President Trump is going to listen to a case argued today at the Supreme Court. When I went to that court to cover a case for Playboy, I was ejected from the press box because I laughed at the wrong time. My @washingtonpost piece on the episode Washington Post, May 3, 2017 Arresting someone for laughing […]
In a press conference today, Trump proclaimed: “I can destroy the [foreign] country.” Trump was outraged that the Supreme Court struck down his primary tariff scheme as an illegal abuse of power. Vice President Vance condemned the “lawlessness” of the decision – as if any limit on Trump’s dictatorial power over imports was lawless. How […]
Hearty thanks to Sandy Johnson Klein for her excellent intro for my Mises Institute spiel on Private Property, the Sacred Guardian of Individual Liberty. It was a joy to speak to such a savvy audience that instinctively understood the political villainies I thumped.
Are You On a Secret TSA Watchlist? By James Bovard In 1999, the Supreme Court recognized in that the “‘constitutional right to travel from one State to another’ is firmly embedded in our jurisprudence.” Unless federal agents secretly disapprove of you, your beliefs, or your suspected connections. Or unless those agents are feeling ornery and […]
SCOTUS Strikes a Blow against Public School Indoctrination of Young Children 06/30/2025 • Mises Wire • James Bovard On Friday, the Supreme Court clobbered perhaps America’s most aggressive and intolerant LGBTQ+ school indoctrination program. By a vote of 6 to 3 in the case of Mahmoud v.Taylor, the court upheld parents’ right to exempt their […]
Will Trump Follow Nixon’s IRS Road to Ruin? by James Bovard, May 8, 2025 On Friday morning, President Trump proclaimed on his Truth Social: “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” Trump is being hailed as a hero for demanding that the IRS bring Harvard University to […]
On Tax Day, Never Forget IRS Culture Bingo by James Bovard | Apr 15, 2025, Libertarian Institute On Tax Day, politicians and mainstream media will hector Americans to be grateful for the opportunity to pay their taxes. The Internal Revenue Service website touts a moth-eaten quote from a dead Supreme Court Justice: “Taxes are what […]
Jim
Thanks for the plug for Tyranny Unmasked.
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Bjorn Frei
The quote is from, Tyranny Unmasked. A book writt
Sean
Political hell it is, and all aboard! If anybody w
