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A collection of real-world libertarian, individualist and laissez-faire rants on law, economics, politics, culture and other current events
by an average, everyday lawyer & investment banker and part-time pop scholar.


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Entries Tagged as 'Constitutional Issues'

In Defense of Full Corporate Rights

September 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

It is absurd in the extreme to suggest that two free individuals acting jointly can somehow have "less rights" than those two same free individuals would have acting individually.

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Tags: Constitutional Issues · Law · Libertarianism

A "Baker v. Nelson" Primer

July 18th, 2009 · Comments Off

There's been yet another Outbreak of Stupid™ in the gay blawgosphere — and, this time, in the Senate Judiciary Committee — so let's pause to get it right.

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Tags: Equal Protection · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Society, Religion, Culture Wars

Gay Bloggers Turning Against Gay Activists Over Olson/Boies

July 9th, 2009 · 9 Comments

Some very misinformed gay bloggers are completely misunderstanding, and misreporting, the news that Lamba Legal, the ACLU and other major gay advocacy groups are petitioning to intervene in the controversial "Olson/Boies" lawsuit challenging Proposition 8.

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Tags: Equal Protection · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Society, Religion, Culture Wars

On No-Fly and Emanuel & Lautenberg's "New Due Process"

July 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Remind me again how Obama and the hyper-liberal Congress were going to usher in a new civil libertarian paradise where basic constitutional rights are actually acknowledged and respected?

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Tags: Law Enforcement Abuses · Libertarianism · Politics · Terror v. Civil Liberties

Yet Another Hillbilly Decalogue Lawsuit

July 7th, 2009 · Comments Off

What is it about Kentucky and the Ten Commandments?

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Tags: First Amendment - Religion · Society, Religion, Culture Wars

Kip Clip — Special Independence Day Edition

July 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Please take a moment to pause from enjoying the bread of your holiday idleness to recall the ("compromised") document behind the holiday, and the one that succeeded it.

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Tags: Constitutional Issues

Two SCOTUS Victories, But With Missed Opportunities

June 30th, 2009 · Comments Off

What the Court got right — and missed altogether — in Safford and Ricci.

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Tags: Equal Protection · Law Enforcement Abuses · Student Rights

A Quick "Matthew Shepard Act" Observation

June 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

As the bill slogs its way through Congress, keep in mind that there are two alternative reasons to oppose it.

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Tags: First Amendment - Speech · Law · Libertarianism · Politics · Society, Religion, Culture Wars

PSA: Conference Call — "The Future of Same-Sex Marriage"

May 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Two of the nation's top marriage equality litigators will lead a nationwide phone briefing on Tuesday, May 12th, to discuss current and upcoming developments in same sex marriage. The call is free and open to the public.

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Tags: Constitutional Issues · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Society, Religion, Culture Wars

On Religious Bigots' New-Found (Faux) Libertarianism

April 16th, 2009 · 22 Comments

If religious bigots really want to invoke libertarian arguments to legitimize their bigotry, then they better be prepared to be judged by real libertarians about the entire spectrum of libertarian issues.

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Tags: Capitalism · First Amendment - Religion · Freedom of Contract · Law · Society, Religion, Culture Wars