Legal System

Last week, Julian Assange was freed and the Chevron doctrine was overturned. These are huge wins for liberty. Not long ago, they felt completely out of reach.

Ryan and Tho are joined by Mises Institute Senior Editor Bill Anderson to discuss Donald Trump's conviction.

In a verdict that surprised no one, Manhattan Democrats have found Donald Trump guilty in the convoluted "hush money" trial, taking a legal action and making it criminal. Most likely, the verdict will be overturned on appeal, but in the meantime the US has become a banana republic.

Most people believe that the state is a necessary entity for securing private property rights. However, a study of the American West before the territories became states shows us a different reality where communities protected their property without state intervention.

Despite the media definitions of the Trump trial as a “hush money trial,” the actual criminal charges are contrived and legally unprecedented. This is a show trial.

Despite the media definitions of the Trump trial as a “hush money trial,” the actual criminal charges are contrived and legally unprecedented. This is a show trial.

States know that treason and sedition laws are about much more than matters of law and order. They are essential components of enhancing state power. 

People have come to believe that only the state is morally qualified to create and maintain a system of justice. However, given that the state itself acts unjustly, perhaps it is time to look outside of the state.

People have come to believe that only the state is morally qualified to create and maintain a system of justice. However, given that the state itself acts unjustly, perhaps it is time to look outside of the state.

Seditious conspiracy—like all conspiracy charges in American law—is essentially a thought crime and a speech crime.