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This Is What Winning Looks Like! By: Mike Maharrey

When President Trump signed legislation legalizing industrial hemp into law, it was a huge win for liberty. And it happened because state’s acted first. Make no mistake; hemp isn’t federally legal now ...

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More than Victims

January 12, 2019 History / Liberty 0

William Cooper Nell was the publisher of Frederick Douglass’s abolitionist newspaper the North Star. His work The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution was previously used as a textbook as ...

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The Law

January 11, 2019 History / Liberty / Natural Law 0

The Law is Frédéric Bastiat's timeless defense of the free society. With his characteristically clear writing, Bastiat lays out the formula for the proper role of the state in a free ...

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Bringing Natural Law to the Nations by Samuel Gregg

During periods of resurgent national feeling, it’s common for enthusiasts of liberal international order and human rights activists to begin emphasizing the importance of international law and the way they ...

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Common Sense: A Concise Defense of the Patriot Cause By: Dave Benner

January 10, 2019 Constitution / Government / History 0

Today in 1776, Thomas Paine anonymously published a pamphlet called “Common Sense.” It was a concise defense of the patriot cause. After emigrating from England two years prior with the ...

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The Constitutionality of A Presidential State of Emergency By KrisAnne Hall, JD

January 9, 2019 Constitution / POTUS 0

My inbox is being inundated with the question de jure: “If President Trump declares a ‘State of Emergency’ to build the wall on the border of Mexico, is that Constitutional?”  ...

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Disenfranchising The Voters- Destroying the Electoral College By KrisAnne Hall, JD

The State of Oregon House passed legislation (HB 2927) that would make Oregon award its Electoral College votes only to presidential candidates who win the national popular vote. According to ...

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Key To Understanding the Constitution By KrisAnne Hall, JD

When a woman asked Benjamin Franklin, a founder of our Constitutional Republic, what kind of government the States created, he answered, “A Republic, if you can keep it.”  The key ...

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Nullification vs Slavery: The Michigan Personal Freedom Act of 1855

The Michigan Personal Freedom Act of 1855 defied the hated fugitive slave act and helped nullify it in practice. In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, denying any semblance ...

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Government Thrives by Keeping People Blind to Its True Costs

January 8, 2019 Bureaucracy / Government / Liberty 0

by Gary M. Galles Ever wonder why people put blinders on horses? As prey animals, horses have eyes on the sides of their heads to increase their ability to detect ...

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