reason.com: SCOTUS Dodges a Crucial Problem With Disarming People Based on Restraining Orders -- https://tinyurl.com/28p22hgz -- The Court says a credible threat justifies a ban on gun possession but does not address situations where there is no such judicial finding. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Supreme Court Again Strengthens the Right to a Jury Trial in Criminal Sentencing -- https://tinyurl.com/23yelkn6 -- Paul Erlinger was sentenced to 15 years in prison based largely on a determination made by a judge—not a jury. #liberty #news
mises.org: What Price Charity? -- https://tinyurl.com/2ygkeuw7 -- Is charity a right held by everyone or should charity be confined to private, voluntary action within a free market? David Gordon argues for the latter. #liberty #news
mises.org: Private Property Comes from Scarcity, Not Law -- https://tinyurl.com/2cq7l5tk -- The socialist elites that dominate our institutions insist that private property is nothing more than a social construct held together by violence. As usual, they misunderstand that scarcity itself, which is the basis for economics, is also the basis for private property. #liberty #news
reason.com: Will Banning Nonalcoholic Beer Save the Children? -- https://tinyurl.com/2c5omfbv -- No, but a Stanford psychologist says people under age 21 should be banned from buying some nonalcoholic drinks to protect kids from drinking culture. #liberty #news
reason.com: Federal Budget Deficit Forecast Jumps $400 Billion, Fueled by Student Debt Forgiveness -- https://tinyurl.com/2cyy23hk -- The Congressional Budget Office reports the 2024 budget deficit will near $2 trillion. #liberty #news
mises.org: The State Wants to Nationalize Second Mortgages. What Possibly Can Go Wrong? -- https://tinyurl.com/2d6lpwym -- As if the government has not done enough destruction in the housing market, there now is a scheme to have the government nationalize second mortgages. Given the previous disaster with primary mortgages, we do not anxiously await the outcome of this proposal. #liberty #news
reason.com: New York Lawmakers Threaten To Ban Insurance for Fossil Fuel Projects -- https://tinyurl.com/23c445q2 -- The bill would banish insurance companies from the state if they invest in companies profiting from oil and gas. #liberty #news
reason.com: In Congress, Debate Rages About How To Prevent the Next Lab Leak -- https://tinyurl.com/2bknuv23 -- The Biden administration says its new guidance will make pandemic research safer. Critics say it suffers the same flaws as past, failed gain-of-function regulations. #liberty #news
mises.org: Joe Biden’s Reverse Robin Hood Student Debt Cancellation -- https://tinyurl.com/29r6zvja -- President Biden’s student loan forgiveness scheme is really Robin Hood in reverse, transferring wealth from people from lower-income groups to those who are relatively affluent. #liberty #news
mises.org: There Is No Such Thing as "Wage Slavery" -- https://tinyurl.com/28mfl2vl -- Those who push the wage slave narrative claim that workers are forced by hunger to work ceaselessly without an opportunity to bid up wages. History has shown this is not the case. #liberty #news
reason.com: Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Sidewalks are not "Pedestrian Ways"—thus Allowing Local Governments to Use Eminent Domain to Take Property to Build Them -- https://tinyurl.com/29pts4px -- The close 4-3 decision might well become a staple of textbooks. #liberty #news
reason.com: COVID-19 Misinformation: Brought to You by the U.S. Government -- https://tinyurl.com/28snals2 -- A covert U.S. military social media campaign was an exercise in profound hypocrisy. #liberty #news
reason.com: SCOTUS Makes It Easier for Victims of Retaliatory Arrests To Vindicate Their First Amendment Rights -- https://tinyurl.com/23jll897 -- The justices ruled that objective evidence of retaliation does not require very specific comparator evidence. #liberty #news
reason.com: Thou Shalt Not Covet State Power -- https://tinyurl.com/282c2rne -- Plus: Lambda School crashes and burns, climate ruffians deface Stonehenge, Russia sets sights on the Baltics, and more... #liberty #news
reason.com: Juneteenth Is a Celebration of Freedom -- https://tinyurl.com/22elhkrj -- The holiday represents a page-turning from one of the most shameful chapters in American history. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Problem with Juneteenth -- https://tinyurl.com/2ah3ezz8 -- The abolition of chattel slavery was a great advancement for human liberty. But many of those celebrating Juneteenth today still accept the core assumptions that underlie slavery. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Concise Fundamentals of "Human Rights" -- https://tinyurl.com/2xzf8dld -- The concept of human rights has been corrupted by socialists and welfarists. That is why we need to look to thinkers like Murray Rothbard and others who laid out theories based upon natural rights and property rights. #liberty #news
reason.com: No Charges in ATF Killing Over Paperwork Firearms Violation -- https://tinyurl.com/2yq47jal -- Vague rules and an unjustified raid led to Bryan Malinowski’s brutal death at the hands of federal agents. #liberty #news
mises.org: Understanding the Montaigne Fallacy -- https://tinyurl.com/25abqzms -- With the world moving more and more in the direction of trade protectionism and war, it is worth remembering the origin of the fallacies upon which this movement is based. #liberty #news