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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
A couple of months ago, the LPAR Executive Committee approved a motion to create a Promotions Committee that will be responsible for finding ways to promote the Libertarian Party of Arkansas through advertising, direct mail or other ways. As we move into the election season with Libertarian candidates on the ballot, it will be . . . → Read More: LPAR Promotions Committee
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
Rodger Paxton posted this in Arkansas, Ballot Access, Libertarianism, Liberty, LPAR, LPAR Executive Committee, National News, Press Release, Rights, Taxes, The Libertarian Alternative, Third Party on May 18th, 2011
Prepared remarks by Rodger Paxton, Chairman, Libertarian Party of Arkansas
Ballot Petition Signature Turn-In Press Conference, May 18th, 2011
Today is a historic day. Not only for the Libertarian Party of Arkansas and not only for the State of Arkansas, but also for the nation as a whole.
Today marks a new stage for the Libertarian Party of Arkansas. For the first time in history, we are nearing the end of the road to achieving ballot access, the holy grail of politics. Since the early 80’s, this has been a dream for Libertarians in Arkansas, and today it is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Arkansans have never been able to vote for a Libertarian candidate for any office other than President of the United States. Today, we are closer than ever to giving these disenfranchised voters that option. No longer will liberty-loving Arkansans be forced to choose between big government and bigger government, but they will soon have the option to vote for minimum government and maximum freedom.
Recent history has not seen a third party have non-Presidential candidates on the ballot in every state. Not since the 1920’s has a third party been able to say they Continue reading Press Conference Prepared Remarks by Rodger Paxton
The LPAR will be at the Arkansas State Capitol doing a press conference in the Rotunda at 10:00 am on Wednesday, May 18th. Immediately after this press conference, we will be turning in our signatures to the Secretary of State.
We would love to have a good sized crowd show up to give support . . . → Read More: Ballot Access Signature turn-in to Secretary of State
At our convention on April 9th, 2011, the Libertarian Party of Arkansas elected their Executive Committee for the next two year. The elected members are below:
Libertarian Party of Arkansas Officers Rodger Paxton Chair chair@lpar.org 901.213.7651 David Pangrac Vice-Chair vicechair@lpar.org Brian Leach Secretary secretary@lpar.org Casey D. Copeland Treasurer treasurer@lpar.org District Representatives Mark Young . . . → Read More: Executive Committee Elections
With some minor and needed changes in convention, the new proposed Bylaws from the Bylaws and Platform Committee were approved and adopted on April 9th, 2011! Thanks go out to the Bylaws and Platform Committee and the members at the convention.
These Bylaws can be seen here.
George Phillies monthly newsletter, “Liberty for America, Journal of the Libertarian Political Movement,” mentions the LPAR in the March 2011 issue:
After an extremely long period of somewhat limited activity, the LP of Arkansas appears to be getting underway again. Current officers are Rodger Paxton-Chair, David Pangrac-Vice-Chair, Brian Leach-Secretary, and District Representatives Mark Young, Michael . . . → Read More: LPAR in “Liberty for America”
The LPAR Chair, Rodger Paxton, was on The Liberty Underground radio show with Alex Snitker this morning.
You can listen the the first hour of the program here.
The second hour of the program, with the first 30 minutes being the interview with Rodger Paxton, can be found here.
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