“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.” --First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution When James Madison set about to draft the Bill of Rights -- the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution -- he was articulating what lawyers and philosophers and judges call “negative rights.” A positive right grants a privilege, like a driver’s license. A negative right restrains the government from interfering with a preexisting right. In order to emphasize his view that the...
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New Jersey Eliminates a Tax
New Jersey has a reputation as a high tax state. This month, something happened that should pare back that reputation some: The state eliminated its sales tax on medical...
Return of the Los Angeles County Mask Mandate is on Autopilot
People in the city and county of Los Angeles, California have suffered under some the more extreme coronavirus crackdown measures in America. And, one of those authoritarian...
Announcing: 2022 Ron Paul Scholars Seminar!
US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) delivers keynote address to 2021 Ron Paul ScholarsYoung scholars: are you looking for a life-changing opportunity jam-packed into one day?The Ron...
Ron Paul and the New US Supreme Court Decision Restraining Prosecution of Doctors for Prescribing Pain Medicine
Ron Paul was a strong proponent in the United States House of Representatives of ending the US government’s war on doctors who prescribe pain medication and on their patients who...
Fifth Circuit Court Reinstates Injunction on Coronavirus Vaccine Mandate for US Government Workers, Prepares for En Banc Consideration of the Mandate
President Joe Biden’s mandate that United States government workers receive an experimental coronavirus “vaccine” shot or lose their jobs is one of the Biden administration...
The Republic of Texas, Part Two
Texas was its own nation independent of any other for ten years between gaining its independence from Mexico in 1836 and joining the United States in 1846. Nearly 180 years...
Texas GOP Convention Attendees Unhappy with Gun-grabbing Senator John Cornyn
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is quite unpopular at his state’s Republican Party convention this weekend. First, many convention-goers threw out lanyards promoting the Texas senator...
Florida Government Says 'No' to Shipment of Coronavirus Shots for Babies and Young Children
The state government of Florida is standing up against the effort to indiscriminately inject experimental coronavirus “vaccine” shots into children four years old and younger....
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