All Posts Tagged With: "courts"
Race & Liberty in America: The Essential Reader / Dred Scott’s Revenge: A Legal History of Race and Freedom in America
Two recent books criticize racial discrimination from a classical-liberal perspective. The first, Race & Liberty in America, is an anthology edited by Jonathan Bean, a professor of history at Southern Illinois University. It includes dozens of selections, from 1776 to today, arguing eloquently for colorblind equality before the law and against slavery, Jim Crow, and [...]
20May2010 | Roger Clegg | 3 comments | ContinuedHealth Care Deal Constitutionality Challenged
“The top prosecutors in seven states are probing the constitutionality of a political deal that cut a funding break for Nebraska in order to pass a federal health care reform bill, South Carolina’s attorney general said Tuesday. Attorney General Henry McMaster said he and his counterparts in Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, North Dakota, Texas and Washington [...]
23Dec2009 | Mike Van Winkle | 1 comment | ContinuedRights Without Exceptions
Jeff Snyder is an attorney in New York City and is the “Gun Rights” columnist for American Handgunner magazine. This article is adapted from columns he wrote in the November/December 2000, January/February 2001, and May/June 2001 issues of that magazine. He is the author of Nation of Cowards: Essays on the Ethics of Gun Control [...]
1May2001 | Jeff Snyder | 2 comments | Continued-
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