The War Powers Resolution is a two-edged sword. James Madison is commonly referred to as the Father of the Constitution in large measure because, in the secrecy of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, he kept the most complete set of notes. He also had a very keen mind and a modest demeanor and an uncanny ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Waging War
The War Powers Resolution is a two-edged sword. James Madison is commonly referred to as the Father of the Constitution in large measure because, in the secrecy of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, he kept the most complete set of notes. He also had a very keen mind and a modest demeanor and an uncanny ... MOREMarijuana Legalization Likely To Be Expanded In November
by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos. Even more states could vote to legalize marijuana this year, as pro-pot advocates look to capitalize on changing voter attitudes to replicate their recent successes in Colorado and Washington state. The legalization question is coming before voters in very different areas of the country, both politically and ... MORE
Death Penalty For Man Who Defends Self In No-Knock Raid?
State wants to kill him for protecting his home. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man charged in the shooting death of a veteran Killeen police officer. Marvin Louis Guy, 49, has been indicted for capital murder in the shooting death of police Detective Charles “Chuck” Dinwiddie, 47, and is named in indictments charging ... MOREDAILYMAIL: Cops Beat Up Terminally Ill Man -- Wrongly Assuming He Was Intoxicated While Taking Care Of His Kids
Who is the public servant? The cops or the citizen who recorded them. You decide. Police officers in West Virginia brutally arrested a 39-year-old father of two who they say appeared intoxicated and was handling his kids roughly while walking them to the park. But his outraged family denies that 39-year-old Jeffrey Bane was under the ... MOREHans-Herman Hoppe: Ethics of Entrepreneurship and Profit
A saga of corrupted profits. In the most fundamental sense we are all, with each of our actions, always and invariably profit-seeking entrepreneurs. Whenever we act, we employ some physical means (things valued as goods) — at a minimum our body and its standing room, but in most cases also various other, “external” things — so as to divert ... MORERand Paul Would Repeal Every Obama Executive Order
He just needs to get elected. In front of a boisterous pub crowd of young voters here, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) ripped into President Obama over executive overreach and even vowed to repeal “all previous executive orders” in one of his first acts as president, should he run. Paul’s comments came to the New Hampshire chapter of ... MOREClaire Wolfe: The State Of Freedom In America
The world is becoming less free. In the Middle East and Africa, Islamist fanatics try to bring back the Dark Ages. Europe stagnates under new layers of regulation imposed by the EU. In the United States, a president who disdains the messy art of political deal-making increasingly seeks to rule by executive order and bureaucratic fiat. ... MORECivil Forfeiture Laws Should Meet Same Fate As Jim Crow
by George Leef. One of the greatest political philosophers, Frederic Bastiat, wrote
that the law should exist to protect life, liberty, and property, but
unfortunately is often perverted into a means of “legal plunder.” In
other words, the law is used to legitimize the use of force to deprive
people of their wealth. A recent Washington Post article ... MOREJury Nullification Works In New Hampshire Marijuana Case
When a jury finds punishment is unjust. Jury nullification is a weapon that most American citizens don’t know they have. During a jury trial, a jury can find the defendant guilty, not guilty, or they can nullify the entire trial if they think the punishment is unfair. This is exactly what happened recently in New Hampshire, where a Rastafarian man ... MOREEli Lehrer: Hiking the Minimum Wage Won't Help the Poor
Doing more harm than good. The ground has been shifting in the battle over the minimum wage. With President Obama's proposal to hike the national minimum from $7.25 to $9 an hour stalled in Congress, local labor activists have been aiming even higher, getting behind a vastly higher minimum wage of $15 an hour. The proposals are ... MORESenate Democrats Fail to Amend the First Amendment
by Jacob Sullum. A constitutional
amendment that would have given Congress and state legislatures
broad powers to suppress political speech in the name of
"democratic self-government" and electoral "integrity"
died a deservedly ignominious death in the Senate today. A
motion to consider the proposed amendment, known as SJR 19, ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: The American Delusion
A people distracted, diverted and insulated. Caught up in the uproar over this year’s latest hullabaloo—militarized police in Ferguson, tanks on Main Street and ISIS—Americans have not only largely forgotten last year’s hullabaloo over the NSA and government surveillance but are generally foggy about everything that has happened in between. ... MOREWhy Cops Take Your Property To Pad Their Own Budgets
by Corey Adwar. A most disturbing study. Researchers with the Institute for Justice designed a game to test whether police have the tendency to abuse the practice of civil forfeiture, their right to seize personal property if it is considered more likely than not to be connected to a crime. Supporters of civil forfeiture hail it as an incentive ... MOREFederal Regulations Cost US Businesses $2 Trillion
by Chad Moutray. Choking out small business. Manufacturing leaders, like many other Americans, have been frustrated with the slow pace of growth so far this year, particularly in the first quarter. While manufacturers are mostly upbeat about demand and output over the coming months, they also remain somewhat tentative in their ... MORE
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