Supreme Court: on Shaky Ground
The Government is unquestionably more sinned against than sinning.
1 October 2019 - 15:48
Don’t Kill Free Speech to Kill Hate Speech
There is a fundamental difference between speech that criticises ideas and threats of violence.
1 October 2019 - 12:48
Supreme Court against the People
There is much to be said for the comment that if the Supreme Court does not want to be called the enemy of the people then it should stop behaving like one.
1 October 2019 - 03:48
As Prominent Republicans Betray Trump, the Media Urges Americans to Get Ready for “President Mike Pence”
But the only way that Donald Trump is going to be removed from office is if he is voted out by the Republican-controlled Senate. And if the Republican-controlled Senate actually did that, it would fracture the Republican Party beyond repair.
30 September 2019 - 14:48
Supreme Court: Jarndyce versus Jarndyce 2019
Almost without exception, all our senior judges grew up in the university world of the 1970s, where largely left-of-centre law faculties regarded as axiomatic the idea that the future must lie in academic human rights discourse, technocratic control by administrative judges of elected ministers, and above all the continued development of the European project...
28 September 2019 - 03:48
A Majority of the House Now Supports Impeachment, and Some Republicans Senators Are Looking Really Shaky
In the end, even if President Trump tried to pressure the Ukrainians to look into Joe Biden’s corruption, that definitely does not rise to the level of an impeachable offense.
27 September 2019 - 05:48
Did Nancy Pelosi Just Make One of the Biggest Political Mistakes in History?
She knows that it will be a disaster for the Democratic Party, that it will inflame the president’s base and inspire even his most lukewarm supporters with a sense of outrage. She knows that in states like Michigan, upon which her party’s chances in 2020 will depend, the question of impeachment does not poll well.
26 September 2019 - 22:48
Environmentalism Leads to Technocracy
A Technocracy sees people simply as numbers or statistics that needs to be shifted by carrots and sticks and nothing more. Although the Technocratic Method does work, its attitude towards to population as mindless cattle is certainly felt and creates mountains of contempt.
24 September 2019 - 03:48
‘Onus of Proof’ Seemingly Old-Fashioned
That is, once a prima facie case has been established respondents would need to prove their conduct was not unlawfully discriminatory.
21 September 2019 - 15:48
This Is Why So Many Americans Are Deathly Afraid of Going to the Hospital…
When the bills start arriving we discover that they have charged us 30 dollars for a single aspirin or “$2,000 for a $20 feeding tube”. It is a giant scam, but they have been getting away with it for decades, and so they just keep on doing it.
13 September 2019 - 13:48
Why Does the EU Go On About the ‘Integrity’ of the Single Market When It Has Been Such a Failure?
If you believed the rhetoric, you would accept that the Single Market was a great success. But the truth is that is has failed to deliver on each of the four freedoms. The European Single Market (SM) is the jewel in the crown of the ‘European Project’ with its four freedoms of movement – of goods, services, workers and capital – or so we are told. Within the SM, all goods and services produced are supposed to satisfy a common set of regulatory standards. This ought to make it easier to export to other member states of the European Union.…
16 August 2019 - 15:37
Over Two Thousand Pages of Documents Released in Giuffre-Maxwell Lawsuit
Among the documents released are witness testimony implicating multiple public figures, and flight dockets from 1995 onwards that purport to show Maxwell as a frequent flyer on the Epstein's planes, along with numerous of the world's powerful, wealthy and famous.
13 August 2019 - 21:55
Israel Folau: Moral Compass All Askew as Virtue Is Eclipsed by Values
Unease is growing in Australia that something has changed for the worse in our live-and-let-live culture. The seismic shifts giving rise to this pervasive anxiety seem to have been coming in cumulative waves. Free speech has given way to the drive to eliminate “hate speech”; bonds of trust have broken in commercial life — especially in our financial services sector; dying is becoming a medicalised event activated on demand by the individual, rather than the natural ending of life; and religion has become such a divisive issue that a new law is now being drafted to protect religious freedom. Less…
9 July 2019 - 01:49
Brexit / Constitutional Issues / Defence and Security / Economy / Government / International Relations / International Trade / Law / Politics
Six Ways We Can Be Sure Boris Is Serious
It seems increasingly likely that the next leader of the Conservatives, and UK Prime Minister, will be Boris Johnson. On the face of it, this looks like good news for supporters of Brexit given Johnson’s record on this issue and his recent statement that the UK will leave the EU by October 31 ‘do or die’. Yet given the history of the last two years, during which the genuine Brexit envisaged at Lancaster House was watered down to the Brexit in-name-only of Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement (WA), Brexit supporters should avoid euphoria and be very cautious. There were key moments…
8 July 2019 - 12:47
The EU Will Reopen the Withdrawal Agreement
The EU and its apologists insist that it will not ‘reopen’ the WA. There are weak legal and political grounds for such a stance, whereas three strong political incentives exist within the EU to reach an agreement – and soon. But Britain’s new prime minister must convince the EU that he is determined to leave on October 31 if it continues to refuse satisfactory renegotiation. A commonly heard view recently is that, no matter who emerges as the next prime minister of the United Kingdom — on current form almost certainly Boris Johnson — the European Union will continue to…
18 June 2019 - 15:53
Prorogation: The Historical Case for Constitutional Innovation
Should the prorogation of parliament be a possible course of action for a government? Is it an outrage against democracy and the constitution? Rory Stewart threatens direct action, and Matt Hancock declares that such a thing “goes against everything those men who fought their way up those [D-Day] beaches died for.” A leading constitutional historian looks here at the facts behind the hysteria. What, exactly, can a government do by exercising the royal prerogative? Like many great constitutional issues, this one exists in a grey area, grey for historical reasons. It is partly a consequence of old and seldom resolved disagreements about…
15 June 2019 - 15:25
It Makes No Sense to Throw Away your Strongest Card
"If the WA were to come into force, even if the UK would be nominally leaving the EU it would still be subject to all EU laws (including new ones), the jurisdiction of the ECJ, the decisions of EU institutions such as the Commission and EU Parliament"
15 June 2019 - 09:00
Rep. Thomas Massie Prevents House Skeleton Crew from Passing Legislation during Recess
You may think that the United States House of Representatives only passes legislation while in session when members have an opportunity to vote. Not so. On Tuesday, a small group of representatives on the House floor, while most representatives were far afield on recess, sought to quickly approve a 19 billion dollars disaster relief bill and a two-week extension of the National Flood Insurance Program. They would have succeeded, but for the fact that Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) objected on the House floor, preventing the legislation from being approved. Speaking briefly on the House floor to make his objection to passing the…
30 May 2019 - 10:38
Shocking Testimony to Congress Reveals Two-Fifths of Americans Have a Criminal Record
In testimony to the US Congress, Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute provided evidence on the numbers of Americans who have been arrested, convicted and incarcerated, and exposed the absence of official statistics on this basic point. Among the shocking statistics presented by Eberstadt to the Committee were the following: "[The] total number of US adults in this “convicted” population shot up from fewer than two million persons in 1948 to nearly 20 million in 2010" In 2016, 110 million Americans had "an arrest record with police authorities", up from 54 million in 1997. This equates to 44 percent…
24 May 2019 - 06:04
Orbán Accuses France of Tolerating No-Go Zones where Salafist Preachers Lay Down the Law
Viktor Orbán laid out his concerns about the persecution of Christians globally, and Europe's inability to protect its borders, in a meeting yesterday with Marc Fromager, National Director of Aid to the Church in Need. Mr. Fromager who has been to the Middle East on many occasions, said that radical Muslims mostly destroy holy objects and holy places. "For persecuted Christians the whole year is Lent, every single day is Good Friday, he said, adding that according to estimates some 200 million Christians, meaning 10 per cent of the followers of Christ are unable to exercise their faith in complete…
23 May 2019 - 19:53
Revisiting Ron Paul’s 1988 Case for Drug Legalization
Ron Paul helped many people discover libertarian ideas in his presidential campaigns. For me, during Dr. Paul’s 1988 presidential campaign, things worked the other way around. I was already familiar with libertarianism. And that familiarity led me to learn about Ron Paul. When Dr. Paul came through San Antonio, Texas in that campaign, I went to find out more about this man who was seeking the presidency under the Libertarian Party banner. Dr. Paul, that evening, presented an informative and interesting extemporaneous exploration of current events and his approach to them rooted in libertarian ideas. One of the things I…
23 May 2019 - 18:02
Plea Bargaining or Plea Extortion? Federalist Society Documentary Highlights “the Astonishing Array of Coercive Tools” Used to Extract Confessions in US Criminal Justice
"There does seem to be some bipartisan support for reform, but it remains to be seen whether oversight of the federal prosecutorial system can command any significant legislative attention."
25 April 2019 - 17:35