Legal System

On this episode of Power and Market, the group discusses the fallout from Musk's fight with Trump, recent reporting on Palantir contracts, and how the courts are not interested in protecting rights.

It is often asserted without challenge that “life is like a race” and it wouldn‘t be a fair race without the same “starting-line.” While this analogy has some truth, it is largely fallacious and more than implies an ever-present state to provide “equal opportunity.”

The non-aggression principle is often ridiculed as being abstract and unrealistic. However, it is possible to function in the real world living by this principle, something Murray Rothbard demonstrated using logic and clear thinking.

While many people have declared the US Constitution to be “crystal clear” on issues of governance, the truth is that much of what the Constitution says is disputed. The first step toward more consensus is understanding that the Constitution is interpreted by fallible people.

The Fourtheenth Amendment has been used in divisive ways, giving the lie to its claim of “equal protection” under the law. We can have equality under the law, or we can have what is becoming a race-based spoils system. We cannot have both.

Contrary to many historical narratives, pre-colonial African countries did have sophisticated diplomatic traditions. The Igbo people of what is now southeastern Nigeria are well-known for their highly-developed system.

Bob argues that the only way to cripple Mexican drug cartels is through US drug legalization.

Modern historians often portray post-Civil War “Reconstruction” as a time when well-meaning Republicans tried to aid newly-freed slaves who were being oppressed by their former masters. Using revisionist history, Wanjiru Njoya comes up with different, more realistic, accounts.

Erick Brimen joins Bob to show how Próspera Honduras offers economic freedom and choice in regulatory treatment.

No matter how the court rules on birthright citizenship (or anything else), it certainly won’t be the “last word” on the matter, and nothing is decided beyond the short term.