The ACB Hearings & The Problem with SCOTUS Ep. 134

by Patrick Macfarlane | Oct 12, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett

Keith Knight and I unpack the ACB hearings from this morning. We discuss separation of powers, conservative vs. progressive vs. libertarian judicial philosophy, and objective morality.

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Show Notes:

“The Structure of Liberty” by Randy Barnett

“Chaos Theory” by Robert Murphy

Liberty Weekly: The Conspiratorial Corruption of the Constitution Ep. 2

Ted Cruz Opening Remarks to Amy Coney Barrett

Amy Coney Barrett Opening Statement

William J. Watkins, Jr.; Popular Sovereignty, Judicial Supremacy, and the American Revolution: Why the Judiciary Cannot be the Final Arbiter of Constitutions

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Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute where he advocates a noninterventionist foreign policy. He is a Wisconsin attorney in private practice. He is the host of the Vital Dissent at www.vitaldissent.com, where he seeks to oppose calamitous escalation in US foreign policy by exposing establishment narratives with well-researched documentary content and insightful guest interviews. His work has appeared on antiwar.com, GlobalResearch.ca, and Zerohedge. He may be reached at patrick.macfarlane@libertyweekly.net

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