396 Articles tagged with: Law / Rights / Governance

• Epidemics, Then & Now: A Family Perspective

  As Americans are repeatedly warned about a spike in coronavirus cases just as state governments have begun to allow us leave our homes and venture out (and yes, I mean “allow” us) I can’t help but wonder if they are gearing up for another ro… Read Article

• Against the New Post-2016-Trump Right Too

  As part of my Neither right nor left mantra, another datum.

  Most people use “right” and “left” journalistically: to designate shifting bundles of social-political beliefs and attitudes. The bundl… Read Article

• Not #MeToo, but #MeFirst

  What would you rather be remembered for: “Read my lips” or “Dodge my hands”?  Breaking the tax pled… Read Article

• What Is “Neoliberalism” Anyway?

  The term “neoliberalism” is being flung around everywhere these days, usually with a haughty sense of “everyone knows what this is.” But do we really? You may think you know, but there’s very little agreement among everyone else.

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• The Classic Path to the Inevitable Result: Venezuela Succumbs to Dictatorship

  This week, the opposition forces in Venezuela are still in the streets, struggling with government forces, to protest last week’s lurch of Socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s government toward dictatorship. Thousands of people blocked the mai… Read Article

• Is Theft Now Legal in Italy?

  The Italian Supreme Court has ruled that stealing small amounts of food out of desperation “does not constitute a crime.” The adverse moral and political effects of this ruling will be large and downright criminal.

   

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• Two Proposals to Stop the Government Looting

  Denouncing the government for taxing us into servitude is necessary and right, but it doesn’t actually stop government looting. So how do we rouse a complacent public to rise up and stop the despoilers?

  1: Make Election Season Tax Season <… Read Article

• The Supreme Court, Scalia, and Restoring the Constitution


  Antonin Scalia is dead. Will the Constitution die with him?

  The passing of this conservative Supreme Court Justice has set off a political firestorm in a year already burning with conflict. GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell is vowing not t… Read Article

• Interpreting the Constitution Contextually

  Editor's Note: Today media reported the news of the death of Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Scalia was found dead in his room at the Cibolo Creek Ranch in west Texas where he had been vacationing. This historic turn of event… Read Article

• Control of Pregnancy Means Control of Women

  How involved should government be in women’s pregnancies? A case from Wisconsin speaks powerfully about the dangers of personhood policy.

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• Wealth Disparity in America

  Wealth disparity in America is a growing concern and promises to be a highlight of the near-future political debates. But is it really something we should be concerned about? At present, our leaders seem to find it necessary to measure the gap bet… Read Article

• Legal Activism: We can't make an example of this man

  This talk explores “judicial activism” and the application of protesting law in the courts. George Lambert recounts his experiences as a legislator fighting bad laws in the legislature, the executive branch, and the courts, in an attempt to br… Read Article

• Edward Snowden: Articles and video

  October 24, 2014 -- CITIZENFOUR , a documentary about N.S.A. whistleblower Edward Snowden, launches today. To mark the ocassion we present a selection of our articles and videos on the Snowden case and its fallout. (Contributors: Alexander R.<… Read Article

• The Morality of Human Habitat

  Atlas Summit 2014 -- History books are populated with seemingly heroic stories of great conquistadors who forged paths into new worlds and fearlessly battled any and all to claim the land as their own. These so-called heroes claimed land through… Read Article

• 'The Economist' on Plea Bargaining and Coerced Testimony

  End plea bargaining : that’s the radical proposal for America’s justice system given this week by one of the most prestigious magazines in the English-speaking world.… Read Article

• What Obama Got and Missed on Mistrusting Police

  In a speech Sunday, President Obama highlighted the “gulf of mistrust” that separates the police from too many of the Americans they’re employed to protect. He was right to do so. But in focusing on the racial aspect of the problem, the pr… Read Article

• Prosecutor Sides with Climate Criminals

  Last May, two environmentalists tried to shut down a power plant by preventing a boatload of coal from reaching it.

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• Sidney Powell on "The Real Legacy of the Enron Task Force"

  Atlas Summit 2014 -- Texas "superlawyer" Sidney Powell describes how a handful of corrupt federal prosecutors destroyed Arthur Andersen; assaulted Wall Street; sent innocent Merrill executives to prison; changed the balance of power in the US Se… Read Article

• Sidney Powell Attacks DOJ Corruption

   The main feature at the Atlas Summit on the evening of Friday, June 20 will be our Friday, June 20 Dinner Event: A First Look at Atlas Shrugged Part III. It’s going to be a fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime event highlighted by a full-length scr… Read Article

• Innocents in Prison? No Kidding, Judge Rakoff!

  In early April, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of Manhattan’s federal trial court spoke at the University of Southern California law school. His topic was “Why Innocent People Plead Guilty.”

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