Civil Liberties
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Deirdre McCloskey Wants Old Liberalism Back: ‘Equality of Permission’
In Equality of Permission, McCloskey returns to familiar ground: free markets, individual dignity, and the dangers of statism. What makes it distinctive is the force and flair of her argument.
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Public Sector Unions Undermine Accountability
Research on schools, policing, and government spending is clear: public sector bargaining forces taxpayers to finance the erosion of their rights.
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Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, Fear Is Testing Freedom Again
America answered the terror of 9/11 by making every citizen more visible to the state. Will our genuine fears of AI be used to erode liberty and privacy even further?
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Postliberalism Gets the ‘Common Good’ Wrong
Individual liberty is an essential feature of the constitutional order, not a competing good. To claim otherwise, critics must reject or rewrite our Founding.
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The FCC Denies Right to Fair Trial
Closed administrative courts with no impartial reviewers were overruled in SEC v. Jarkesy. Strangely, FCC procedures won’t get the same scrutiny.
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Flock Cameras vs. Freedom: Welcome to the Warrantless Panopticon
Flock cameras promise easier policing by destroying the Fourth Amendment — creating a permanent, searchable, warrantless database of everywhere Americans go.
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Immigrants Build America’s Most Valuable Companies
Visa holders founded half of today’s Fortune 500 companies and a majority of billion-dollar startups. Current restrictions damage that competitive advantage and choke off future growth.
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The American Revolution Redefined Freedom Itself
Since 1776, at least 120 peoples have declared independence, echoing Jefferson’s universal claim about natural rights, self-government, and political legitimacy.
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Thomas Paine’s Challenge to a Complacent America
Paine warned that complacency endangers liberty, and that only when freedom is threatened do people discover whether they are willing to defend it.
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AI Enters the Courtroom: How Chatbots Are Reshaping Litigation
AI enables Americans to navigate the legal system without attorneys, operationalizing the right to self-representation and expanding access to justice on an unprecedented scale. Can courts cope?
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Deirdre McCloskey Wants Old Liberalism Back: ‘Equality of Permission’
In Equality of Permission, McCloskey returns to familiar ground: free markets, individual dignity, and the dangers of statism. What makes it distinctive is the force and flair of her argument.
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Public Sector Unions Undermine Accountability
Research on schools, policing, and government spending is clear: public sector bargaining forces taxpayers to finance the erosion of their rights.
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Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, Fear Is Testing Freedom Again
America answered the terror of 9/11 by making every citizen more visible to the state. Will our genuine fears of AI be used to erode liberty and privacy even further?
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Postliberalism Gets the ‘Common Good’ Wrong
Individual liberty is an essential feature of the constitutional order, not a competing good. To claim otherwise, critics must reject or rewrite our Founding.
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The FCC Denies Right to Fair Trial
Closed administrative courts with no impartial reviewers were overruled in SEC v. Jarkesy. Strangely, FCC procedures won’t get the same scrutiny.
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Flock Cameras vs. Freedom: Welcome to the Warrantless Panopticon
Flock cameras promise easier policing by destroying the Fourth Amendment — creating a permanent, searchable, warrantless database of everywhere Americans go.
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Immigrants Build America’s Most Valuable Companies
Visa holders founded half of today’s Fortune 500 companies and a majority of billion-dollar startups. Current restrictions damage that competitive advantage and choke off future growth.
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The American Revolution Redefined Freedom Itself
Since 1776, at least 120 peoples have declared independence, echoing Jefferson’s universal claim about natural rights, self-government, and political legitimacy.
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Thomas Paine’s Challenge to a Complacent America
Paine warned that complacency endangers liberty, and that only when freedom is threatened do people discover whether they are willing to defend it.
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AI Enters the Courtroom: How Chatbots Are Reshaping Litigation
AI enables Americans to navigate the legal system without attorneys, operationalizing the right to self-representation and expanding access to justice on an unprecedented scale. Can courts cope?