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TGIF: Abortion Rights v. Abortion Permissions
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 1, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Justice, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Even if you cringe at last week's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, it would be wrong to say that the five Supreme Court justices took away women's right to have abortions. I say this because the Supreme Court, unfortunately, never actually recognized a...
Substantive Due Process
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 28, 2022 | Blog, Justice
[T]he conservatives reject substantive due process, which they see as a contradiction in terms that authorizes judges to legislate. If the term sounds odd, it would be odder still to dismiss the idea. As Roger Pilon writes, “By ‘law’ [in due process of law] the...
The Antiwar Comic: The War on Bodies
by Tony DiGerolamo | Jun 27, 2022 | Blog
How quick they switch to the current thing. For more comics, visit The Webcomic Factory. Also, check out my latest book, The Pineys: Book 9: The Witch Hunter Piney.
Privacy and the Constitution
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 27, 2022 | Blog, Justice, Libertarianism
"[B]oth the [']liberals['] and the conservatives misunderstand privacy. The conservatives engage in a narrow and unnatural reading of the Constitution in order to avoid seeing what they do not wish to see, while the [']liberals['] find in the Constitution not...
The Antiwar Comic: The War for the Weak
by Tony DiGerolamo | May 16, 2022 | Blog
This one feels like a Babylon Bee prediction. More comics at the Webcomic Factory.
TGIF: Alito’s Challenge to Libertarians
by Sheldon Richman | May 13, 2022 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
In his recently leaked first draft of an opinion that would reverse the abortion-rights cases Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gives Americans a choice between judges who read their personal preferences into the...
Rational Optimism, Adam Kinzinger, NATO 2034, Abortion, and Economic Exploitation (Weekly Roundup)
by Keith Knight | May 11, 2022 | Blog, Libertarian Institute Roundtable
https://youtu.be/ji9QFDWyqwI
Against Abortion: A Christian/Libertarian Alliance. Kerry Baldwin & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | May 8, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/kAy14b8yX7k On one occasion in the 1960s when abortion was still illegal, I witnessed, while visiting a surgical suite as an OB/GYN resident, the abortion of a fetus that weighed approximately two pounds. It was placed in a bucket, crying and...
Dr. Ron Paul on Abortion
by Keith Knight | May 6, 2022 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/8ws0V_SyIyA On one occasion in the 1960s when abortion was still illegal, I witnessed, while visiting a surgical suite as an OB/GYN resident, the abortion of a fetus that weighed approximately two pounds. It was placed in a bucket, crying and...
Privacy as a Property Right
by Sheldon Richman | May 5, 2022 | Blog, Justice, Libertarianism
In 1993 I wrote an article at the Cato Institute that may be relevant to the current controversy over abortion and the Supreme Court: "Dissolving the Inkblot: Privacy as a Property Right."
Utah Independence Tied to Abortion? 11-30-90
by Will Grigg | Mar 4, 2020 | Article Clippings, Everything Will
‘Right’ to Abortion on Loose Scaffolding 06-29-90
by Will Grigg | Mar 4, 2020 | Article Clippings, Everything Will
Feminist Fringe on Abortion Panel 11-01-91
by Will Grigg | Mar 3, 2020 | Article Clippings, Everything Will
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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