The NSA’s System of Secret Law
The US government exists in a precarious balancing act, play-acting that it is subject to the Rule of Law.
Legal System
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How the NSA Made Your Legal Defense Illegal
The U.S government has deemed all evidence of spying to be Top Secret, and maintains it’s illegal for you to know about it or use it in court.
FISA, the NSA, and America’s Secret Court System
Surveillance programs by a secret court violates the requirement for “due process of law.”
The War on Drugs: Who is Winning?
Interviewed by Paul Molloy, Mark Thornton talks about the economics of prohibition.
Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the US Courts
Not only are the NSA’s activities being scrutinized, but the court system of secret judicial rulings is being subjected to the light of day.
The War on Drugs
Interviewed by host Marc Clair, Mark Thornton differentiates between the mainstream approach to an issue and an Austrian or free market approach.
Don’t Raise the Minimum Wage
Interviewed by host Thom Hartmann, Mark Thornton explains why the minimum wage actually hurts the workers it is supposed to help.
A Libertarian Critique of Intellectual Property
What is the status of intellectual property? Are patents and copyrights legitimate in a free society? Butler Shaffer is a distinguished libertarian legal theorist who has for many years taught at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. In this...
How Intellectual Property Distorts Big Business, Science, and Creativity
The state’s creation of patent and copyright interests doesn’t prevent innovations, but it does erect hurdles that discourage research. The “traditional enemies of innovation [are] inertia and vested interest,” factors contributed to by the government practice of giving inventors protection from competitors.
