Download Episode. Scott is joined by Micahel Maharrey of the Tenth Amendment Center to talk about Defend The Guard. Maharrey reviews the arguments that federal and state officials have been using against the Defend The Guard legislation at some of the recent state...
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New Florida Bill Would Ban Central Bank Digital Currencies
by Michael Maharrey | Apr 3, 2023 | Featured Articles
A bill introduced in the Florida House would ban the use of central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the state. Rep. Wyman Duggan (R) brought House Bill 7049 (H7049) to the House Commerce Committee on March 28, and the committee voted along party lines to officially...
Arizona State Senate Passes ‘Defend the Guard Act’
by Michael Maharrey | Mar 22, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
[Yesterday], the Arizona Senate narrowly passed the Defend the Guard Act, a bill to require the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would take a big step toward restoring the founders’...
Arizona Senate Committee Passes ‘Defend the Guard’
by Michael Maharrey | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Today, an Arizona Senate committee passed the Defend the Guard Act to require the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would take a big step toward restoring the founders’ framework for a...
Living in the World Hamilton Designed
by Dave Benner | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured Articles
Today [January 11] in 1757, it is generally believed Alexander Hamilton was born. As John Adams put it, he was “the bastard brat of a Scottish peddler.” Born out of wedlock on the British isle of Nevis, Hamilton would become one of the most influential political...
Power ‘From’ the People!
by Michael Boldin | Jan 3, 2023 | Featured Articles
We’ve all heard or seen the slogan, “Power to the People,” but it gets things almost completely backwards. The word “to" is the wrong word, by far. Under the system and principles of the founders and old revolutionaries, all power comes from the people. They don’t...
New Jersey Resident Exposes Totalitarian Implications of Facial Recognition
by Michael Maharrey | Dec 27, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
When we warn about the growing pervasiveness of facial recognition systems, people often shrug and say, “it’s no big deal if you have nothing to hide.” The experience of a New Jersey woman illustrates the dangerous flaw in that thinking. Kelly Conlon went to New York...
The True History of the Bill of Rights
by Michael Boldin | Dec 19, 2022 | Featured Articles
Today [December 15] is “Bill of Rights Day”—commemorating ratification on December 15, 1791. But what the government-run schools—and supporters of the monster state—“teach” about the Bill of Rights has almost nothing to do with the foundational principles which...
Skynet Delayed: Killer Robot Proposal Defeated in San Francisco
by Michael Maharrey | Dec 13, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Under intense pressure from grassroots activists, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors reversed course and banned killer robots in the city. The San Francisco Police Department’s plan to arm robots came to light under a police militarization transparency law passed...
Will TSA Steal Your Face?
by Jim Bovard | Dec 12, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The Transportation Security Administration is running a pilot program in which travelers stand in photo kiosks that compare their face with a federal database of photos from passport applications, drivers’ licenses and other sources. TSA promises that its new airport...
Missouri Becomes Third State to Introduce Defend the Guard for 2023
by Michael Maharrey | Dec 7, 2022 | Featured Articles
A bill prefiled in the Missouri House for the 2023 legislative session would require the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would take a big step toward restoring the founders’ framework...
Prophetic Patrick Henry’s Warning on the Constitution’s ‘Implied Authority’
by TJ Martinell | Nov 30, 2022 | Featured Articles
Patrick Henry’s impassioned remarks during the final days of the Virginia Ratifying Convention were the culmination of week-long arguments between skeptics of the proposed Constitution and its supporters, such as James Madison. In modern context, it is easy at first...
Resisting Tyranny, Colonial Style
by Michael Maharrey | Nov 21, 2022 | Featured Articles
As the British put increased pressure on the American colonists in an effort to force them into submission, the colonists backed up their increasingly forceful rhetoric with concrete actions to undermine British authority. The colonists began perfecting this formula...
A $31 Trillion National Debt Should Matter To You
by Michael Maharrey | Oct 26, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
On Oct. 3, 2022, the U.S. national debt eclipsed $31 trillion for the first time in history. When you factor in unfunded liabilities in Medicare and Social Security, the debt skyrockets to well over $100 trillion. As the Anti-Federalist writer Brutus warned: “I can...
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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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