April 12, 2026
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Immediately following this morning’s Supreme Court decision on the case of DC v. Heller, where the court ruled that the second amendment protects an individual right to own weapons for self-defense, the Libertarian Party issued a release in which spokesperson Andrew Davis praised the ruling as a “landmark victory for the preservation of liberty in the United States”:
“Firearms are a distinct component of the American national character,” says Davis.
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Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr’s recent “secure the borders”-themed fundraising letter was viewed as “borderline racist” and “extremely unlibertarian” by some Libertarians.…
Constitutionalists and Libertarians have always been opposed to the Federal Reserve System. However, in the wake of Ron Paul’s unprecedented exposure of the issue — and the public’s surprising enthusiasm for his anti-Fed rhetoric — CP and LP candidates are giving the issue more prominence in their campaign platforms.…
Wisconsin Libertarian for Congress, Kevin Barrett, has been run through the mud for his views on 9/11, and his support for Social Security and other Libertarian heterodoxies.…
Wisconsin’s La Crosse Tribune reports Ben Olson III will challenge Kevin Barrett for the Libertarian nomination in the state’s Third U.S. House District because “he doesn’t want people to get the wrong idea about Libertarians.”…
Barack Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said Bob Barr, “running for president on the Libertarian line, could play a crucial role in winning Obama the presidency,” The Politico reports.…
In a story that is getting picked up by many newspapers and websites, the AP reports Sonny Landham, who “played Billy Bear in ’48 Hours’ and was killed by an alien in ‘Predator,'” is running for U.S.…
The Libertarian Party’s national ticket of Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root has qualified for the Nebraska ballot, the AP reports. LP activists needed “about 6,000 signatures from voters and say they gathered nearly 10,000.…
The Party for Socialism and Liberation has annouced that its national ticket has achieved ballot status in three states — Arkansas, Colorado, and Vermont. The party is “in the final stages for ballot status” in Florida, Iowa, New Jersey, and Utah, and is working on ballot access for the Gloria LaRiva/Eugene Puryear ticket in states including California, Louisiana, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin.…