https://youtu.be/hKHZH3W5KOA Dutch libertarian, law student, and longtime friend and supporter of the show, Thijs van der Linde joins me to discuss the recent anti-lockdown protests and rioting in the Netherlands. We also discuss his undergraduate law school thesis...
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Michael Boldin: Fighting Federal Tyranny in the Coming Dark Age Ep. 152
by Patrick Macfarlane | Feb 8, 2021 | Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/BCg98f1pypY Michael Boldin, director of the Tenth Amendment Center and the host of the Path to Liberty Podcast joined me to discuss methods the Founding Fathers prescribed for combating both poor constitutional and blatantly unconstitutional policy....

David Friedman: What Anarchists Can Learn From Other Legal Systems Ep. 151
by Patrick Macfarlane | Feb 3, 2021 | Justice, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/Ut4X7B1sHII Keith Knight and I tag teamed an interview with David D. Friedman about his newest book, "Legal Systems Very Different From Ours." I asked him some burning questions I had from what I consider to be a Liberty Weekly Classic--"Non-State...

Recovering Addict Explains How Gov’t Spurs Addiction Ep. 150 ft. the Clean Libertarian
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 29, 2021 | Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/kyuxnMc-NSc In this episode of the podcast, Drew Cook joins me to share his story of recovery and to explain his first hand account of how the state creates addicts. Drew is the host of The Clean Libertarian and has been a long time listener of the...
How 2021 Could Be Better Ep. 149 ft. Jose Galison
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 23, 2021 | Politics, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2oCgFf2cLs&feature=youtu.be I joined Jose Galison on "No Way Jose" to finish up a belated recap of 2020. We discuss the 2020 campaign trail, allegations of election fraud, Hunter Biden, internet censorship, "trusting the experts,"...
Bastard Jurisprudence: The English Common Law Perverted
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 16, 2021 | Justice, Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
There are a few rites of passage in law school. Many of them occur in constitutional law. For instance, constitutional law is where most students will learn for the first time that judicial review, the power to declare laws unconstitutional, was not a power granted to...
Is Secession *Really* the Libertarian Answer? Ep. 148
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 16, 2021 | Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/nFQuYaFW1aM Some libertarian anarchists view even the act of secession as a political act which creates a new, albeit smaller, state. We examine the libertarian principles at play behind secession and examine the libertarian arguments against...
Abominable SCOTUS Decisions Ep. 147 ft. Dean-O-Files
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 10, 2021 | Justice, Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJpiZ1ByEmA&t=3759s Dean is a second year law student at Zoom University, School of Law. He has just finished his Constitutional Law class. He shares his experience in law school. We discuss the SCOTUS cases that your Constitutional...