Both sides in the abortion debate invoke the principle of “rights.” Anti-abortionists claim to uphold a “right to life”; Pro-choice advocates a woman’s “right to abortion.” Neither side holds a rigorously defined theory of rights.
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How Government Created the Baby Formula Shortage
—and a Black Market for ‘Unapproved’ European Imports.
Lessons from a Review of A Declaration and Constitution for a Free Society
Professor Brian Simpson answers arguments against using Ayn Rand’s philosophy Objectivism as the basis for improving the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
Robert Reich (and Fauci) are Wildly Wrong About Judge Mizelle’s Ruling Against the CDC’s Mask Mandate
Robert Reich skates alarmingly close to implicitly endorsing a totalitarian proposition that Fauci recently endorsed explicitly – namely, that government-employed public-health bureaucrats are above the law.
Why Is CDC Trying to Put a Mask on Your Face Again?
The massive political power for unelected bureaucrats to arbitrarily dehumanize Americans with mandates, fines, lockdowns, and prison at whim is what the Biden Administration, DOJ, and CDC are now fighting for.
How The Federal Government Forces Social Media Companies to Censor Americans
Many will argue that Twitter and other tech companies censored Mr. Senger, Mr. Changizi, and Mr. Kotzin of their own volition, and as they are private actors, the First Amendment is inapplicable.
That argument should be rejected.
Here’s How DeSantis Should Revoke Disney World’s Privileges
How can we preserve the benefits of self-governing districts without the cronyism that so often goes along with them?
The Unmasking of America
In my lifetime, I’m not sure I can remember a single other time when a federal government rule imposed upon an entire country, one that affected so many people on a daily basis, was suddenly declared to be completely illegal – not just newly illegal in light of new data but illegal all along.
Elon Musk’s Big Move on Twitter
Elon Musk’s exciting and dramatic move represents a bold attempt to overthrow the regime of control, propaganda, and enforced opinion as manufactured by the administrative state.
The Patent Eligibility “Quagmire”
If the United States is to retain our innovation edge, patent eligibility doctrine must be returned to the “anything under the sun that is made by man” standard.
Make the Temporary Reprieve From Lockdowns and Mandates Permanent
We won’t be fully safe until the powers and all existing lockdown plans are completely taken away from public-health authorities.
Woke Mob vs. Joe Rogan: The College Educated That Never Grew Up
Undereducated journalists have “fact checked” things they’re not qualified to understand, “misinformation” now seems to mean “words by anybody who disagrees with me.” With the Joe Rogan debacle, it all falls into place.
Why the Persecution of Julian Assange Must End
Assange was merely doing what the vast majority of the mainstream media has long since neglected: his job.
Free Abortions vs. Abortion Freedom
If support for reproductive rights is so strong, why won’t Democrats run on a promise to pass legislation to make abortion unambiguously legal?
The History of Thanksgiving: Thanks, Property Rights
This Thanksgiving, I give thanks for something our forebears gave us: property rights.
The Kyle Rittenhouse Case Is Putting the American Justice System on Trial
If this is what they do in a high-profile case, just imagine what goes on when they’ve got a poor defendant with a public defender who is juggling hundreds of cases.
To Fix the Shipping Crisis, Start by Repealing the Jones Act
The Jones Act, more commonly known as Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, restricts foreign-owned ships from loading cargo in one US port and unloading it in another.
Biden’s Wrecking Ball for Financial Privacy
Biden relishes condemning tax-dodging billionaires but that $600 reporting requirement is a signal that IRS purgatory could soon be crowded with average Americans.
The U.S. Founders’ Inventive Constitutional Brilliance
This Constitution Day, thank the Founders for stimulating ingenuity by applying “the fuel of interest to the fire of genius.” And while you’re at it, thank an inventor.
The Constitutional Protection of Intellectual Property
Both Founding Era sources and 19th-century court decisions, official statements, and commentaries confirm that intellectual property rights are property as a matter of basic legal doctrine and constitutional principle.
Mandate Vaccine?
Some want the medical police to force everyone to get vaccinated.
Senator Rand Paul vs. YouTube’s COVID-19 “Misinformation Policy”
YouTube bans any video that contradicts pronouncements of the World Health Organization.
Transgender Women in Sports: Unfair Competition?
In most every athletic category, men are much stronger. Testosterone blockers just can’t close the gap.
Supreme Court Grants Rare Win For Economic Freedom
In Cedar Point Nursery v Hassid, the Supreme Court ruled that allowing labor unions to enter private property with a permission slip from the government violates the actual owner’s right to exclude.