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US judge set to lose home under law he brought in By Charles Laurence in New York (Filed: 10/07/2005) A US Supreme Court Judge could lose his country farmhouse thanks to a controversial law which he himself voted to bring in. Furious protesters are plotting to seize David Souter's $150,000 (£86,400) 19th century home and turn it into a hotel after he voted to give towns the legal right to make compulsory purchases. They view his support for the legislation as an affront to every American's inviolable right to personal property. In retaliation, they are determined to make him pay...

For those of us around the country who love liberty, there is an important political campaign this year that deserves our attention. Two well experienced candidates are not only very liberty-minded, they are also very willing and able to pare a state government down to a lean, mean, efficient machine that will be a great example to all of what a properly run state government should be. Which means, they not only deserve our attention, but also any help we may be able to offer. There has not been a Republican governor in Kentucky since Louie Nunn, over 30 years...