Freedom

I just caught a video of a crazy Fox News guy ranting about the government. The sad thing is that he's Judge Andrew Napolitano, and we need more crazy judges like him. He was speaking at a Reason conference and his speech is a good review of the decline and fall of the Fourth Amendment. It's worth listening to as a lesson in how our rights are being chipped away. … [Read more...] about Fourth Amendment Crazy Talk…Not

I had some technical difficulties, and I'm way behind in blogging this, but a few days ago Gideon addressed that most tiresome of responses to a refusal to aquiesce to law enforcement intrusion: "Why? I've got nothing to hide." I see similar arguments from those not of the criminal defense bent in regards to some basic Constiutional protections: "Well, if I've done nothing … [Read more...] about Have you got something to hide?

Eric Wallace at Illinois Review just suggested that the next U.S. Senator from Illinois should follow what he calls the "L.I.F.T. Principles for governing." The acronym stands for: Limited Government Individual Liberty and Responsibility Free Enterprise Traditional Values Ah, the old libertarian-conservative schism is still there.  He had me through L.I.F. but then he had … [Read more...] about One Letter Too Far…

I normally let Reason magazine promote their own videos, but I thought I'd post this sad reminder of how often, and in how many ways, some people want to prevent other people from having fun. … [Read more...] about Banned in 2008

Well, that didn't take long.  Among other folks queuing up for the Obamagoodies are our friends in the gun grabbing commonsense gun law movement.  Here's a test -- and, like most tests, folks who already know the answer really shouldn't shout it out for the rest of the class. Let's start before the beginning. Over at Simple Justice, Scott's been known to suggest that … [Read more...] about Living in a Chinese Curse: RKBA Edition, Part Two: the “Gun Show” Loophole