First Senate Rejection of an Obama Appointee

Friday, 07 March 2014 12:30 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

For the first time since Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid changed the rules – installing the “nuclear option” back in November so that Obama’s appointments would find even easier approval in the Democrat-controlled Senate – on Wednesday the Senate rejected one of his nominees. The vote was 47-52 with seven reluctant Democrat senators, some of whom are facing reelection challengers in November, voting against their party and their president. The nominee, Debo Adegbile, was just too radical for them and

EPA to Snuff out Wood and Pellet Stoves

Friday, 07 March 2014 06:26 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

It took more than six weeks before the new EPA rules on wood and pellet stoves percolated into the media, which then generated pushback ranging from anger to outrage. The new rules impose a maximum of fine airborne particulate emissions from 15 micrograms per cubic meter of air down to 12. As Larry Bell, writing at Forbes, put it:

To put this amount in context … secondhand tobacco smoke in a closed-car can expose a person to 3,000-4,000 micrograms of particulates per cubic meter.

That will virtually end the burning of wood for heat or cooking in the United States, according to Reg Kelly, the owner and operator of Earth Outdoor Furnaces in Mountain Grove, Missouri:

Age and Acrimony End Dingell Dynasty in the House

Thursday, 06 March 2014 11:54 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

Born in Colorado Springs in 1926, John Dingell (D-Mich.) took over from his father as a Representative from Michigan in 1955 and has never stopped promoting his father’s progressive agenda. On Monday, February 24^th, Dingell announced that he would not seek a 30^th term partly due to

Appeal Filed in Court Decision Upholding Connecticut’s Gun Ban

Tuesday, 04 March 2014 13:17 Written by Bob Adelmann 1 Comment

When Rich Burgess, president of the pro-gun group Connecticut Carry, sent a memo on Monday to his membership, he said that Connecticut state officials “now look down the barrel of the laws that they created, and it is very probable that they now tremble as they rethink the extremity of their folly. Connecticut Carry calls on every official, every Senator, and every Representative, to make the singular decision: either enforce the law

NYPD Surveillance of Muslims OK, Says Judge

Tuesday, 04 March 2014 06:36 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

This article first appeared at The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor on Monday, March 3, 2014:

When New Jersey District Judge William Martini threw out the complaint by some Muslims that New York City’s police department’s 10 years of surveillance had caused them economic pain and personal suffering, he used the “standing” argument: They didn’t have standing to bring the complaint in the first place. For standing to exist, the Muslims

Anti-Gun Doctor Likely to be Confirmed as Surgeon General

Tuesday, 04 March 2014 06:26 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

With a Senate committee voting to confirm Dr. Vivek Murthy as the new United States Surgeon General 13-9 last week, he should easily win confirmation to the post by the full Senate on Tuesday.

If there were a candidate more perfectly qualified to occupy the bully pulpit as Surgeon General, one would be hard pressed to find him. Born to Indian parents in Huddersfield, England, Murthy and his parents moved to Miami, Florida when he was three. A child prodigy, he

Judge Throws out Muslim Lawsuit Against NYPD over Surveillance Program

Monday, 03 March 2014 06:08 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

A New Jersey district judge threw out the complaint by some Muslims in New Jersey that the surveillance program operated by the New York City police department since 9/11 was illegal and had been causing them pain, suffering, and economic loss. In a bizarre ruling the judge concluded that

Warrantless Searches Expanded Under Latest Supreme Court Ruling

Saturday, 01 March 2014 11:57 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

This article was first published at the McAlvany Intelligence Advisor on Friday, February 28, 2014:

On the surface, the Supreme Court’s ruling on Tuesday in Fernandez v. California seems pretty innocuous. Only when the details are examined does it become clear that the Fourth Amendment has been

Supreme Court Expands Police Power at the Expense of the Fourth Amendment

Friday, 28 February 2014 07:14 Written by Bob Adelmann 1 Comment

On Tuesday the Supreme Court ruled in Fernandez v. California that when a resident who objects to the search of his residence is removed through a lawful arrest, the remaining resident may give police consent to search without first demanding a warrant.

The back story is much more complicated than that official summary, and

Stage Being set for Connecticut Confrontation

Friday, 28 February 2014 07:01 Written by Bob Adelmann 0 Comments

Speculation about how the state of Connecticut would respond to the thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of gun owners who failed to register their firearms by December 31^st ended when the state police sent out this letter dated January 2, 2014 to

First Senate Rejection of an Obama Appointee

EPA to Snuff out Wood and Pellet Stoves

Appeal Filed in Court Decision Upholding Connecticut’s Gun Ban

NYPD Surveillance of Muslims OK, Says Judge

Anti-Gun Doctor Likely to be Confirmed as Surgeon General

Judge Throws out Muslim Lawsuit Against NYPD over Surveillance Program

Warrantless Searches Expanded Under Latest Supreme Court Ruling

Supreme Court Expands Police Power at the Expense of the Fourth Amendment

Stage Being set for Connecticut Confrontation

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