reason.com: Has SCOTUS Replaced One Kind of Unbridled Discretion With Another in Second Amendment Cases? -- https://tinyurl.com/2nucoga5 -- Although critics say the Court’s current approach is unworkable, it has been undeniably effective at defeating constitutionally dubious gun regulations. #liberty #news
mises.org: Phony Civil Rights -- https://tinyurl.com/ywt7ebsx -- The expansion of civil rights places emphasis upon positive rights that apply to specific groups with political privilege. This is a far cry from the concept of rights that helped build a free society in the United States. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Draft: Slavery Re-Imposed -- https://tinyurl.com/yvh5fr3n -- No one has actually been drafted yet, but calls for “national service” are in the air. This is an excellent time, then, to go over what is wrong with drafting people into the armed services. #liberty #news
reason.com: Julian Assange, a Free Man -- https://tinyurl.com/2x59vfbh -- Plus: In defense of cigarettes, independent voters in the Hamptons, IRS data-privacy settlement, and more... #liberty #news
reason.com: How the Libertarian Party Lost Its Way -- https://tinyurl.com/yqblultf -- Two years post-takeover, some longtime activists and donors claim the Mises Caucus has driven the party into the ground. #liberty #news
reason.com: Texas Voters Punish Lawmakers Who Oppose School Choice -- https://tinyurl.com/yna45j9j -- Of the 21 Texas House Republicans who joined Democrats to kill school choice during the special sessions, only seven survived their primaries. #liberty #news
reason.com: Will Biden Drag Americans Into a War in Lebanon? -- https://tinyurl.com/yqtm488o -- As Israeli-Lebanese violence heats up, the Biden administration is quietly promising to get the United States involved. #liberty #news
mises.org: The UK Blood Scandal Exposes British Elites -- https://tinyurl.com/2no8xxhg -- The tainted blood scandal in the UK should be a warning to people about the dangers of the National Health Service. Instead, we hear endless promises of reform that never will happen. #liberty #news
reason.com: Dobbs Recentered Women in the Abortion Debate -- https://tinyurl.com/2nf7jcgs -- Two years after the Dobbs decision, Americans are increasingly concerned with how abortion bans affect women with wanted pregnancies. #liberty #news
mises.org: Caitlin Clark, Bullying and the Business of Basketball -- https://tinyurl.com/2qhau4na -- Caitlin Clark, with her array of basketball skills, has filled arenas in her inaugural WNBA season. However, the idea of merit clashes with the leftist, egalitarian mindset that dominates in the league, and the early reaction to her success has been discouraging. #liberty #news
mises.org: The American Empire -- https://tinyurl.com/2kwoexge -- The Roman Empire never doubted that it was the defender of civilization. Americans have added freedom and democracy. Yet the more that may be added to it the more it is the same language still. A language of power. #liberty #news
mises.org: Who Needs the Fed? -- https://tinyurl.com/2psumtqo -- The Fed claims—always without evidence—that everything “would have been worse” without the Fed. Yet history has shown otherwise. #liberty #news
reason.com: A Reply From Judge David Ezra -- https://tinyurl.com/2qq3679b -- Last month, I wrote a post titled Austin Judges Shop For Cases With Mutual Consent. I discussed at some length Judge David Ezra of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, who hears cases in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas by mutual consent. I wrote: It is well… #liberty #news
reason.com: With the Constitution, Deciding Less Is Moore -- https://tinyurl.com/29x47usa -- Justice Kavanaugh reaches out to resolve that a wealth tax is probably not constitutional. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: June 23, 1987 -- https://tinyurl.com/2cdrc4z2 -- 6/23/1987: South Dakota v. Dole is decided. #liberty #news
mises.org: Harry Frankfurt, Humbug, and the Battle against Wokery -- https://tinyurl.com/26gh68jg -- Philosopher Harry Frankfurt definitely was not a product of modern academe, where wokeness and outright humbug rule. He understood that the equal-outcomes portion of DEI was neither possible nor desirable. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Government Wants To Track Your Steak -- https://tinyurl.com/2ajw6gv6 -- A proposed USDA rule would require RFID tagging of all cattle and bison that move across state lines. #liberty #news
reason.com: One Way to Read United States v. Rahimi -- https://tinyurl.com/2b3fs8rs -- The justices stole a march on the scholars, getting there first in publishing a seven-chapter volume called What New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen Should Have Said. #liberty #news
mises.org: Why Consumer Sentiment Fell To A Seven-Month Low -- https://tinyurl.com/23nx9xe7 -- The US consumer has been adding debt to maintain consumption, and credit card debt has reached new record levels. This is not a strong economy. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Establishment Survey Overestimated Job Creation by nearly 700,000 in 2023 -- https://tinyurl.com/25hfw7ft -- The most recent QCEW report revisions show—not surprisingly—job gains for 2023 totaling more than 690,000 below the Establishment survey. #liberty #news