to documents found after rebels gained access to the regime's intelligence ministry in Tripoli.
Nearly everyone in Congress says President Obama has mishandled the war in Libya, but that's as far as the consensus goes — members of the Senate and, in particular, the House have struggled to find unity on ways to rein in his actions.
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"To me, the Justice Department [seizing records of a reporter working out of the House gallery] is more troubling than anything else [in the case]," he said. "I don't think there's a lot more that has to come out there. There are broad protocols about this, and they have been violated."
Seizure of AP phone records on Capitol Hill raises concerns about separation of powers →
"This is a question of separation of powers — the same kind of question that was raised when the FBI went in and raided William Jefferson's office," he said last week. "They did this without notifying congressional leaders. There was no attempt to use the courts? They have the power to reach in and without any notice, reach into an office operated by the House [of Representatives]?"
Seizure of AP phone records on Capitol Hill raises concerns about separation of powers →
