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Townhall: Justice Post Blindfold

Relevance: 64%      Posted on: March 4, 2018

Sometimes law is just politics. But must it be so? Make a motion over to Townhall, and then make your appeal back here. Washington Post: Scalia embraced compromise on unions. Today’s Supreme Court should, too. (editorial) Liberty Justice Center: Janus v. AFSCME SCOTUS: Oral Argument (Audio ) (Transcript) Illinois Policy…

Saving You from Low Prices

Relevance: 63%      Posted on: September 12, 2013

Would you be upset if you had to pay “too little” for a limo ride? Me neither. Nevertheless, the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission requires limo drivers to charge a minimum of $50 per ride, no matter how brief the ride may be. In 2001, Florida lawmakers foolishly empowered the…

IRS Overreach

Relevance: 62%      Posted on: March 22, 2012

The taxman puts his hands in our pockets. But it’s one thing to reach into our bank accounts and take our money, it is quite another when governments engage in different kind of overreach, where they go beyond the rule of law and just start pushing people around. Take the…

Tom Sowell on warm, fuzzy words and phrases

Relevance: 61%      Posted on: December 31, 2011

Punching fog, warming up fuzzy phrases, and understanding "social justice": "Society" is neither omniscient nor omnipotent. The justice society can provide cannot require either complete knowledge or total power. Pretending it can, or should, is pure folly.

John Jay

Relevance: 61%      Posted on: March 8, 2023

Justice is indiscriminately due to all, without regard to numbers, wealth, or rank. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay, Georgia v. Brailsford (1794).

Hooray for IJ

Relevance: 61%      Posted on: July 21, 2010

Let a thousand floral arrangements bloom. Louisiana has just abolished the “demonstration” section of the state’s licensing exam for florists. The new law came in response to a lawsuit by florists working with the Institute for Justice. IJ argued that the four-hour demonstration requirement was “arbitrary, subjective and antiquated,” and…

Allowed to Make a Living

Relevance: 58%      Posted on: November 23, 2022

In 2014, Sally Ladd started a service to help clients in the Poconos rent out their vacation homes. She posted notices on Airbnb, arranged for cleaning, and performed other chores. But then, in 2017, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs — one of the many government agencies in…

Townhall: Government Burglars

Relevance: 58%      Posted on: April 9, 2017

The IRS doesn’t just seize money for reasons of taxation. The folks in that agency have another racket in their job description. Click on over to Townhall for the story, then come back here for background. Treasury.gov: “Criminal Investigation Enforced Structuring Laws Primarily Against Legal Source Funds and Compromised the…

Frédéric Bastiat

Relevance: 58%      Posted on: February 5, 2014

The Socialists say, since the law organizes justice, why should it not organize labor, instruction, and religion? Why? Because it could not organize labor, instruction, and religion, without disorganizing justice.

Waco-Gate

Relevance: 57%      Posted on: June 18, 2001

If there's anything worse than a cover-up of terrible crimes, it's a cover-up by the officials entrusted with investigating the cover-up. That may well be what has happened in the case of the federal assault on a religious group in Waco, Texas in 1993, which ended in the deaths of…