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1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (71+ words) –Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife –Will Baude on esthetic injuries –Should the justices release their papers sooner? –Should this actually be happening –South Carolina’s voting law is unconstitutional –Update on Vacancies Reform Act Order Sarah’s book here. The podcast transcription…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (250+ words) The Ottoman red flag was once on the verge of fluttering right beside the Spanish and English banners across the Americas. While this remains a provocative historical “what-if” rather than proof of an imminent Ottoman dominion overseas, it highlights the…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (387+ words) In Rothbardian ethics, the starting point of the just war doctrine must always be the rule against aggressive violence. The principles set out in the Ethics of Liberty to prohibit aggression between individuals, Smith and Jones in Rothbard’s example, apply…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (477+ words) The US Treasury has doubled the size of its buyback operations for longer-term government securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation after long-term yields surged to levels not seen in nearly two decades. They will call this “liquidity…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (328+ words) The only “reform” that changes our lives in a fundamentally positive way is radical decentralization via distributing centralized power. Presidents like to deal with the CEOs of corporate monopolies for self-evident reasons: Rather than engage in the tedious, contentious herding-of-cats…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (153+ words) People in our sphere like to talk about this thing called the Overton Window. Anytime somebody proposes a political initiative or a protest movement or a petition or a publicity campaign that is either manifestly unworkable, counterproductive or ill-advised, we…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (750+ words) The Iranian conflict is going very well for Israel. Israel has succeeded in turning the conflict into one between Iran and Israel’s proxy, Washington, just as Washington has succeeded in turning Ukraine into a conflict between Russia and Washington’s Ukrainian…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (779+ words) The recent suppression of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s torture-tainted confessions at Guantanamo Bay is far more than a victory for a defendant. It is a victory for the Constitution. But accountability obtained through unlawful methods is not justice. It is merely…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (935+ words) On June 24 the (acting) president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced a 40-day campaign: “I approved a 40-day ​operation by the ​Service to influence the aggressor ‌state ⁠in order to press for an end to the war,” ​Zelenskiy wrote ​on ⁠Telegram....

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1277+ words) The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to add four-legged robots to ICE’s growing enforcement arsenal. They are often called “robot dogs,” a friendly label that makes the machines sound more familiar, if not sympathetic, and far less threatening than…...