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Category Archives: Issues
Another Election Issue to Consider
If our tax dollars go to nonprofit organizations that are formed and ran by government, it makes sense that those particular non-profits should be subjected to the transparency we all expect from governmental bodies. Continue reading
What Have You Got to Hide?
It’s almost funny how law enforcement agencies hesitate to produce in-dash camera videos from police cars, but when the agency has a promo piece it wants to hit all corners of the earth it expects the media to print or broadcast its news release without delay. Continue reading
Photo ID Required?
Iowa has a great voting system. There isn’t a problem, except for encouraging more people to vote. Continue reading
Posted in Issues, Voting Rights
Tagged Justice Kennedy, Justice Souter, Photo ID, poll tax, U.S. Supreme Court, voting rights
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Privacy
Governments and corporations are gaining uncharted ground in this tug-of-war over what personal information is necessary to relinquish and what’s icing on the cake for them. Continue reading
Posted in Issues, Privacy
Tagged Ben Franklin, Fawkes-Lee and Ryan, Information, liberty, Privacy
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Fawkes-Lee & Ryan Opposes Capital Punishment
The death penalty is a gruesome means of punishment that has outlived its place in today’s jurisprudence. Continue reading
Posted in Death Penalty, Issues
Tagged courts, crime, cruel & unusual, death penalty, Vilsack
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A Must-Do for the Iowa Legislature
The Iowa Legislature must conform to the holding in Graham. “That for a juvenile offender who did not commit homicide the Eighth Amendment forbids the sentence of life without parole.” Continue reading