On #July4th, consider mulling over this interesting discussion by @DeAngelisCorey & @NealMcCluskey about #education, #government & #religion: http://bit.ly/2KvXgL0 @CatoInstitute #IndependenceDay2018
Scholars Aaron Barnes & @ishapiro from @CatoInstitute explain why right & necessary for #SCOTUS to overturn precedent in its #Janus decision. Read their comments now: http://bit.ly/2Kvtq8k #ThursdayThoughts
"Since 1776, when Adam Smith demonstrated the benefits of free trade, there has been little intellectual debate on the subject."
Read more: http://bit.ly/2lDa4QI @David_Boaz @CatoInstitute @CafeHayek #Economics #FreeTrade #ThursdayThoughts
"Lucia will go down as a case where the Court actually reads what the Constitution says and applies, regardless of what that might mean for efficiency of government."
Read @ishapiro's analysis of a recent ruling by #SCOTUS: http://bit.ly/2K4cvq6 @CatoInstitute #Constitution
In a 7-2 decision today, the #SupremeCourt struck down #Minnesota's blanket ban on wearing anything with a political insignia at a polling place. Find out the details via @CatoInstitute: http://bit.ly/2sSAzWv @TCBurrus #SCOTUS
Ancient & medieval thinkers generally took a pessimistic view of humanity's future. But this perspective has changed in modern times. Now we expect progress. Learn what changed: http://bit.ly/2JLILl8 @HumanProgress @feeonline #TuesdayThoughts
"We must resist solutions that embrace censorship, as hate speech laws fall hardest on those they aim to protect. Instead, we should favor the liberal solution, more speech..."
Read more: http://bit.ly/2HvryXH @JohnSamplesCato @CatoInstitute
"Property rights shouldn't be relegated to second-class status."
Read about recent legal wrangling to vindicate property rights: http://bit.ly/2LrxhjD @ishapiro @TCBurrus @CatoInstitute #Freedom
"If there be a time to expose through discussion the falsehood & fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence." -Nadine Strossen
Read more: http://bit.ly/2LP8gQJ @CatoInstitute #FreeSpeech #BookReview
Judge Neil Gorsuch commented in a recent #SCOTUS opinion: "Vague laws invite arbitrary power." Read more of what Gorsuch had to say about over-criminalization & arbitrary prosecution: http://bit.ly/2qK9Pqb @jay_schweikert @CatoInstitute #Freedom #ThursdayThoughts