The Point Is to Constrain
Posted in From the Archives on 12 December 2011
Stats: 298 views and No Comments What is a constitution? The average person on the street will certainly know our country has one. But does she really know what it is for? A constitution is a set of rules meant to constrain the government from going beyond its stated purpose. Many claim the State exists to ...
Posted in From the Archives on 12 December 2011
Stats: 298 views and No Comments What is a constitution? The average person on the street will certainly know our country has one. But does she really know what it is for? A constitution is a set of rules meant to constrain the government from going beyond its stated purpose. Many claim the State exists to ...
CATO’s Robert Levy @ Evening With FEE in Atlanta this Wednesday
Posted in News on 4 April 2011
Stats: 147 views and No Comments We're hosting our inaugural Evening with FEE in Atlanta this Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, starting with a reception in the International C room. Our guest Robert Levy, senior legal scholar in constitutional studies and chairman of the board of directors at Cato Institute, will ...
Posted in News on 4 April 2011
Stats: 147 views and No Comments We're hosting our inaugural Evening with FEE in Atlanta this Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, starting with a reception in the International C room. Our guest Robert Levy, senior legal scholar in constitutional studies and chairman of the board of directors at Cato Institute, will ...
Yearning to Breathe Free
Posted in Articles on 1 October 2009
Stats: 85 views and 9 Comments Since October 2003, 104 people have died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Perhaps another thousand perished in the deserts of the American southwest while crossing into the United States without government permission. And who can forget the 14 refugees fleeing Cuba’s hell in a tiny ...
Posted in Articles on 1 October 2009
Stats: 85 views and 9 Comments Since October 2003, 104 people have died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Perhaps another thousand perished in the deserts of the American southwest while crossing into the United States without government permission. And who can forget the 14 refugees fleeing Cuba’s hell in a tiny ...
Human Rights vs. Property Rights
Posted in Cliches of Socialism on 2 June 2009
Stats: 502 views and No Comments "Tricky phrases with favorable meaning and emotional appeal are being used today to imply a distinction between property rights and human rights. "By implication, there are two sets of rights--one belonging to human beings and the other property. Since human beings are more important, it is natural for the unwary to ...
Posted in Cliches of Socialism on 2 June 2009
Stats: 502 views and No Comments "Tricky phrases with favorable meaning and emotional appeal are being used today to imply a distinction between property rights and human rights. "By implication, there are two sets of rights--one belonging to human beings and the other property. Since human beings are more important, it is natural for the unwary to ...
The Rule of Lore
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 29 May 2009
Stats: 996 views and 4 Comments "This is a nation of laws not of men (and women)." With the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, we will be hearing that a lot in the coming weeks. The nomination of a Supreme Court justice occasions much public debate over exactly what judges are supposed to ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 29 May 2009
Stats: 996 views and 4 Comments "This is a nation of laws not of men (and women)." With the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, we will be hearing that a lot in the coming weeks. The nomination of a Supreme Court justice occasions much public debate over exactly what judges are supposed to ...
Lost Articles
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 26 January 2007
Stats: 28 views and 2 Comments The Constitution says that to be elected to the U.S. Senate, a person has to be 30 or older, a citizen for at least nine years, and a resident of the state from which the candidate is elected. Alas, it says nothing about knowing American history. Good thing for Sen. ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 26 January 2007
Stats: 28 views and 2 Comments The Constitution says that to be elected to the U.S. Senate, a person has to be 30 or older, a citizen for at least nine years, and a resident of the state from which the candidate is elected. Alas, it says nothing about knowing American history. Good thing for Sen. ...
