Posts Tagged ‘Florida’
Romney Leads Gingrich Ahead of Florida Primary
CAMPAIGN TRAIL, NEWSROOM AMERICA Mitt Romney appeared to be regaining his leading status in the Republican race for the White House, as he led rival Newt Gingrich in two polls ahead of the Florida primary. An Ipsos/Reuters survey showed Romney ahead by 8 points, 42-33 percent, while a separate Quinnipiac University poll had Romney up by 9 [...]
No Answers on Number of Foreign Companies Drilling in U.S.
Liberty Alerts, Penny Starr, CNSNews.com A Florida lawmaker wanting to find out how many foreign-owned companies have leases to drill for oil and natural gas in the U.S. was surprised to learn that the federal department issuing leases does not differentiate in its records between companies owned by foreign governments and others. Republican [...]
ACLJ Readies for ObamaCare Battle at Supreme Court
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice This is a move that we clearly expected. The Supreme Court of the United States today agreed to hear several ObamaCare challenges - putting the issue of the constitutionality of the flawed law front-and-center with a decision by the high court just months before the November 2012 [...]
ObamaCare Decision Disappointing – Appeal to Come
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice It's a decision that is disappointing. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected our appeal in an ObamaCare challenge - an appeal which argued that the individual mandate, which forces Americans to purchase health insurance, violates the [...]
ACLJ & 105 Members of Congress Urge SCOTUS to Reject ObamaCare
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice We have filed our amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Justices to take up a Florida case challenging ObamaCare. I'm delighted to report that we have 105 members of Congress on our brief - led by Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia, a physician - as well as House Majority Leader Eric [...]
Entrepreneurs and Public Interest Law Firm Sue Hialeah City
Liberty Alerts, Institute for Justice Street vendors in Hialeah, Fla., have had enough of the city’s effort to drive them out of business in order to protect brick-and-mortar businesses from competition. Today, they joined with the newly launched Institute for Justice Florida Chapter to file a state constitutional lawsuit against the city [...]
Another ObamaCare Case Headed to the Supreme Court
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice Last week I told you that the Obama Administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case out of Florida (involving 26 states challenging ObamaCare) and review the decision of a federal appeals court striking the individual mandate of ObamaCare. Now, Virginia has filed its petition [...]
Botched Abortion Brings Damage Award in Florida
Liberty Alerts, American Center for Law and Justice I have never understood the mindset of a physician who performs abortions. And, while we frequently focus on organizations (like Planned Parenthood) and policies (like ObamaCare) that promote and fund abortion, it's the abortion doctor who often stays in the shadows, out of sight, away from [...]
Job Agency Spends $73K On Superhero Campaign
Liberty Alerts, Corruption Chronicles In a flagrant example of how the government wastes taxpayer dollars, a federally-funded job center in Florida has financed a costly public relations campaign that is distributing thousands of superhero capes to the unemployed. The story would almost be funny if it didn’t involve such an idiotic act [...]
Florida’s Governor Slapped With Ethics Complaint
Liberty Alerts, Corruption Chronicles An ethics complaint has been filed against Florida’s new governor, Rick Scott, for abusing the power of his office to financially benefit a chain of medical clinics that represent the single biggest chunk of his vast fortune. Scott, who was embroiled in a federal fraud investigation before moving [...]
Breaking: Republican Rick Scott Wins Florida’s Gov. Race
Liberty Alerts, Newsmax.com Democrat Alex Sink conceded defeat in Florida's governors race Wednesday, meaning that former health care executive Rick Scott is the new Republican governor of Florida. Continue at Newsmax.com
Republicans Grab Leads in Indiana, Florida, Virginia House Races
Liberty Alerts, Foxnews.com Republicans jumped to early leads in key congressional races in Indiana, Florida and Virginia as they pressed to wrest control of the House from Democrats on Tuesday and reached for a blowout to lopsided gains. Democrats scratched to keep their majority, claiming a GOP open seat in Delaware and holding onto one [...]
Republican Daniel Webster Takes Florida House Seat
Liberty Alerts, Florida. Both Fox News and CNN both have declared former Florida lawmaker, Republican, Daniel Webster the winner over Democrat incumbent Alan Grayson, for his U.S. House seat.
Did You Know That Florida Doesn’t Have to Obey Unconstitutional Federal Laws?
Liberty Alerts, JBS Freedom Campaign Virginia, Utah, Idaho, and other states are fighting the federal healthcare law. Arizona is protecting its borders. Washington State, Oklahoma, and others are fighting cap-and-trade legislation. Eight states are standing up for gun rights. Twenty-five states have effectively blocked the 2005 Real ID [...]
Florida Court Ruling on Adoption Will Harm Children
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Orlando, FL – Today, the Florida Third District Court of Appeal ruled that the state law which bans adoption to those engaged in active homosexual activity violates the Florida Constitution equal protection clause. The case will likely be appealed to the Florida Supreme Court. The case is being defended by the [...]
LC Files Brief On Behalf of Santa Rosa County Teachers and Staff
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Santa Rosa County, FL – Liberty Counsel filed its Initial Brief at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the Christian Educators Association International (“CEAI”). CEAI sought to intervene in a federal trial court to defend the rights of the faculty and staff of the Santa [...]
Florida School Tries to Ban Bibles on Religious Freedom Day
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Fort Myers, FL – Today Liberty Counsel filed a lawsuit to overturn a recent ban on distributing Bibles on the public school campuses of Collier County, Florida. For years, the school board allowed World Changers to distribute free Bibles to interested students during off-school hours on Religious Freedom Day, [...]
Being a Politician While Black — Alan Caruba
By Alan Caruba Privately I have been telling friends that Barack Obama has made it nearly impossible for any black American politician to become president for at least the next two generations, maybe more. He has sealed their fate. Then I read Walter E. Williams’ column, “Can Black Americans Afford Obama?” He wrote, “I am all too [...]
Urgent – Florida Prolife Bill Hangs in the Balance!
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Right now, a bill is sitting on the desk of Florida Governor Charlie Crist that could ban state and federal funding for abortion in Florida and also require that ultrasound pictures and information be provided to women seeking abortions. Governor Crist has claimed to be pro-life but now has expressed [...]
LC Obtains Emergency Order for Food and Water to Elderly Patient
Liberty Alerts, Liberty Counsel Read this Liberty Alert online at www.LC.org Today, a judge in Brevard County, Florida issued an emergency injunction ordering a hospital to provide food and water to an eighty-three-year-old woman. Carrie Johnson recently suffered several strokes and was hospitalized. Against the [...]
Taxpayers Provide Security For Governor’s Romantic Weekend
Judicial Watch, Corruption Chronicles South Carolina’s ethically challenged governor continues to inappropriately waste taxpayer resources on romantic encounters, most recently sticking Floridians with the tab for his security detail during a rendezvous to the Sunshine State with his Argentine [...]
States Are Suing over Obamacare
By Phyllis Schlafly All polls show that the majority of the American people oppose the Obama Health Control Law recently passed by Congress with votes only from Democrats. Virginia's Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, South Carolina's Attorney General Henry McMaster, and Florida's Attorney General Bill McCollum are suing the federal [...]
Bored Senator Views Porn During Floor Debate
Judicial Watch, Corruption Chronicles A Florida state lawmaker who is running for a seat in the United States Congress this year was caught viewing pornographic photos on his state-issued computer during a legislative session. A local news organization captured Mike Bennett, a Republican state senator, looking at a [...]
Florida AG: Five More States Join Suit Against Obamacare
Liberty Alerts, Florida Attorney General, Bill McCollum TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that five states will join the lawsuit led by Florida challenging the federal Health Care Reform Law. Indiana, North Dakota, Mississippi, Nevada and Arizona will join Florida and 12 other states in the first lawsuit [...]
Illegal Aliens Bump U.S. Citizens For Mental Healthcare
Liberty Alerts, Judicial Watch In the latest outrage involving illegal immigration, mentally ill U.S. citizens in Florida are being placed on waiting lists for treatment because public facilities are overcrowded with illegal aliens. As if this weren’t disturbing enough, state officials want to turn the illegal immigrants over to federal [...]
