Mises.org reader Brad Cole writes:

A great-great-grandfather Montgomery Cole, got imprisoned during the Civil War because of speaking out against the draft policies. His arrest, along with others, resulted from President Lincoln’s invoking his Proclamation 94 in September of 1862. 

Across the pond, Poland and the European Union find themselves deadlocked over a question about judicial primacy. In early October, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal sparked controversy when it ruled that EU law does not supersede national legislation.

The American federal government from its inception has expressed powers that they do not have the right to express. One of these powers they respectively gave themselves is the power to give out student loans to practically anyone who plans to go to college and needs a loan. Currently, as of November 2021, 44.7 million Americans have student loan debt; 42.3 million of those individuals are in debt to the federal government.

The Biden administration’s decision this week to raise import duties on some Canadian lumber has US trade policy back in the headlines.