Law

Wanjiru Njoya appears on The Tom Woods Show to discuss Hayek's critique of "social justice."

Joe Biden‘s term is over, but while in office he continued the practice of lying and locking up federal documents that could expose federal government wrongdoing. One hopes against hope that President Trump will reverse that trend.

Lawrence McQuillan joins Bob to delve into the regulatory failures and mismanagement behind the wildfire crisis in California. 

While California politicians and the New York Times blame “climate change” for the disastrous wildfires in Los Angeles, the blame actually lies with those politicians themselves. Their policies have guaranteed that something like this would happen.

Some legal “experts” are claiming that the Supreme Court‘s infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision is still used in current law. That, of course, is nonsense. In fact, soon after its passage, many northern states essentially nullified “Scott” at the state level.

A "right" to "climate justice" is now used as a foundation for lawsuits in some American states. Unfortuantely, the courts are taking it seriously. 

Passed in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment was intended to further centralize governance away from the old decentralized political model. It still is accomplishing that purpose.

Antitrust law is being touted as an answer to our inflationary economy. Unfortunately, as Austrians have noted, antitrust law does nothing to bolster competition and actually makes the economy less competitive.

Rose Wilder Lane, known for her many writings, also has been a favorite of libertarians. In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, David Gordon reviews a book based on her columns in the Pittsburgh Courier from 1942-45 on race and race relations.

With governments cracking down on free speech and even criminalizing alleged defamation, it is time to take a new look at libel laws. Murray Rothbard provides a clear-headed view of libel law—and why it shouldn‘t exist at all.