Posted at http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=1082: On September 17, 1787 the U.S. Constitution was signed by 39 brave patriots who changed the course of history. Their commitment to freedom birthed a form of government designed to secure liberty. Never before was such a bold and blessed experiment attempted. Let us make a renewed commitment to honor our country [...]

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Ballot Access News: On September 18, the Massachusetts Libertarian Party won its 2008 case on presidential substitution. The decision was not surprising, because the same court had granted injunctive relief last year. The issue is whether an unqualified party can use a stand-in presidential candidate on its petition, if it is circulating its petition before [...]

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Ballot Access News reports: The Peace Party became a ballot-qualified party in 2008 in Oregon. It was formed for the purpose of placing Ralph Nader on the ballot in Oregon. At the time, it was significantly easier to qualify a new party in Oregon than to get an independent candidate on the ballot (thanks to [...]

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Posted at Socialist Webzine: A Socialist WebZine Exclusive!When the rulers of the world gather in Pittsburgh next week, the Socialist WebZine will be there! Starting on Tuesday September 22nd the WebZine will be transmitting live reports from Socialist Party members participating in the street demonstrations against the G20. Short reports, essays, pictures and up-to-minute updates [...]

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Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge John Woodcock ruled against the Libertarian Party of Maine in the party’s challenge to a “law requiring that signature petitions seeking to place its candidates’ names on ballots be submitted to municipal clerks one week before they are due in the Secretary of State’s Office,” the Bangor Daily News [...]

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The New Jersey news website NJ.com reports, “The Libertarian Party candidate for governor and five New Jersey voters joined independent candidate Chris Daggett in filing a lawsuit today challenging the state’s balloting system.” Daggett says it is “unfair for the Republican and Democratic parties to automatically get the two top spots on ballots in the [...]

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Posted by Loretta Nall on her blog. Loretta was endorsed by the Libertarian Party for Governor of Alabama in 2006, although we were unable to get ballot status. Yesterday, September 17, was Constitution Day and all federally funded education institutions were required to hold a celebration of sorts to honor it. At Central Alabama Community [...]

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http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=1078: by Mary Starrett Constitution Party Communications Director It comes as no surprise that efforts are underway by the federal government to curtail our access to food. It’s not the first time those in power have used regulatory powers to limit rights to this basic necessity. The devastating effects of government control over food can [...]

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Posted at PSLweb.org: By: Sarah Carlson The capitalists will never learn, nor will they relent on their heartless exploitation of the working class in this country. They constantly look for new ways to expand their exploitation so as to expand their rate of profit. Wall Street’s new plan to make super-profits is eerily similar to [...]

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Bernie Quigley writes in The Hill: The most startling statistic to come out this month is the latest Washington Post/ABC poll that shows 43 percent of Americans now consider themselves to be independents. Much of the celebrity thrill seems to be gone, as Wall Street Journal commentator Fouad Ajami said it would, with the hip [...]

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Posted by Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch: Brazilian author Paulo Coelho is reportedly considering a run for the Brazilian legislature with the Green Party there. This follows close on the heals of a decision by Marina Silva, a prominent environmentalist activist and former Environment Minister, to join the Green Party. Paulo Coelho is also [...]

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By Bob Barr BobBarr.org Atlanta, GA, Thursday, September 17, 2009 – Former Congressman Bob Barr (GA) today praised Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) for introducing legislation in the Senate that would reform the USA PATRIOT Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), both of which, while containing important and appropriate tools the government can employ [...]

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Dave Schwab writes at Green Party Watch, The Green Party’s press release inviting recently-ousted White House green jobs advisor Van Jones to join the Greens, potentially as a candidate, has been making the rounds, starting with a story on influential Washington blog The Hill that speculated that Greens are looking to Jones as a future [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster: Interesting! During arguments in a campaign-finance case, the court’s majority conservatives seemed persuaded that corporations have broad First Amendment rights and that recent precedents upholding limits on corporate political spending should be overruled. But Justice Sotomayor suggested the majority might have it all wrong — and that instead the [...]

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http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=1083: Lancaster, PA (September 17, 2009) The Constitution Party, the fast- growing alternative to the “two- headed, one party system” cordially invites all liberty-loving Americans to join in the 2nd American Revolution, now taking place across the country. “Though largely underestimated by media, the 9/12 protest in Washington D.C. shows the vast number of taxpayers [...]

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Ballot Access News reports: The Fifth Circuit will hear oral arguments in Moore v Hosemann in New Orleans, the week of November 2-6. The case concerns the Mississippi Secretary of State’s refusal to accept presidential elector paperwork for Brian Moore, the 2008 Socialist Party presidential candidate. The Secretary of State said the paperwork arrived ten [...]

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by Peter Tharaldson Independence Minnesota Blog: The hoopla over national healthcare reform has been silly. I am of the opinion that those who favor national healthcare reform and those who believe we should preserve the market system are mistaken. Here are my points. The healthcare system, in point of fact, is not market-based. The fact that [...]

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Posted by Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: In June, popular TV host Bill Maher asked, “Shouldn’t there be one party that unambiguously supports cutting the military budget, a party that is straight up in favor of gun control, gay marriage, higher taxes on the rich, universal health care — legalizing pot — and steep, [...]

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The Champaign News-Gazette reports that the “1,500-member Libertarian Party of Illinois has renewed its support for legislation to permit voters to elect members of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.” The Illinois LP, “citing newspaper reports and the findings of the Illinois Admissions Review Commission about abuses in student admissions” at the university, said [...]

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