reason.com: Institute for Justice Petitions Supreme Court to Take Case Seeking to Overrule Kelo v. City of New London -- https://tinyurl.com/27wbo5sy -- Kelo is the 2005 ruling in which the Supreme Court held that the government can take property for private economic development. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Establishment’s “Principles” Are Fake -- https://tinyurl.com/25qa6amt -- The Biden administration, and the political establishment more broadly, is scrambling to ram through policies that a majority of voters just voted against. Their actions expose that their supposed commitment to democracy is a lie. #liberty #news
reason.com: Brickbat: DIY EMT -- https://tinyurl.com/26ebk9yf -- Emergency dispatchers in parts of England have been told to ask some people requesting ambulance service to come to the…The post Brickbat: DIY EMT appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Best of Reason: The Great American City Upon a Hill Is Always Under Construction -- https://tinyurl.com/24u9mptl -- American history is often a story of people leaving to try to build their voluntary utopias. #liberty #news
reason.com: After Plaintiff "Criticized the City Manager …, the Manager Complained About Him to the Police." -- https://tinyurl.com/26d89bfe -- Two officers convinced a prosecutor to charge Blackwell with stalking. But a judge acquitted him. Blackwell then sued the manager and officers for violating the First Amendment by inducing this prosecution in retaliation for his political speech. #liberty #news
reason.com: Missouri Legislative Employee Was Unconstitutionally Fired for Pro-Mask-Policy Letter -- https://tinyurl.com/2bzt3ya4 -- From Mayfield v. Missouri House of Representatives, decided Friday by Eighth Circuit Judge Jane Kelly, joined by Judges Lavenski Smith…The post Missouri Legislative Employee Was Unconstitutionally Fired for Pro-Mask-Policy Letter appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: Baby Incentives -- https://tinyurl.com/29dnmqql -- Plus: New Jersey mysteries, cigarettes for homeless people, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: De-Bamboozling the Critical Race Theory of Court Intellectuals -- https://tinyurl.com/28hcdsge -- There finally is pushback against Critical Race Theory that has infected higher education and most of our other institutions. Unfortunately, CRT concepts are so embedded in our body politic that the only way to combat them is through revisionist history. #liberty #news
reason.com: 7 Ways To Mark the International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers -- https://tinyurl.com/23mroox8 -- December 17 is a day for mourning sex workers lost to violence and for drawing attention to conditions—like criminalization—that put sex workers at risk. #liberty #news
mises.org: How Germany Destroyed Its Economy, and How to Fix It -- https://tinyurl.com/22zm2l74 -- Stagnation came to Germany when Germany embraced easy money and a socialized “green economy.” #liberty #news
reason.com: The Day the Pope Met a Psychedelic Evangelist -- https://tinyurl.com/237ssypg -- Pharmacological Perennialism crossed paths with the Catholic Church at a previously unreported holy meeting. #liberty #news
reason.com: How Exclusionary Zoning Increases Homelessness -- https://tinyurl.com/247t5zzr -- A new paper by housing expert Salim Furth shows it does so by making it harder for marginal people to find housing with relatives and friends. #liberty #news
mises.org: “Personnel Is Policy” Means Democracy Is Dying -- https://tinyurl.com/22hf6y4v -- As state power metastisizes, those carrying out government directives are even less bound by law than they were a few years ago. The Deep State continues to become stronger, and modern political analysis is beginning to resemble the Kremlinology of the Cold War. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: December 16, 1936 -- https://tinyurl.com/22forntk -- 12/16/1936: West Coast Hotel v. Parrish argued.The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 16, 1936 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: Subjective Valuation Versus Arbitrary Valuation -- https://tinyurl.com/255cxaqz -- One important difference between the Austrian and other schools of thought is the emphasis Austrians place upon purposeful human behavior. Consumption by individuals is not random, but rather purposeful action driven by subjective individual preferences. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Context Behind Donald Trump’s “Takeover” of the American Right -- https://tinyurl.com/26vcb5qh -- While it is often framed in the media as a battle between principled conservatives and an angry, non-ideological movement focused solely on personal loyalty to Trump, the current civil war on the American right is only the latest chapter in a much older story. #liberty #news
mises.org: Totalitarianism Begins with a Denial of Economics -- https://tinyurl.com/236ux53t -- Totalitarianism is not compatible with a functioning economic system based upon free exchange and private property. Such regimes depend upon historicism and logical relativism. #liberty #news
mises.org: Wanted: Critics of Austrian Economics -- https://tinyurl.com/2cssc44k -- Austrian economics today needs critics. It doesn‘t need the critics (like Paul Krugman) who cannot give valid and accurate criticisms, but rather people who actually understand the concepts upon which Austrian thinking is built provide a real challenge. #liberty #news
reason.com: "Brazenly Partisan" Judge Wynn Withdraws Senior Status Because Trump -- https://tinyurl.com/2adaojyv -- Will Judge Stranch be the next Obama Judge to show her true blue colors? #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: December 15, 1791 -- https://tinyurl.com/28krxtpv -- 12/15/1791: First Ten Amendments ratified.The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 15, 1791 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news