Libertarianism basics: a classic thought experiment
Join PieInTheSky as he runs this tiny ship aground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle.
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Category: Constitution
CODE IS FREE SPEECH
ZARDOZ BRINGS YOU THE GIFT OF THE GUN!
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A Lone Voice in the Wilderness
Suthenboy has something to say about unaccountability.
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Hot Take: LA Judge Defies First Amendment
U.S. District Judge John F. Walter thinks that the First Amendment is beholden to his authority. We say, “Molon Labe!”
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How Predictive Analytics Simultaneously Improves and Ruins Your Life
An inside look at Predictive Analytics that will both thrill and terrify.
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Become A Constitutional Scholar With This Simple Trick (Or: How Not To Pick Up Chicks At Belt-Way Cocktail Parties)
Holger-da-Dane on rights and The Constitution.
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“Write to your congressmen,” they said. “It’ll be fun,” they said.
I. B. McGinty writes to Congress… see the results.
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Constitutions, guns and limited government: a constant uphill battle
As an anecdote, I will talk of someone I know who is, let’s say, someone I had high hopes of when I thought of a move towards freedom in Romania.
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Another #Calexit update
Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch #Calexit happen! It’s not going to happen!
Firearms Friday: National Reciprocity
Vhyrus pulls off a Christmas miracle by getting off his lazy ass and writing an article.
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Mother Theresa Makes $4/hr at Burger King
compgrokker expands on the concept of minimum wage, with special guests: automation, fiat currency, and inflation.
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OK, I lied…More on Catalonia.
Sully, remember how I said I wouldn’t write anymore about Catalonia? I lied…
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What are Rights? An Encore
Trshmnstr philosophizes further on the nature of natural rights.
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Civil War II: A reflection on my hot take from May
trshmnstr re-visits his May article about the antifa movement
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The (Small-l) Libertarian Case For a Non-Libertarian President
What is libertarianism’s best strategy to gain a legitimate amount of power nationally (and then happily cede it to the people)?
Sloopy believes there is a third, and overlooked, option.
Can We Unfuck Representative Government?
Libertarians and classical liberals look at our current electoral system as a fixed choice between Crips and Bloods. Is there an alternative?
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The states and grand juries, Part Three: Reformers weaken, and in some cases destroy, the right to a grand jury
“When Dr. [Samuel] Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform.” – Roscoe Conkling
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The states and grand juries, Part Two: Historical vignettes of grand juries under siege
Rather than give a comprehensive history of the victories of “reformers” who curtailed grand-jury rights in state after state, let me attempt to give some historical vignettes, and tie these vignettes together with some semblance of narrative coherence. Then later, I’ll give an account of the triumph of the reformers in their battle against the grand jury.
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The states and grand juries, Part One: The case of an enraged husband leads a couple of former pro-slavers to quarrel over the meaning of the Constitution
Who’s more dangerous – the killer, or the judges who hold his life in their hands?
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The Evolving Destruction of Fourth Amendments Rights
Lachowsky and the destruction of our fourth amendment rights by seatbelts, dogs and the quest for Federal funding
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