Libertarianism in America
Learn more about The Libertarian Mind at http://books.simonandschuster.com/Libertarian-Mind/David-Boaz/9781476752846?mcd=vd_youtube_book David Boaz, EVP of the Cato Institute, introduces ...
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Mayor Carl Brewers State of the City address, and the Libertarian Mind
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: We #39;ll take a look at a few things Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer told the city in his recent State of the City Address. Then a look at topics from a new book...
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Co-blogger David Bernstein and I recently published an article on The Mainstreaming of Libertarian Constitutionalism in Law and Contemporary Problems. The article is now available on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Libertarian constitutional thought is a distinctly minority position among scholars and jurists, one that at first glance has little connection with either modern Supreme Court jurisprudence or the liberalism that remains dominant in the legal academy. However, libertarian ideas have more in common with mainstream constitutional thought than at first meets the eye. They have also had greater influence on it.
This article explores the connections between mainstream and libertarian constitutional thought in recent decades. On a number of important issues, modern Supreme Court doctrine and liberal constitutional thought has been significantly influenced by pre-New Deal libertarian ideas, even if the influence is often unconscious or unacknowledged. This is particularly true on issues of equal protection doctrine and modern substantive due process as it pertains to noneconomic rights. Here, both the Supreme Court and much of the mainstream academic left have repudiated early twentieth century Progressivism, which advocated across-the-board judicial deference to legislatures. They have also rejected efforts to eliminate common law and free market baselines for constitutional rights.
The gap between libertarian and mainstream constitutional thought is much greater on issues of federalism and property rights. Here too, however, recent decades have seen significant convergence. Over the last thirty years, the Supreme Court has begun to take federalism and property rights more seriously, and the idea that they should get strong judicial protection has attained greater intellectual respectability. Moreover, much of libertarian constitutional thought merely seeks to apply to federalism, property rights, and economic liberties, the same principles that mainstream jurists and legal scholars have applied in other areas, most notably noneconomic constitutional rights and separation of powers.
Ilya Somin is Professor of Law at George Mason University. His research focuses on constitutional law, property law, and popular political participation. He is the author of "The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain" (forthcoming) and "Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter."
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Volokh Conspiracy: Our new article on The Mainstreaming of Libertarian Constitutionalism
The All Progressives Congress candidate for the House of Representatives in Oyo State, Mr. Temitope Olatoye, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abbah, for protection against possible attack from his political opponents.
In the letter dated February 13, 2015 and signed by his counsel, Mr. Ikeh Sunday, the APC candidate alleged that his political rivals had provoked his supporters with the aim of stimulating them to react.
The letter further said that after the tactic failed, attempts were made on Olatoyes life with a siege on his property in Ibadan.
The letter read, Our client, Olatoye, is a member of the Oyo State House of Assembly representing the people of Lagelu constituency of the state. He has affected the lives of many people positively which has given him massive support and followership through the din of hard work.
This charismatic support our client has amassed for himself has been a source of nightmare and concern to the opposition, especially the Peoples Democratic Party.
Recently, the PDP and one of its candidates for the House of Representatives have engaged in provocative acts with a view to stimulating our client and his supporters to react, which might have led to a breach of public peace and arrest of our client. The acts included destruction of billboards, posters and disruption of meetings of our client and his supporters.
Following the failure of all these, the opponents have perfected plans and launched several failed attempts to assassinate our client.
When our correspondent contacted the state PDP chairman, Yinka Taiwo, his telephone was switched off and message sent to him on the issue had yet to be answered as of the time of filing this report.
The counsel added that unknown men had been trailing Olatoyes movement in an unmarked vehicle with PDP logo.
He therefore appealed to the IG to investigate the claims and protect the APC candidate ahead of the election.
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Fedeli holds Liberals to account on local cuts Feb. 18, 2015
Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli details recent local health and education cuts while bringing forward concerns of CCAC workers.
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