RLC Georgia Issues 2008 Federal Endorsements
By Chris Farris | July 8, 2008
Only one incumbent member of Congress merits the endorsement of the Republican Liberty Caucus and that Congressman is Dr. Paul Broun. From his first vote in the United States House of Representatives, Congressman Broun has shown that he doesn’t fall lock-step with his party’s leadership when they trample on the constitution to score political points with powerful special interest groups.
Alas, Dr. Broun’s opponent is perfectly willing to pander to the prejudices of his district. Broun’s opponent was the primary sponsor of a bill that would lower the number of jurors needed to decide to sentence someone to the death penalty. The act of taking a person’s life is the penultimate punishment that can be meted out by the state, and it is the only one that can not be undone if the person is later exonerated. If anything the threshold for sentencing someone to death should be raised, not lowered.
Based on the records of both candidates, it is clear that Paul Broun is a man of integrity. He is a man who takes his oath of office - to support and defend the Constitution of the United States - with the utmost regard. We encourage all RLC members and supports in the 10th Congressional District to cast their vote for Paul Broun on Tuesday July 15th.
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RLC Georgia Issues State Legislative Endorsements
By Chris Farris | July 8, 2008
The Republican Liberty Caucus of Georgia endorses the following members of the State Senate and State House for re-election.
Georgia State Senate:
- Senator Jeff Chapman, 3rd District
- Senator Ralph Hudgens, 47th
- Senator Eric Johnson, 1st, President Pro-Tempe
- Senator Chip Rogers, 21st
- Senator Mitch Seabaugh, 28th
- Senator David Shafer, 48th
Georgia State House:
- Representative Steve Davis, 109th
- Representative Tom Graves, 12th
- Representative Mike Jacobs, 80th
- Representative Jill Chambers, 81st
- Representative Martin Scott, 2nd
- Lee Benedict, 118th
All of these candidates have signed the RLC’s Liberty Compact.
Senator David Shafer, who holds the nonvoting title “Honorary State Chairman” in recognition of his early efforts on behalf of the RLC, has written to us asking that we take note of his disagreement with our endorsement in the race for the 118th House District. Senator Shafer has endorsed Representative Ben Harbin for reelection to this House seat.
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America’s Great Leap Forward
By Chris Farris | June 10, 2008
As overseen by Chairman Obama:
President Kennedy once spoke of a rising tide that would lift all boats. Obama wants us to pull into shore and tie them to a dock.
Worse than that, a disturbing pattern of rhetoric indicates he will not only counsel a draconian lifestyle, but also mandate it.
The man who made over $4 million last year, who lives in a $1.65 million house and who probably doesn’t get his great suits off the rack, advised graduates: “You can take your diploma, walk off this stage and chase only after the big house and the nice suits and all the other things that our money culture says you should. But I hope you don’t.” I got mine.
He hopes you don’t walk off the job and do something greedy like finding a way to economically retrieve the 2 trillion barrels of oil locked up in North American shale, lowering fuel and transportation costs, and helping America achieve energy independence.
Don’t be another Bill Gates and amass a fortune making people more productive and, uh, successful in their daily lives and giving your countrymen a standard of living the world will envy. Exchange your cap and gown for sackcloth and ashes. Leave your possessions behind and come follow Obama.
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2008 Legislative Update
By Chris Farris | May 5, 2008
Its been a little over two weeks now since the gavels came down and the legislature adjourned Sine Die, and we’re sifting through the dust of that hectic day to see the good and bad to come out of the 2008 session of the Georgia General Assembly.
Media reports of the session focused on the conflicts between the Senate and house leadership and the bitterness between Speaker Glenn Richardson and Lt. Governor Casey Cagle. Those who look to always find fault called it a do-nothing session, but this session was anything but.
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Supreme Court to hear Second Amendment case
By Jason Pye | March 17, 2008
This column originally appeared in the Covington News on Friday, March 14, 2008.
On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments in District of Columbia v. Heller (known as Parker v. District of Columbia in the lower court), the most important case concerning the Second Amendment to come before the court in nearly 70 years.
Allow me to give a very brief history of this case. A challenge was filed on behalf of six residents of the District of Columbia in February 2003 against a 1976 law that effectively banned firearms inside the city and required that any guns owned before the ban be registered and “unloaded, disassembled, or bound by a trigger lock or similar device” inside the home. The lawsuit was filed in hopes that the courts would throw out the ban and that Second Amendment rights would be restored inside the District.
The District of Columbia has defended the law on grounds of home rule and echoed a familiar notion from the anti-gun crowd, which is that the Second Amendment only applies to militias and there is no individual right to own a firearm for any purpose. Other supporters of the ban have argued that since DC is not a state then the right would not apply there, an argument that is laughable considering the push last year to give DC a vote in Congress.
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