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Welcome to Indiana's Campaign for Liberty page! 

Take a look around.  Below are some informational links about The Hoosier State, followed by our state's calendar of events, followed by our state's blog (comprised of blogs posted by CFL members from across the state).  On the right, you will find our state leadership and prolific bloggers.  Indiana is on the frontlines of the Campaign for Liberty, so if you are a Hoosier, sign up, become a local coordinator, and join the fight!

Indiana Government:

US Congress

CD 1 - Pete Visclosky - (D)

CD 2 - Joe Donnelly- (D)

CD 3 - Marlin Stutzman (R)

CD 4 - Todd Rokita - (R)

CD 5 - Dan Burton - (R)

CD 6 - Mike Pence - (R)

CD 7 - Andre Carson - (D)

CD 8 - Larry Bucshon - (R)

CD 9 - Todd Young - (R)

US Senate

Dan Coates (R)

Richard Lugar (R)

Indiana State Government:

Legislative Branch:

Indiana's General Assembly is comprised of 100 Representatives and 50 Senators.

Find your State representative or Senator:

http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/legislator/search/

Executive branch:

Governor: Mitch Daniels

Lt. Governor: Becky Skillman

Attorney General: Greg Zoeller

Auditor: Tim Berry

Secretary of State: None

Treasurer: Richard Mourdock

Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Bennett

Judicial Branch:

Find out about the courts of Indiana here:

http://www.in.gov/judiciary

Find out about the Supreme Court here:

http://www.in.gov/judiciary/supreme

Indianapolis 4th Amendment Rally Posted by Joan Lewis

Posted 05/26/11 Last updated 05/26/11

The Indiana Supreme Court ruling which essentially takes away our 4th Amendment caused a big stir across Indiana and surrounding states.  

Approximately 350-400 people attended the rally after 2 young college students created a face book event and a team of defenders of liberty assisted in organizing the rally.  

Campaign For Liberty petition was available to sign at the event and I asked people to get involved in their local government and become activist.  

http://RTR.org/pages/indiana-rally-live

A big thank you to rtr.org for traveling from Chicago Illinois to cover the event. 

"Now Tell Me I Was Wrong" Tom DeWeese Agenda 21 Posted by Joan Lewis

Posted 04/26/11

Another great tool reference to utilize for your presentation in local government and central government. 

"He predicted that George W. Bush would be bad news because it was obvious his administration was accepting and advocating many of the same tired big government approaches we had heard before including central control of education and government land grabs in the name of the environment.
"

http://blog.heartland.org/2011/04/heartland-book-review-now-tell-me-i-wa
s-wrong/  

Indiana Legislation Posted by Joan Lewis

Posted 03/16/11

Are you interested in supporting this type of legislation? 

Input and feedback welcomed!

 


SB 291 Indiana firearms freedom act.   Provides that a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that: (1) is manufactured commercially or privately in Indiana from basic materials; (2) can be manufactured without the inclusion of any significant parts imported from another state; and (3) remains within the borders of Indiana; is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=
1&request=getBill&docno=0291&doctype=SB

SB 292  Preemption of local firearm regulation. Prohibits, with certain exceptions, a political subdivision from regulating any matter pertaining to firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories. Allows a person to file an action against a political subdivision if the person is adversely affected by an ordinance, measure, enactment, rule, or policy of the political subdivision that violates the law.
http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&
;request=getBill&docno=0292&doctype=SB


SB 319  Firearms on school property. Makes unlawful possession of a firearm: (1) in or on school property; (2) in or on property that is being used by a school for a school function; or (3) on a school bus; a Class A misdemeanor instead of a Class D felony. Provides that the law concerning unlawful possession of a firearm in or on school property or in or on property that is being used by a school for a school function does not apply to a person who may legally possess a firearm, possesses a valid license to carry a handgun, is not a student enrolled in the school, and stores a firearm: (1) in a motor vehicle that is parked in or on school property or parked in or on property that is being used by the school for a school function; and (2) that is locked in the trunk of the motor vehicle, kept in the glove compartment of the locked motor vehicle, or stored out of plain sight in the locked motor vehicle.
http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1
&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0319


(These Resolutions are not binding and not nullifying.  Still worthy of support.)
SJR 11  Right to opt out of health care system. Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to specify certain rights with respect to health care. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=
1&request=getBill&docno=0011&doctype=SJR


(These Resolutions are not binding and not nullifying.  Still worthy of support.)
HCR 07 urging the United States Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA)
s="yshortcuts">http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&se
ssion=1&request=getBill&doctype=HCR&docno=0007


SB 298  Application of foreign laws. Prohibits the enforcement of a foreign law (defined as a law established and used outside the jurisdiction of the United States) if the enforcement would violate a right granted by the Indiana or United States constitution. Provides that a provision in a contract or agreement between natural personscalling for the application of foreign law is not enforceable and is void if the provision cannot be modified. Prohibits a court from granting certain motions to transfer a case to another jurisdiction if the transfer is likely to affect the constitutional rights of the nonmoving party.
http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&a
mp;request=getBill&docno=0298&doctype=SB


(Attention CD 2)  
SB 150    State party campaign expenditures.  Provides that an expenditure made by the state committee of a political party to influence the nomination or election of a candidate to an elected office other than a federal office is limited to an expenditure to influence the nomination or election of a candidate who belongs to the same political party as the state committee.
http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session
=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0150

Do as I say, not as I do Posted by LydiaScott

Posted 02/23/11 Last updated 02/23/11

I will be brief and to the point.  If I refused to go to work in protest of doing my job because I didn't like it I would be let go.  After all I knew what the job entailed when I accepted the position.  If I were to do that then I would deserve getting let go, I didn't do what I agreed to do. 

Same in point-Any elected officials that are refusing to go to work because they do not want to do what they agreed to do when they accepted the position, they should be let go.  Hiding out in some undisclosed location on the Indiana Illinois border is akin to an 1800's gang hiding in their secret fort until the heat blows over. These 'runaway' elected officials are demonstrating "Do as I say, not as I do".  I am so tired of this class system perpetuated by 'holier than thou' elected officials who continue to rub in our faces that they are above us and are exempted from the way the rest of society is expected to behave.  So please tell these runaway elected officials to grab their Binky and baba then high tail to the state house to do their jobs. 

*disclaimer-I attempted to call the office of the elected official who represents the area I live in and the phone has been busy for two days solid.  I then attempted to email him this morning and the email address he has posted on his page at the the Indiana Assembly website is not working properly.  Since his phones and email are busy all the time I am posting my letter here so I can at least feel some ease that someone could read it if they wanted to.  This is my opinion and not the opinion of anyone else anywhere anytime anyplace

Stop the Smoking Ban Posted by Melissa2

Posted 01/24/11

Sign the Petition to Keep Private Property Rights in Indiana

Kill the Smoking Ban!

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/usa/IN/Stopthesmokingban.php

The government does not have the right to invade private property rights and force its will on the private businesses of our great state.  The smoking ban is not about people's health.  It's about who decides what you can and can not do on your own private property!

If you do not fight for your rights TODAY then the government will not stop here.  The nanny state will continue to expand and invade all of your private property including your home and your car.

Not only is this an extreme violation of your private property rights it is extremely damaging to the economy because it drives some people to stay home instead of go out.  The people who wanted the ban have not increased their traffic to these bars to make up for lost business.  As a result many bars around the state are going out of business.

You've heard the argument; the bar owners' property rights and smokers' personal liberty are small sacrifices for the greater good of society.

Wrong.

Liberty lost is never good for society; in the words of John Stuart Mill: "the danger which threatens human nature is not excess but deficiency of personal impulses and preferences."

A truly free society allows diversity of choice, diversity of lifestyle and opinion.  The greater threat to health, to liberty and happiness is a government that knows no bounds.   There can be no denying that the smoking ban is a step in the direction of tyranny.   Not only that, but the ban diverts law enforcement resources away from serious crimes, like rape, robbery and murder. 

This isn't about smoking.  This is about liberty and individual sovereignty and the tyranny of the majority.  Together we must stand up for our liberty today, sign the petition below!