INQUISITION NEWS

Federal Judge Overturns UnConstitutional Maryland Handgun Law

A Federal judge ruled that residents of the State needn’t provide a “good and substantial reason” in order to legally obtain a handgun permit, because the 2^nd Amendment is substantial enough.
The case began when Plaintiff Raymond Woollard obtained a handgun permit after fighting with an intruder in his Hampstead home in 2002, but could not renew it in 2009 because he could not show officials he had been subject to “threats occurring beyond his residence.” After repealing and being rejected by the review board, which found he hadn’t demonstrated a “good and substantial reason” to carry a handgun as a reasonable precaution, Woollard filed suit in 2010.
In his ruling on the case, U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg said that placing the burden of providing a reason why they need a gun on gun owners was unConstitutional.
The judge said in his opinion:

A law that burdens the exercise of an enumerated constitutional right by simply making that right more difficult to exercise cannot be considered reasonably adapted to a government interest, no matter how substantial that interest may be. Maryland‘s goal of minimizing the proliferation of handguns among those who do not have a demonstrated need for them, is not a permissible method of preventing crime or ensuring public safety; it burdens the right too broadly.

G8 Moved So World Leaders Can Avoid Angry Masses

by Sam Rolley

G8 Moved So World Leaders Can Avoid Angry Proles

Sensing the anger of the masses, world leaders fearing mass protests in Chicago during this spring’s G8 Summit have opted to avoid the proles altogether by moving the meeting to the Presidential compound at Camp David in Maryland.
Leaders from the United States, Russia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and European Union had planned to meet in Chicago this May for the annual economic meeting. Protesters and demonstration groups, including Occupy Wall Street offshoots, were also orchestrating events to coincide with the meeting in the Windy City. But with barely two months until the event is slated to occur, the G-8 Summit is being moved to Camp David.
The White House issued the following statement on Monday:

In May, the United States looks forward to hosting the G-8 and NATO Summits. To facilitate a free-flowing discussion with our close G-8 partners, the President is inviting his fellow G-8 leaders to Camp David on May 18-19 for the G-8 Summit, which will address a broad range of economic, political and security issues. The President will then welcome NATO allies and partners to his hometown of Chicago for the NATO Summit on May 20-21, which will be the premier opportunity this year for the President to continue his efforts to strengthen NATO in order to ensure that the Atlantic Alliance remains the most successful alliance in history, while charting the way forward in Afghanistan.

Conveniently for world leaders who do not want to have to listen to the complaints of their people, the U.S. Congress recently passed HR 347, which is awaiting approval. The 1^stAmendment-quashing bill will make a criminal any protesters who attempt to get near Camp David.

                     
Dear Friend, 

For 39 years, nine unelected men and women on the Supreme Court have played God with innocent human life. 

They have invented laws that condemned to painful  deaths without trial more than 56 million babies for the crime of being  "inconvenient." 

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling forced abortion-on-demand down our nation's throat. 

In the past, many in the pro-life movement have felt  limited to protecting a life here and there -- passing some limited law  to slightly control abortion in the more outrageous cases.   

But some pro-lifers always seem to tiptoe around the Supreme Court, hoping they won't be offended. 

Now the time to grovel before the Supreme Court is over. 

Working from what the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v.  Wade, pro-life lawmakers can pass a Life at Conception Act and end  abortion using the Constitution instead of amending it. 

That is why it's so urgent you sign the petition to your Senators and                          Congressman that I will link to in a moment. 

You see, while the national media has talked a  lot about the impact of economic issues on this past election, the  untold story is just how well pro-life candidates did.   

So it is vital every Member of Congress be put on record. 

And your petition will help do just that.                                                             

Signing the Life at Conception Act petition will help break through the                          opposition clinging to abortion-on-demand and get a vote on this life-saving                          bill to overturn Roe v. Wade.                                                             

A Life at Conception Act declares unborn children  "persons" as defined by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution,  entitled to legal protection. 

This is the one thing the Supreme Court admitted in  Roe v. Wade that would cause the case for legal abortion to "collapse." 

When the Supreme Court handed down its now-infamous  Roe v. Wade decision, it did so based on a new, previously undefined  "right of privacy" which it "discovered" in so-called "emanations" of  "penumbrae" of the Constitution. 

Of course, as constitutional law it was a disaster. 

But never once did the Supreme Court declare abortion itself to be a constitutional right. 

Instead the Supreme Court said: 

"We need not resolve the difficult question of when  life begins . . . the judiciary at this point in the development of  man's knowledge is not in a position to speculate as to the answer." 

Then the High Court made a key admission: 

"If this suggestion of personhood is established,  the appellant's case [i.e., "Roe" who sought an abortion], of course,  collapses, for the fetus' right to life is then guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment." 

The fact is, the 14th Amendment couldn't be clearer: 

". . . nor shall any state deprive any person of  life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any  person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law." 

Furthermore, the 14th Amendment says: 

"Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article." 

That's exactly what a Life at Conception Act would do. 

But this simple, logical and obviously right legislation will not become law without a fight. 

And that's where your help is critical. 

You see, it will be a tough fight, but I believe with your signed petition it is one we can win.                                         

                     Please click here to sign your petition right away.                     

By turning up the heat through a massive, national,  grass-roots campaign in this session of Congress, one of two things will  happen. 

If you and other pro-life activists pour on enough  pressure, pro-lifers can force politicians from both parties who were  elected on pro-life platforms to make good on their promises and  ultimately win passage of this bill. 

But even if a Life at Conception Act doesn't pass  immediately, the public attention will send another crew of radical  abortionists down to defeat in the next election. 

Either way, the unborn win . . . unless you do nothing. 

That's why the National Pro-Life Alliance is  contacting hundreds of thousands of Americans just like you to mobilize a  grass-roots army to pass a Life at Conception Act. 

                  The first thing you must do is sign your petition by clicking here. 

They are the key ingredient in the National Pro-Life Alliance's plan to pass a Life at Conception Act.  They'll also organize: 

... Hard-hitting TV, radio and newspaper ads to be run just before each vote, detailing the horrors of abortion and mobilizing the American people.
... Extensive personal lobbying of key members of Congress by rank and file National Pro-Life Alliance members and staff.
... A series of newspaper columns to be distributed free to all 1,437 daily newspapers now published in the United States.
... An extensive email, direct mail and telephone campaign to generate at least one million petitions to Congress like the one linked to in this letter.
Of course, to do all this will take a lot of money. 

Just to email and mail the letters necessary to produce one million petitions will cost at least $460,000. 

Newspaper, TV and radio are even more expensive. 

But I'm sure you'll agree pro-lifers cannot just sit by watching the slaughter continue. 

The National Pro-Life Alliance's goal is to deliver  one million petitions to the House and Senate in support of a Life at  Conception Act. 

When the bill comes up for a vote in Congress, it  is crucial to have the full weight of an informed public backing the  pro-life position. 

I feel confident that the folks at National Pro-Life Alliance can gather those one million petitions.   

But even though many Americans who receive this  email will sign the petition, many won't be able to contribute.  That's  why it's vital you  give $10, $25, $50, $100, or even more if you can. 

Without your help the National Pro-Life Alliance  will be unable to gather the one million petitions and mount the  full-scale national campaign necessary to pass a Life at Conception Act. 

A sacrificial gift of $35 or even $100 or $500 now  could spare literally millions of innocent babies in years to come.                           But if that's too much, please consider chipping  in with a donation of $10. 

You should also know that a National Pro-Life  Alliance supporter wants to make your decision to give easier by  agreeing to match your donation, no matter the size, increasing its  value by 50%!                       

                         So please respond right away with your signed petition. 

And please help with a contribution of at least $25  or $35.  Some people have already                          given as much  as $500.  Others have given $50 and $100. 

But no matter how much you give, whether it's chipping in with $10 or a larger                          contribution of $150, I guarantee your contribution is urgently needed and will be deeply appreciated. 

That's why I hope and pray that you will not delay a  moment to make a contribution of $1000, $500, $100, $50, $25,                          or even $10 if you can. 

Your contribution to the National Pro-Life Alliance and                                                   your signed petition  will be the first steps toward reversing Roe v. Wade and waking up the  politicians about where our barbarous pro-abortion policy is taking us. 

Sincerely,

Rand Paul,

United States Senator

P.S.   The Supreme Court itself admitted -- if Congress declares unborn  children "persons" under the law, the constitutional case for  abortion-on-demand "collapses."
That's why it's so critical to work to get a vote on  the Life at Conception Act, legislation that would reverse Roe v. Wade.                                          

Please help make that happen.                           Sign your petition today to the National Pro-Life Alliance                          to reverse Roe v. Wade.                         

Your petition is the critical first step in fighting to end abortion.                                                  

Along with                          your signed petition, please consider making                          a sacrificial contribution of $100, $50, $25.                           If that's too much, please consider chipping in with a donation of $10.                         

You should also know a generous donor has agreed to match all contributions,                          no matter the size, increasing your gift                          to the National Pro-Life Alliance by 50%!