Legal System

James Ostrowski examines the Supreme Court ruling against medical marijuana: an accurate interpretation of a nauseating law.

The Santa Monica City Council seems to think that government can work miracles by passing them into law, with the blessing of economists. Lew Rockwell explains.

What could make us rush to a building at eight o' clock in the morning on Monday? Eviction!

Enforcement of intellectual property rights" can conflict with the rights of tangible property holders. When the WTO does it, the free market get a bad name. Illana Mercer explains.

California's Third World-style energy crisis is a symptom of a deeper problem: pervasive economic ignorance that starts at the top. Thomas DiLorenzo reports.

There was a time when the word reform described a process of renewal, of change, and of taking new steps towards correcting a problem. With the rise of campaign finance reform, that is no longer the case.

In a free market, it is wholly unwarranted. Brad Edmonds considers three cases.

Douglas Carey explains economic anomalies such as electricity shortages, flight delays, and overcrowded roads.

What was his crime? To bring consumers oil, he violated laws that should not exist in the first place. Clinton was right to pardon him.

History frowns upon the belief that government protects children's rights, and yet that is precisely the claim that undergirds child labor laws, now enforced in most parts of the world. Hardly anyone dares question their existence, much less the conventional history of child labor, no matter how many children and families continue to be victimized by government regulation of labor.