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Issue #29
  July 2011
Half of the year has already passed and we're on our way to the very important 2012 election cycle.

Local and state chapters of the Republican Liberty Caucus are busy hosting events, recruiting candidates, and networking with GOP clubs in their locales.


Below you can find noteworthy news and events from the RLC.  As always, please consider joining the RLC.  Your generosity keeps us afloat.  
News from the RLC

Change Your Facebook Profile Image   

 

To spread word of the RLC, we hope you'll consider changing your profile image to the below image.  Just right click, save, and upload a new picture in your profile at Facebook.com.



We're trying to reach 6,000 fans on the RLC Facebook fan page

 

Join Your RLC State Chapter Online!

 

Connect with other liberty lovers via the RLC's Facebook and Yahoogroups.  Here is a listing of our current state/local Facebook and Yahoogroups.  These are the best tools we have to connect you with RLC'ers in your location:  

 

· Alabama RLC on Facebook -- RLCAL Yahoogroup 

· Alaska Facebook -- Alaska Yahoogroup

· Arizona RLC on Facebook -- RLCAZ Yahoogroup

· Arkansas Facebook -- Arkansas Yahoogroup

· California RLC on Facebook -- RLCCA Yahoogroup  

· Colorado RLC on Facebook -- RLCCO Yahoogroup

· Connecticut Facebook -- Connecticut Yahoogroup

· Delaware RLC on Facebook -- RLCDE Yahoogroup

· DC RLC on Facebook -- RLCDC Yahoogroup

· Florida RLC on Facebook -- RLCFL Yahoogroup

· Georgia RLC on Facebook -- RLCGA Yahoogroup

· Hawaii Facebook -- Hawaii Yahoogroup

· Idaho Facebook -- Idaho Yahoogroup

· Illinois Facebook -- Illinois Yahoogroup

· Indiana RLC on Facebook -- RLCIN Yahoogroup

· Iowa Facebook -- Iowa Yahoogroup

· Kentucky Facebook -- Kentucky Yahoogroup

· Louisiana Facebook -- Louisiana Yahoogroup

· Maine RLC on Facebook -- RLCME Yahoogroup

· Massachusetts RLC on Facebook -- RLCMA Yahoogroup

· Maryland Facebook -- Maryland Yahoogroup

· Michigan RLC on Facebook -- RLCMI Yahoogroup

· Minnesota RLC on Facebook -- RLCMN Yahoogroup

· Mississippi RLC on Facebook -- RLCMS Yahoogroup

· Missouri RLC on Facebook -- RLCMO Yahoogroup

· Montana Facebook -- Montana Yahoogroup

· Nebraska RLC on Facebook -- RLCNE Yahoogroup

· Nevada Facebook -- Nevada Yahoogroup    

· New Hampshire RLC on Facebook -- RLCNH Yahoogroup
· New Jersey Facebook -- New Jersey Yahoogroup 
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New Mexico Yahoogroup 

· New York RLC on Facebook -- RLCNY Yahoogroup 

· North Carolina RLC on Facebook -- RLCNC Yahoogroup 

· North Dakota Yahoogroup

· Ohio Facebook -- Ohio Yahoogroup

· Oklahoma Facebook -- Oklahoma Yahoogroup
· Oregon Facebook -- Oregon Yahoogroup 

· Pennsylvania Facebook -- Pennsylvania Yahoogroup 

· South Carolina Facebook -- S. Carolina Yahoogroup

· South Dakota Yahoogroup

· Tennessee RLC on Facebook -- RLCTN Yahoogroup 

· Texas RLC on Facebook -- RLCTX Yahoogroup

· Utah RLC on Facebook -- RLCUT Yahoogroup

· Vermont Facebook -- Vermont Yahoogroup
· Virginia RLC on Facebook -- RLCVA Yahoogroup

· Washington Facebook -- Washington Yahoogroup
· West Virginia Facebook -- West Virginia Yahoogroup 

· Wisconsin RLC on Facebook -- RLCWI Yahoogroup
· Wyoming Facebook -- Wyoming Yahoogroup

 

To get involved in the RLC in your state, check out our chapters page.  

 

RLC Applauds Supreme Court Ruling on Arizona Campaign Finance Law 

 

The Arizona campaign finance law which subsidized underfunded candidates with taxpayer money was a mockery of free speech and open elections, according to Republican Liberty Caucus National Chairman Dave Nalle upon hearing the announcement that the Supreme Court had struck down the law last month.

In his ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts echoed the RLC Statement of Principles when he quoted Buckley v. Valeo, which declared that "A restriction on the amount of money a person or group can spend on political communication during a campaign necessarily reduces the quantity of expression by restricting the number of issues discussed, the depth of their exploration, and the size of the audience reached."

The RLC Board believes this ruling signals the beginning of real campaign finance reform, beginning with states like Maine and New York (which have similar laws) and continuing until the government gets out of the business of dictating who can spend money in elections and that money is spent.

"Speech must be free under the First Amendment and the financing of political speech should not be restricted arbitrarily or subsidized unfairly with taxpayer dollars," concluded Nalle.

 

Sizzling Summer RLC Events Listing   

  

Attend an upcoming RLC event in your state!   

 

Check the RLC blog for our listing of events.  If you live in Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Nebraska, South Dakota, or Texas, you won't want to miss our upcoming events!



Congressman Amash Threatened by Michigan Legislature


The specific threat to Justin Amash is that parts of his district were removed to strengthen the districts of more establishment Republicans, replaced by areas which are more evenly balanced between the parties. This includes giving several towns and suburbs where he won very strong majorities in 2010 to the neighboring 2nd District GOP seat held by Bill Huizinga and replacing them with parts of Calhoun county - which have traditionally voted Democrat. They also moved the home of popular Democrat former representative Mark Schauer into Amash's district, giving the Democrats a ready-made challenger for the young radical.

Read more at the RLC blog.  
CANDIDATES in 2011
The RLC is looking for candidates worthy of our support in 2011.

All candidates seeking the endorsement of the Republican Liberty Caucus are strongly encouraged to sign the Liberty Compact and fill out the Candidate Questionnaire.

If you wish to submit a candidate's name for consideration, please include the following information about the candidate:

· Candidate's name, contact information, brief biography, and website;    

· Nature of the race, e.g., office sought, opposition, voter demographics, likelihood of victory, campaign funding, etc;    

· The personal characteristics and viability of the candidate;    

· The candidate's position on many of the various key barometer issues, e.g, taxes, spending, eminent domain abuse, war on drugs, asset forfeiture, free trade, Real ID, etc.; and 
·
A case for endorsement (optional)

Submissions can be sent to the RLC


 






























Former Arizona RLC Chair Roy Miller hands a check for $1,000 from the RLC-USA PAC to Congressman Jeff Flake in 2008.
  
                         Articles & Opinion

 

The Forgotten Tradition of Localism
by Andrew Canfield 

 

Andrew Canfield discusses America's forgotten tradition of localism.  Read more ...  


A Path to Victory for Libertarian Ideas in the 2012
Republican Primary
by Kyle R. Johnson

 

Kyle R. Johnson discusses how the 2012 cycle can be a win for libertarian Republicans. Read more ...

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TSA Anti-Groping Bill Scuddled in Texas
by Dave Nalle   


A tiny faction of the Texas GOP stopped the bill from passing. Read more ...
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