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 Photo courtesy of Andy Shupe with NWAOnline.com (Copeland on the left) Casey Copeland, Treasurer for the Libertarian Party of Arkansas, attorney and Alderman in Prairie Grove, AR, brought a case to the Arkansas Supreme Court that led to the overturn of the law banning sexual contact between teachers and adult students. The Arkansas Supreme Court found that people over the age of 18 have a constitutional right to engage in a consensual sexual relationship.
The case was about Elkins High School history and psychology teacher David Paschal, who admitted to having a consensual sexual relationship with and 18 year old student.
“Regardless of how we feel about Paschal’s conduct, which could correctly be referred to as reprehensible, we cannot abandon our duty to uphold the rule of law when a case presents distasteful facts,” wrote Chief Justice Jim Hannah.
Paschal, who is serving a 30-year sentence, will have his convictions reversed and dismissed. His attorney, Casey Copeland, said his client was “vindicated by the Supreme Court.”
“I think that this case does not necessarily say a teacher can do that and keep their job,” said Copeland. “I think the loss of job and loss of teacher’s license might be Continue reading Libertarians Making a Difference in Arkansas – Casey Copeland, Attorney
Rodger Paxton posted this in Arkansas, Ballot Access, Election, Libertarianism, Liberty, LPAR, LPAR Convention, LPAR Executive Committee, Press Release, The Libertarian Alternative, Third Party on April 19th, 2012
For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 19 2012
AR Libertarian Party’s 2012 Candidates
(Little Rock, AR) On Saturday, the Libertarian Party of Arkansas (LPAR) nominated candidates for the 2012 election during their state convention. The LPAR nominated candidates to run in all four Congressional districts as well as candidates in several state-wide and . . . → Read More: Release: AR Libertarian Party’s 2012 Candidates
Saturday, April 14th, 2012 9:00AM
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas will be holding our 2012 State Convention in Little Rock on April 14th! Registration for this event can now be taken care of at our website! It will be held at the Comfort Inn and Suites Downtown at the Clinton Library at 707 . . . → Read More: 2012 LPAR State Convention!
The Executive Committee last night authorized the creation of an Elections Committee. This committee is much needed and will have many responsibilities that have the potential to make big changes in the LPAR and in the State of Arkansas.
The main responsibilities of this committee will be to help find, coordinate and train candidates . . . → Read More: Do you want to help shape the State of Arkansas and the LPAR?
The LPAR has been in the news a lot recently, and here are a couple of places.
NWAHomepage.com with a two-minute video that ran on the local Fox News station. Click the link to watch the video!
KUAF 91.3 Ozarks At Large public radio program. Once on the Ozarks at Large page, search for . . . → Read More: LPAR in the News
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 16, 2011
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas is Official
(Little Rock, AR) The Libertarian Party of Arkansas (LPAR) is officially a recognized political party for the first time in history and will now be able to run candidates for office in 2012.
Last month the party submitted signatures to the Secretary of State’s office in order to fulfill the requirement of collecting at least 10,000 valid signatures from registered voters in the state. According to Martha Adcock at the Secretary of State’s office, more than 12,000 of the 16,000 submitted signatures were valid. This count was confirmed by an independent auditor.
The party placed presidential candidates on the ballot for more than 30 years but never met the more difficult requirement to run candidates for other offices. The LPAR’s success marks the first time in recent history that a third party has been able to run a partisan candidate for office in all 50 states for offices other than the president.
“This achievement is monumental for Arkansans who want more choice on their ballot,” said LPAR Chairman Rodger Paxton of Marion. “Now we won’t have to choose between big government and bigger government, but can vote for minimum government and maximum freedom.”
Libertarians advocate lower taxes, more personal freedom and less government intervention.
Prepared remarks by Casey D. Copeland, Treasurer, Libertarian Party of Arkansas
Ballot Petition Signature Turn-In Press Conference, May 18th, 2011
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas will be the party for those Arkansans who believe in “Minimum Government, Maximum Freedom.” Arkansans will see that slogan when they visit our web-page, and they will hear it whenever they speak with us about the issues of today, yesterday, or tomorrow.
Many Arkansans may ask, “What is libertarianism?” or “What is a Libertarian?” Only to find, after a little study and self-examination, that they are a libertarians; or at least they live their lives like libertarians. And, they will find that America was founded as a libertarian country.
In his book Libertarianism in One Lesson, Mr. David Bergland says, “Libertarianism is grounded in the ‘natural rights’ tradition in western culture.” That tradition was known and espoused by our Founding Father, and expressed to the world and handed down to us through the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United Continue reading Press Conference Prepared Remarks by Casey D. Copeland
KARK out of Little Rock ran a news story on the LPAR Ballot Access petition today on their nightly news at 5pm.
It was also pointed out to me that KATV Channel 7 had a short segment on their 6pm news. KUAR FM 89.1 ran short segments on their radio station at 4 and . . . → Read More: KARK Television Coverage of LPAR Press Conference
Today we held a press conference at the Arkansas Capitol Rotunda. Casey Copeland, Treasurer of the LPAR and Rodger Paxton, Chairman both made remarks to the media and the people in attendance. There were several news agencies there from print, video and wire news services. Paxton was also interviewed by some radio stations in . . . → Read More: LPAR Press Conference at Arkansas Capitol
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