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How Government Invented Our Modern, Inefficient Prison System

Blog08/07/2017Chris Calton

An efficient criminal justice system is based on the idea of restitution. The modern system of using prisons as punishment turns this idea on its head.

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Jeff Sessions Endorses Theft

Legal SystemU.S. History

Blog08/07/2017Ron Paul

Anyone traveling with "too much" cash runs the risk of having it stolen by a police officer.

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How To Have Law Without Legislation

Legal SystemPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog08/07/2017Murray N. Rothbard

Decree that no violence may be initiated against another man, and all the loopholes for tyranny would be swept away.

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Why Police Prefer Drug Raids Over Investigating Violent Crimes

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Blog08/03/2017Ryan McMaken

Governments and police departments often benefit more from arresting small-time non-violent offenders than by prosecuting truly violent ones.

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Jeff Sessions's Drug-War Fanaticism Shows a Growing Gap Between DC and the States

Decentralization and SecessionLegal SystemU.S. History

Blog07/26/2017Ryan McMaken

As states increasingly resist federal mandates on guns, drugs, and immigration, Jeff Sessions in DC has announced it's full speed ahead.

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Immunity for Prosecutors Encourages Fraud

Bureaucracy and RegulationLegal System

Blog07/18/2017William L. Anderson

Prosecutorial immunity provides an incentive to government prosecutors to engage in fraud if it's good for their careers.

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Even Partial Drug Legalization Goes a Long Way in Protecting Property Rights

Legal SystemThe Police State

Blog07/17/2017Ryan McMaken

The partial legalization of cannabis in Colorado has made it harder for police to justify many searches and seizures that were once routine.

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The Tragedy of the Commons in the American Prison System

Legal SystemU.S. HistoryPolitical Theory

Blog07/11/2017Chris Calton

The war on drugs actually pushes violent criminals back onto the streets in order to devote resources to non-violent criminals.

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Abolish the ATF

Decentralization and SecessionLegal System

Blog07/10/2017Ryan McMaken

Unfortunately, the Trump administration recently sent the ATF in to "assist" Chicago police with local gun laws. Trump should be trying to abolish the ATF instead.