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Category: Constitution

What are Rights? An Encore

by trshmnstr | Aug 29, 2017 | Constitution, Federal Power, Harambe, History, Liberty, Politics, Rule of Law | 176

Trshmnstr philosophizes further on the nature of natural rights.

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Civil War II: A reflection on my hot take from May

by trshmnstr | Aug 19, 2017 | Big Government, Constitution, Federal Power, Opinion, Racism, Social Justice | 245

trshmnstr re-visits his May article about the antifa movement

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The (Small-l) Libertarian Case For a Non-Libertarian President

by sloopyinca | Aug 7, 2017 | Advice, Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Deep State, Economy, Executive Branch, Federal Power, First Amendment, Guns, Liberty, Markets, National Security, Opinion, Politics, Rant, Regulation, Rule of Law, Supreme Court, Taxes | 302

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.

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Can We Unfuck Representative Government?

by Old Man With Candy | Jul 16, 2017 | Constitution, Federal Power, Opinion, Politics, Rant | 146

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

by O, statua gentilissima | Jul 14, 2017 | Big Government, Constitution, Crime, Death Penalty, Deep State, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Liberty, Opinion, Religion, Rule of Law | 95

“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

by O, statua gentilissima | Jul 10, 2017 | Big Government, Constitution, Cops, Crime, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Liberty, Media, Racism, Rant, Religion, Rule of Law, Supreme Court | 53

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

by O, statua gentilissima | Jul 1, 2017 | Constitution, Crime, Death Penalty, History, Supreme Court | 68

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

by Guest Contributor | Jun 29, 2017 | Constitution, Cops, Rule of Law | 158

Guest Contributor Lachowsky and the destruction of our fourth amendment rights by seatbelts, dogs and the quest for Federal funding

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Firearms Friday: Printed Pistols and other Peculiarities

by Vhyrus | Jun 23, 2017 | Constitution, Guns, Opinion, Products You Need, Regulation | 152

This week, Vhyrus blinds the government… with SCIENCE!

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Firearms Friday: Silencer Suppositions

by Vhyrus | Jun 16, 2017 | Constitution, Guns, Opinion, Products You Need, Rant, Regulation, Technology | 109

This week, Vhyrus pines for that which he cannot have, and insults a dead guy.

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James Comey: Jilted Lover or Spineless Chump?

by sloopyinca | Jun 8, 2017 | Beefcake, Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Crime, Deep State, Executive Branch, Federal Power, N/A, Politics, Right to Repair | 265

Comey is gutless or Comey is grinding his axe. I’ve made my decision. Please discuss yours in the comments.

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The man who fought a blacklist and killed the First Amendment (it got better)

by O, statua gentilissima | May 16, 2017 | Constitution, Federal Power, First Amendment, History, Liberty, Media, Regulation, Supreme Court | 206

Things were different in many ways a century ago, but in one respect it was like all places at all...

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Separation of college and sex

by O, statua gentilissima | May 8, 2017 | Big Government, Constitution, Crime, Education, Federal Power, Gender, Higher Education, History, Opinion, Rant, Regulation, Sexuality, Society, Womyn | 97

I’ve just finished The Campus Rape Frenzy, by K. C. Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr. The...

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Mormons and the Bill of Rights, Part Three, Shoot-em-up edition

by O, statua gentilissima | May 1, 2017 | Constitution, Crime, Federal Power, Guns, History, Religion, Supreme Court | 51

Let Bart and Biff explain it for you.

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Mormons and the Bill of Rights, Part Two – The dirty books episode

by O, statua gentilissima | Apr 20, 2017 | Art, Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Economy, Executive Branch, Federal Power, First Amendment, History, Politics, Religion | 42

I found a way to simultaneously discuss sex and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff.

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Mormons and the Bill of Rights, Part One – Too Many Wives

by O, statua gentilissima | Apr 17, 2017 | Big Government, Children, Congress, Constitution, Federal Power, First Amendment, History, Religion, Supreme Court | 136

Hiram and Prudence and Elizabeth and Alice and Jennifer

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Looking into their hearts and fighting harder (Fourth and final episode of the Berger trilogy)

by O, statua gentilissima | Apr 5, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Crime, Federal Power, First Amendment, History, Religion, Supreme Court | 138

“Don’t worry, Mr. Bingham, we’ll take good care of your Fourteenth Amendment while you’re away in Japan.”

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Being An Account of My Most Arduous Attempts to Establish a Relationship with International Jewry

by Gojira | Apr 4, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Deep State, Economy, Federal Power, Finance, Jews, National Security, Rant, Regulation | 145

In which Gorjira persists. All for you people. I said it–you people.

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Raoul Berger, Originalism and the Bill of Rights, Part Three – Nixon, with Berger and Fries

by O, statua gentilissima | Apr 3, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, National Security, Politics, Supreme Court | 65

Tax resistance as treason? – Who gets to snoop on whom? – Impeachment

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Raoul Berger, Originalism, and the Bill of Rights, Part Two – Special Stripping Episode

by O, statua gentilissima | Mar 30, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Crime, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Supreme Court | 39

I know I promised you some Nixon in this episode, but maybe the stripping will distract you.

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