It shouldn’t be killed with qualifications. Imagine if the Founding Fathers had conceived of liberty and freedom in
contemporary terms, as problems to be managed, as sources of risk and
harm. Imagine if Thomas Jefferson had penned the Declaration of
Independence now, with the assertion that life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness ... MORE
by John W. Whitehead. Imagine living in a country where armed soldiers crash through doors to arrest and imprison citizens merely for criticizing government officials. Imagine that in this very same country, you’re watched all the time, and if you look even a little bit suspicious, the police stop and frisk you or pull you over to search you ... MORE
by Katie Kieffer. The Second Amendment is hipster. Millennials simply don’t realize how hipster. Happily, there are simple steps that the National Rifle Association can take to open the eyes of young people. According to a 2014 Pew Research study,
Millennials are no more liberal on guns than their parents or
grandparents. So, the NRA has an ... MORE
What kind of rules should govern our lives? I'd argue that the best rules are those that we'd be satisfied with if our very worst enemy were in charge of decision-making. The foundation for such rules was laid out by my mother. Let's look at it. My mother worked as a domestic servant. That meant that my younger sister and I often lunched ... MORE
by Steven Greenhut. A “right” is an “entitlement” that’s not dependent on the whims of authorities. If you have a right to “free speech,” then you can speak as you choose. The courts let the government enforce a few standards, but it wouldn’t be a “right” if government officials got to preview and restrict what you were ... MORE
Registration? Hell no! Did you know that quietly--very quietly thanks to a biased media--tens of thousands of American citizens delivered a message about the limits of government? Did you know that citizens of one state engaged in a mass act of civil disobedience that has left statist officials from both parties scratching their heads as an ... MORE
The Constitutional power of the state. In a speech last month at the Texas Public Policy Foundation,
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued that, rather than ignoring certain laws,
President Barack Obama should go to Congress to start “a real
conversation” about federal drug policy. “You could have
hearings. You could look at the problem. You could ... MORE
by Frank Salvato. I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” This quote,
often attributed to Voltaire, is at the heart of our First Amendment
right to free speech, at least where the authority of our government is
concerned. A free society, and, in fact, a free people, must be able
to speak freely in order to ... MORE
Government's assault on natural rights. When the Framers were putting together the Constitution in
Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, they knew the states would not adopt
it without written guarantees that the new central government would
respect natural rights. The supporters of the Constitution promised
political leaders in the ... MORE
It is up to you to protect liberty. With Jury Rights Day just around the corner on September 5, it is a good time to reflect upon a Jury’s Duty. Our Founding Fathers, in all their wisdom, gave us a Constitution
with layers of safeguards, so that if we erred, we could correct the
error, peaceably – without a shot being fired. ...MORE
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds. So a couple of weeks ago, I wrote about
a Third Amendment case from Nevada in which a family's home was
literally seized and occupied by police seeking a vantage point over
their neighbor's home. That case falls pretty much within the literal
language of the Constitution's Third Amendment, which provides:
"No ... MORE
Lawyers in robes seen to ignore Constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court finished its term with big decisions on voting rights, affirmative action and same-sex marriage. Following those rulings, public approval of the court has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded in more than nine years of polling. A new Rasmussen Reports national ... MORE