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The Government Shutdown Exposes Another Reason to Abolish the TSA

by Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute The Transportation Security Administration, a federal agency, is facing a no-show problem with employees, as paychecks are put on hold during the partial government shutdown. ...

The Danger To America is Not Socialism, Do You Know This Villain?

January 17, 2019 Constitution / Liberty / Natural Law 0

By KrisAnne Hall, JD Samuel Adams gave this warning in 1775: “For no People will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when Knowledge is diffusd and ...

Bureaucracy, Regulation, and the Unmanly Contempt for the Constitution

January 17, 2019 Bureaucracy / Constitution / State Sovereignty 0

by John Marini John Marini is a revolutionary scholar on how our Constitution is undermined by the administrative state. He comes to Liberty Law Talk to discuss his new book ...

Six Problems with Federal Land Ownership: Good Morning Liberty 01-16-19

January 17, 2019 Bureaucracy / Constitution 0

By: Michael Boldin The federal “shutdown” is showing a serious need to decentralize national parks – but the land issue goes much deeper. On this episode of Good Morning Liberty, ...

Dickinson, “Penman of the Revolution,” on Freedom of the Press

January 16, 2019 Constitution / Government / Liberty / Natural Law 0

by David F. Forte On October 17, 1774, John Dickinson entered Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia and took his place as a delegate from Pennsylvania at the First Continental Congress. The ...

Alaska Bill Would Legalize Raw Milk and Hinder FDA Regulation of Local Food Sales

January 16, 2019 Bureaucracy / Constitution / Nullification / State Sovereignty 0

By: Mike Maharrey JUNEAU, Alaska (Jan. 15, 2019) – A bill prefiled in the Alaska House would exempt food sold directly from producer to consumer from state regulation and specifically legalize ...

Problems with Excessive Federal Land Ownership

January 16, 2019 Constitution / State Sovereignty 0

By: Rob Natelson Ryan Zinke’s departure as interior secretary offers President Trump a chance to replace him with an appointee committed to a step long overdue: disposing of dysfunctional and ...

The Right to Life and the Right to Bear Arms

January 16, 2019 Constitution / Natural Law 0

By: Jackson Pemberton The right to life is the most fundamental natural right. When a life ends, all other questions about rights become moot. So it seems we will need ...

The Emergency Is Outcome-Based Constitutionalism

January 14, 2019 Bureaucracy / Constitution / Legislature / POTUS 0

by Greg Weiner Two points about the National Emergencies Act, on which President Trump would presumably rely to declare an emergency for purposes of building a border wall without Congressional ...

Natural Rights: The Cornerstone of the Constitution

January 14, 2019 Constitution / Natural Law 0

By: Jim Lewis The cornerstone of the U. S. Constitution depends on the proper understanding of Natural Rights belonging to every human being. The U.S. government is the first and ...