Libertarian Party

Source: www.miamiherald.com --- 22 days ago
Brian C. Bustamante once enforced federal tax laws for the Internal Revenue Service, then became a pillar of Florida's Libertarian Party, which believes that ``no area of your life or business is free from the meddling of politicians -- especially your wallet.'' ...

Source: en.wikinews.org --- 27 days ago
Plans set in motion for the removal of Bob Barr as the Libertarian Party's U.S. presidential nominee ...

Source: www.aclu.org --- 16 days ago
BOSTON - A federal judge has ordered the Secretary of the Commonwealth to list Bob Barr and Wayne A. Root as the Libertarian Party candidates for President and Vice-President on the November ballot. As a result of a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Barr and Root, who were selected at the Party's nominating convention, will be substituted for George Phillies and Chris Bennett, two unsuccessful candidates whose names appeared on the Party's state nominating petitions. ...

Source: www.ballot-access.org --- 33 days ago
On September 5, U.S. District Court Judge John Copenhaver upheld West Virginia ballot access laws for president. Barr v Ireland, 2:08-0990. The decision is 34 pages long. It puts heavy stress on the problems that a later deadline than August 1 would cause elections officials. Of course, if the state didn’t require so many signatures (over 15,000), the burden on the elections officials would be less. Also the decision points out that the August 1 presidential deadline, combined with the 2% petition requirement, was met by the Libertarian Party in 2004, and by Ralph Nader in 2004. Also the decision points out that, this year, the Constitution Party and Ralph Nader qualified. Finally, the decision notes that if the Barr petition had started just two weeks earlier, it very likely would have succeeded. ...

Source: westernstandard.blogs.com --- 26 days ago
In a packed room in the basement of the Parkdale United Church in Calgary, Dennis Young, a veteran of NATO operations in Bosnia and leader of the Libertarian Party, today told Iraq war resister Chuck Wiley to ignore the critics... ...

Source: www.independentpoliticalreport.com --- 27 days ago
In case you were wondering, the Libertarian Party is getting along very well in Wisconsin. Eric Ostermeier of the University of Minnesota comments: Whether it is because the Libertarian Party has a well-known nominee in the Presidential race in Bob Barr (though not necessarily well-regarded in Libertarian leadership circles), whether it is because the Libertarian base [...] ...

Source: mensnewsdaily.com --- 28 days ago
Libertarian U.S. presidential nominee and former congressman Bob Barr is the subject of controversy today after his last minute refusal to attend former Republican presidential hopeful Congressman Ron Paul’s third Party unity conference at the National Press Club in Washington on Wednesday. Barr instead decided to hold a press conference of his own two hours after [...] ...

Source: westernstandard.blogs.com --- 21 days ago
On September 13, 2008, the Western Standard reported that…In a packed room in the basement of the Parkdale United Church in Calgary, Dennis Young, a veteran of NATO operations in Bosnia and leader of the Libertarian Party, today told Iraq war resister Chuck Wiley to ignore the critics who call him a coward: “What you have done takes courage,” said Young to a roar of applause. Chief Petty Officer Wiley, a self-described Ron Paul Libertarian and 17-year military veteran, told an audience of peace activists that he deserted the U.S. military after he was forced to choose between upholding his sworn oath to defend the constitution or participating in what he considers to be illegal war activities. Today, the CBC is reporting that Liberal MP Bob Rae has reaffirmed the Liberal Party’s support for allowing conscientious objectors of the Iraq war to take up permanent residence in Canada. "I don't think we should be having a situation where we're dead set on deportation in every situation, which seems to be the position of the government," Rae said. Posted by Matthew Johnston ...

Source: www.masslive.com --- 16 days ago
The Party's nominee is Bob Barr. ...

Source: www.independentpoliticalreport.com --- 28 days ago
LP spokesman Andrew Davis has this to say in opposition to Campaign for Liberty’s four-point Libertarian agenda: Perhaps it is the acrimonious environment of a two-Party system, or simply a “strength in numbers” struggle that makes strange bedfellows among third-Party candidates in today’s politics. Whatever the cause, third-Party candidates often reach out to others for support [...] ...

Source: westernstandard.blogs.com --- 16 days ago
Media Advisory September 24, 2008 It’s time for an adult approach to marijuana policy! Libertarian Party of Canada leader Dennis Young will release the Party’s strategy for marijuana policy reform at two separate press conferences on Thursday, September 25th. Time: 12:00 Noon The Next Level www.thenextlevelinc.ca 101, 3608 - 17 Avenue SE Calgary, Alberta Phone:  (403) 204-0205 Time: 3:00 PM Hempire www.hempirecanada.com 4-626 Main Street Canmore, Alberta Phone: (403) 678-1700 Young is a former military police officer and a spokesperson for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). The Party’s three-part strategy for reforming Canada’s approach to marijuana policy will include the following: • Legalize the cultivation, sale and use of marijuana by adults • Pardon and expunge the convictions of all non-violent marijuana law offenders • Stop the extradition of Canadian magazine publisher Marc Emery to the U.S.A. and reclaim Canadian sovereignty over drug policy For more information, please contact Dennis Young at (403) 660-7737. Libertarian Party candidate for Wild Rose, Krista Zoobkoff, will be participating in the Canmore press conference. Zoobkoff is a Canmore resident and business owner. She can be reached at (403) 678-1700. Keith Fagin with Calgary 420 will be at the Calgary press conference. He can be reached at (403) 863-2071. www.Libertarian.ca info@Libertarian.ca -30- ...

Source: www.lifesite.net --- 21 days ago
By John Jalsevac September 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - While all of the major Canadian parties are diligently avoiding any discussion of abortion in the lead-up to the October election for fear of political fallout, Canada's minor parties are providing some voice for the... ...

Source: www.independentpoliticalreport.com --- 22 days ago
Published at http://bostontea.us/node/263 by Jim Davidson. Additional background here. On 7 September 2008, the Libertarian National Committee passed a resolution against the war in Afghanistan. To date, we are informed, the Party’s staff members have refused to issue a press release on the topic, and have not added it to the LP.org web site as of [...] ...

Source: blog.indecision2008.com --- 36 days ago
This is a picture of me addressing the Libertarian Party, accepting their nomination for President of the United States. Kind of. What I'm actually doing is performing a karaoke version of Bob Barr's acceptance speech from May 25th in Denver. But I'm doing it today, in St. Paul, at Station 4 bar, which this week has been [...] ...

Source: www.independentpoliticalreport.com --- 24 days ago
George Phillies, who will be one of two Libertarians on the New Hampshire ballot unless a lawsuit throws him off, says that “the notion that the [LPHQ] staff should not involve itself in Party politics, dead since Mr. [Shane] Cory used the front page of the April LP News to shill for the candidate who [...] ...

Source: www.ballot-access.org --- 23 days ago
On September 17, the Kentucky Libertarian Party won a lawsuit over the right to nominate someone, even if that person is a registered member of another political Party. The Jefferson Circuit Court ruled that Edward Martin should be on the November ballot as the Libertarian nominee for U.S. House, 3rd district, even though he is a registered Republican. Cummings v Martin, 08-CI-08751. The Kentucky Libertarian Party is not a ballot-qualified Party, so it placed Martin on the ballot by petition. Kentucky election law says that an independent candidate must not be a registered member of a qualified Party. The Secretary of State placed Martin on the ballot, but a Republican Party official sued to remove Martin, on the grounds that if he were an independent candidate, he would not be permitted to be on the ballot. However, the judge ruled that a Libertarian Party nominee is not an “independent candidate”, even though the procedures for ballot access in Kentucky for independent candidates, and the candidates of unqualified parties, are the same (except that, of course, the nominee of an unqualified Party may have his Party label put on the ballot next to his or her name). A key fact was that Kentucky keeps track of registrations of certain unqualified parties, including the Libertarian Party. Another fact, noted by the decision, is that the Libertarian Party is a bona fide political Party, even if it isn’t a qualified Party in Kentucky. ...

Source: westernstandard.blogs.com --- 23 days ago
We've been covering the Libertarian Party for some time now. We released news of Dennis Young's decision to run against Stephen Harper in his own riding, covered the release of their abortion platform, and, most recently, wrote about Young's support... ...

Source: mensnewsdaily.com --- 23 days ago
The Libertarian National Committee (LNC) continues to be in a fierce deadlock today over how to address the growing controversies surrounding their Party’s U.S. presidential nominee, former congressman Bob Barr. Many libertarians have spoken out against Barr since his last minute refusal to attend former Republican presidential hopeful Congressman Ron Paul’s third Party unity conference at [...] ...

Source: www.independentpoliticalreport.com --- 22 days ago
In an article written for CQ Politics, nationally known political pundit Craig Crawford says Libertarians “blew it” by nominating Bob Barr. It’s “too bad,” says Crawford, because “a Party that truly believes in personal freedom and limited government is worth hearing from in these days of major parties that equivocate and prevaricate on those principles.” But [...] ...

Source: www.ballot-access.org --- 27 days ago
On September 12, the New Hampshire Libertarian Party filed a lawsuit in federal court, to get a ruling that since the state lets the qualified parties substitute a new nominee, that the state must also let the unqualified parties have the same freedom. Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v Gardner, case number not known [...] ...