Following a federal lawsuit brought by the Institute for Justice, the City of Richland has ended its practice of unconstitutionally forcing homeowners to upgrade city streets as a condition of obtaining a building permit. As a result of that change, Linda Cameron is...
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Greenwald Interviewed on His Charges
In The New Yorker: The case against you relies in part on the claim that you helped in “facilitating the commission of a crime.” Did you do anything to encourage the hacking of cell phones or other devices? No. In fact, when the source first talked to me, he had...
Save the Pearl: New Group Formed to Oppose Tulsa Development Authority’s Eminent Domain Plans
A community in Tulsa joins together to stop city officials from following through with plans to tear down homes for “urban renewal” Tulsa, Okla.—Today, residents and supporters of Tulsa’s Pearl District announced the formation of a new group, Save the Pearl Coalition....
After a 2 Year Court Battle, Man Gets His $52,560 Back from State Thieves
After a 2 year battle the State of Alabama Appeals Court ruled that the confiscation of $52,560 from Juan Manuel Martinez-Camacho was not supported by evidence presented by the state of Alabama. The court reversed the decision of a trial court that had found for the...
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously That States Cannot Impose Excessive Fines
In an historic ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court this morning held that the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment protects Americans not just against the federal government, but against states and local authorities too. No matter which state you live in, every...
Nationalism, the Ideological Delusion at the Heart of Protectionism
Every economic entity, whether it be an individual, a family, or a firm, faces a constant choice with regard to how it will secure the goods and services it desires in order to carry out its economic plans: make or buy? Most individuals and families give little...
How the left put Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court
You might think that the left would have learned its lesson after blundering into the election Donald Trump in 2016, but it seems two years to reflect on their defeat has not been enough time for Progressives to rethink the strategy that handed them the biggest...
FPF #256 – Brett Kavanaugh
On FPF #256, I discuss new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's foreign policy. I explain how Kavanaugh's positions on presidential war powers are dangerous. Kavanaugh supports the Patriot Act, ignoring international treaties, and federal officials violating...
The Constitutional Reasons to Oppose Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court
After two days of political theater, the Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to delay the vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court for a week. In that time, the FBI will conduct an investigation surrounding the allegations made against him by Christine...
The Supreme Court: Why the Stakes Are So High
The furor over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh is spurring many commentators to bewail that the Supreme Court has become too powerful. But the real problem is that the Court is now often little more than a fig leaf to provide legitimacy for a Leviathan that would...
Unlawful Shield
Check out Cato's great new project Unlawful Shield, "Dedicated to Abolishing Qualified Immunity." "Qualified immunity is a legal doctrine invented out of whole cloth by the U.S. Supreme Court that protects government agents, including particularly law enforcement...
6/29/18 Brent Skorup on the Supreme Court's Ruling in Carpenter v. United States
Brent Skorup from the Mercatur Institute and George Mason University is interviewed on both the Capenter v United States ruling and his article in the Washington Times with Melodoy Calkins from June 27th, 2017 titled "A Supreme Court Call: On the Third Party Doctrine...
SCOTUS Whiffs on Masterpiece Cake Ruling Ep. 80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQZtX-9qyzE Click Here for Audio Only The Supreme Court handed down a very dissatisfying ruling in the Masterpiece case on Monday, holding in a 7-2 opinion that: "[t]he Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s actions in assessing a cakeshop...
Supreme Court Rules 8-1 Against Warrantless Police Search in Important Fourth Amendment Case
Fourth Amendment advocates scored a victory today when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 against a warrantless police search that involved an officer entering private property for the purpose of examining a motorcycle stored under a tarp in the driveway near a home....
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