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OTTAWA The Liberal government is expected to face an uproar from disabled veterans after backing offits promise to reintroduce lifelong pensions for those injured in the line of duty.

Tuesdays federal budget included a number of new measures to help ex-soldiers struggling with injuries they sustained in uniform. That includes reopening nine Veterans Affairs Canada offices closed by the previous Conservative government, and hiring more front-line workers.

Our veterans have dedicated their lives to the defense of their country, Finance Minister Bill Morneau told the House of Commons. They deserve our gratitude, our respect and our support. We made a solemn promise that they will have it. And we will keep that promise.

But the budget made no mention of bringing back disability pensions for veterans who are forced to leave the military because of their injuries.

The Liberals were the only party that campaigned on a promise to bring back disability pensions for injured veterans after they were abolished in 2006 and replaced with a controversial new system that included lump-sum payments. The pledge was a centrepiece of their effort to court veteran voters.

Tuesdays budget instead boosted the amount injured veterans can receive through those lump-sum payments. The increases will be retroactive for about 70,000 veterans who have been given such a payment since 2006.

The government will also make it easier for some severely injured veterans to receive long-term benefits, and increase the amount others receive while searching for work after they leave the military. Those two measures are expected to benefit about 20,000 injured veterans this year.

The increased lump sums, expanded benefits and other measures will assuage many veterans, others will be upset and even angry the Liberals didnt bring back the pensions. The government also faces the risk of being painted with the same brush as the Conservatives when it comes to veterans.

Some critics, including the Conservatives and NDP, had previously accused the Liberals of promising to re-introduce the disability pensions simply to win votes. They had warned that such a move would be prohibitively expensive, and that the new system was more responsive to the needs of todays veterans.

Theres fiscal realities to some of these things that have to be addressed, former veterans affairs minister and current Conservative MP Erin OToole told the Ottawa Citizen last month in response to the Liberals promise.

Theres fiscal realities to some of these things that have to be addressed

And its irresponsible to get some veterans and some advocacy groups believing that theres going to be some major, retroactively applying payment of some sort.

The disability pensions were abolished when the Conservatives implemented the New Veterans Charter, a new system of benefits and services for those who had served and were injured after the Korean War, in 2006. The charter had received unanimous support in the House of Commons the previous year.

Focused on getting veterans into the workforce, the charter replaced pensions with a lump-sum payment for injuries and career training. But modern-day veterans, including many who had served in Afghanistan, said it was unfair. They said the lump sums and other benefits offered them less support than the previous system.

The government is also increasing funeral benefits for low-income veterans. Currently, veterans with assets worth about $12,000 can receive financial support for the government for their funerals. That amount will be increased to about $35,000, which should help about 109 veterans per year.

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The Fourth Amendment is one of our most cherished amendments. Let us not dilute even more.

The FBI, the nations largest law enforcement agency, operates its subversive and clearly unconstitutional programs with little significant oversight or push-back from the public, Congress or the courts.

Perhaps the government not only wants a backdoor into iPhones but also is sending a message to Google, Facebook and other tech companies that they better play along in the future.

President Obamas NSA is watching the Republican race closely and they might just be watching it through your phone.

If he were toorder that once in government

Snowden spoke Saturday at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum, heavily attended by libertarians.

Youre exposing classified datain the open, and at the end of the day, thats that would not be prudent and would also be illegal.

We have to be very careful about how we discuss it..

Strengthening cybersecurity should not come at the expense of exposing Americans personal information to malicious agents.

Republicans missed a golden opportunity to show their support for the Bill of Rights during the debate. Instead, most of them showed they actually dont care about it.

What is clear is the government now has more access to information, more phone records, than it ever did before as a result of the USA Freedom Act..

For all intents and purposes, the National Security Agency has supposedly ceased its bulk collection of metadata from Americans phone calls, but read the fine print: nothing is going to change.

This Thanksgiving finds us saddled with a government that is a far cry from George Washingtons vision of a government that would be a blessing to all the people.

Did it stop the attack in Paris? Not one iota.

What remains to be seen is whether France, standing where the United States did 14 years ago, will follow in Americas footsteps as she grapples with national security, freedom and justice.

John Lennon, born 75 years ago on Oct. 9, 1940, was a vocal anti-war activist and a high-profile example of the lengths to which the U.S. government will go to persecute those who dare to challenge its authority.

But we havent gotten much further than that.

I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public.

Love means sharing

You really want to drag me into this one?

Jim Comey is in control and he is not swayed by party or politics.

Hostile surveillance from a supposed ally.

The similarities between the worlds inhabited by locked-up inmatessurveillance, lockdowns, strip searches, etc.and those of us who roam about in the so-called free world are unnerving.

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The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, relating to the rights to free speech, a free press, freedom of assembly, freedom to petition, and free exercise of religion, was enacted as part of the Bill of Rights, its ratification occuring on December 15, 1791 with the support of the Virginia Legislature.

The First Amendment, as passed by the House and Senate and later ratified by the States, reads:

Reasonable minds can disagree about how to apply the Religion Clauses in a given case. But the goal of the Clauses is clear: to carry out the Founders plan of preserving religious liberty to the fullest extent possible in a pluralistic society. By enforcing the Clauses, we have kept religion a matter for the individual conscience, not for the prosecutor or bureaucrat. At a time when we see around the world the violent consequences of the assumption of religious authority by government, Americans may count themselves fortunate: Our regard for constitutional boundaries has protected us from similar travails, while allowing private religious exercise to flourish. [...] Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: Why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly?

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First Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikiquote

noun 1.

an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, providing chiefly that no person be required to testify against himself or herself in a criminal case and that no person be subjected to a second trial for an offense for which he or she has been duly tried previously.

British Dictionary definitions for Fifth Amendment Expand

an amendment to the US Constitution stating that no person may be compelled to testify against himself and that no person may be tried for a second time on a charge for which he has already been acquitted

(US) take the fifth, take the fifth amendment, to refuse to answer a question on the grounds that it might incriminate oneself

Fifth Amendment in Culture Expand

One of the ten amendments to the United States Constitution that make up the Bill of Rights. The Fifth Amendment imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes. It prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy and mandates due process of law.

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In December 2012 The Fifth Amendment happy hour was founded by myself, Michele Bamberg, and Jeffrey Gitto. The happy hour is a social and professional networkin...g event geared towards the legal community which featured food/drink specials, and weekly guest bartenders we dubbed "lawtenders". The Fifth Amendment happy hour quickly became the place to be on Wednesday evenings, and was a favorite among many lawyers, judges, public defenders, prosecutors, paralegals, court reporters, etc. It also attracted many people outside the legal community as well which was great for meeting new people, and building relationships.

The Fifth Amendment has been a huge success. It was originally ran by the best in the business to include, but not limited to Nique Ryan, Aaron Round, Chelsea Sherman, Sammy Morgan, Rachel Valore, Gabrielle Mendez, Brandon Young, Erica Warner, Kj Pignatelli, Justin Sullivan, Amy Jeanine, and more. In just the first 10 months of its inception, The Fifth Amendment became the foundation for an incredible fundraiser in which we rallied the community and successfully raised over $20K in less than 3 weeks for a young boy suffering from Lyme Disease!

After a much needed break, The Fifth Amendment was on a new scene to start the summer of 2015. This time our goal was to raise $10K for Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, Inc. This would be achieved through the hard work of Rob Bamberg, Michele Bamberg, Nique Ryan, and Donna Haynes; ran by Alex Coven, Trisha Sissons, and Jake Friend; with selflessness generosity from the following sponsors/donors: Amir Ladan of Ladan Law; Eric Boughman of Forster Boughman & Lefkowitz; David Bigney of Bigney Law Firm; Ryan Davis of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman, P.A.; Amber Neilson Davis of Beusse Wolter Sanks & Maire, PLLC; Mario Ceballos of The Ceballos Law Firm, P.A.; Kirsty Irvin Schouweiler of First Choice Reporting & Video Services, Inc.; Tara Slocum of Legal Realtime Reporting; Kimberly Lorenz of Fisher Rushmer, P.A. Family Law; Rob Bamberg of ProServe USA; Michele Bamberg of Lady Esquire, Men's Stylist; and last but certainly not least, tonight's sponsors William Umansky & Zahra Iravani Umansky of The Umansky Law Firm.

This goes to show there's power in numbers because people working together are greater than they can ever be working apart. And every single person listed past and present, is a huge reason The Fifth Amendment has been a success! On behalf of Jeffrey Gitto, Nique Ryan, Michele Bamberg, and myself, we hope to see you tonight at Side Bar 6 pm - 10 pm, and we thank you for your support!

God Bless America!

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