Bob Barr discusses Executive Power and its Constitutional limitations....

For those interested in that kind of thing, here is the page from the House Judiciary Committee regarding the referenced hearing with the prepared statements of those who spoke.

What does the Libertarian platform have to say about crime and justice?

" 1.5 Crime and Justice

Government exists to protect the rights of every individual including life, liberty and property. Criminal laws should be limited to violation of the rights of others through force or fraud, or deliberate actions that place others involuntarily at significant risk of harm. Individuals retain the right to voluntarily assume risk of harm to themselves. We support restitution of the victim to the fullest degree possible at the expense of the criminal or the negligent wrongdoer. We oppose reduction of constitutional safeguards of the rights of the criminally accused. The rights of due process, a speedy trial, legal counsel, trial by jury, and the legal presumption of innocence until proven guilty, must not be denied. We assert the common-law right of juries to judge not only the facts but also the justice of the law."

-from the National Platform of the Libertarian Party Adopted in Convention, May 2008, Denver, Colorado (http://www.lp.org/platform)

Speaking of other folks in the lineup for the general election, check out the list of press releases from the Alaska governor's office since Sarah Palin was the occupant. Nothing spectacular really....

She took the office with reform and ethics in mind and it truly looks like she lives by what she says. You might not agree with her politics (I'm definitely not for everything she stands for), but the record is seemingly squeaky clean.....