Donald Trump legally pays hush money and prosecutors try to fashion a crime from it. However, if a president lies and thousands of people die, it is called foreign policy.
Original Article: "Presidents Are Legally Immune for Their Most Dangerous Crimes"
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While US taxpayers pay billions for military missions around the world in the name of “keeping us safe,” the federal government fails to keep residents of the nation’s capital safe from violent crime.
Original Article: Forget Being the World's Policeman; the Federal Government Can't Even Keep DC Safe
David Gordon explains Murray Rothbard's famous assertion that laws against libel and slander should not be on the books.
Original Article: Rothbard on Suits for Defamation
Some small municipalities in Pennsylvania have disbanded their police departments, so others want to tax them for “depending” on state police. There is an even better course of action: allow private policing.
Original Article: Police Mergers Are Not the Answer, but Privatization Is
Governments are using intimidation to regulate independent journalists on the decentralized internet.
Original Article: The State against Anonymity
The ruling classes have determined that crimes are political in nature. Thus, Donald Trump faces criminal charges while actual crimes by other presidents go uncharged and unpunished.
Original Article: Let's Examine Some REAL Crimes Committed by Presidents
Obamacare's forced electronic medical recordkeeping is denying patients the care they need.
Original Article: Physician Burnout: Another Consequence of Medical Socialism
Lawyers for two of the Proud Boys convicted for their role in the January 6 assault on the Capitol are filing appeals claiming that they are being subject to a "trial tax," being punished for rejecting a plea deal offer. Bob uses the occasion to explain his long-standing objection to plea deals.
Article on the 'Trail Tax' Imposed on the Proud Boys: Mises.org/HAP413a Ex-Proud Boys Leader Sentenced Despite Not Being in Washington on Jan. 6th: Mises.org/HAP413b Twitter Thread on Plea Deals and Justice: Mises.org/HAP413c
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The DOJ claims that it has "protected" consumers by standing in the way of a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines. The only thing the DOJ protected was higher-cost flying.
Original Article: "Flying into Foolishness: The DOJ "Saves" Consumers from Low-Cost Airlines"
In a free society, political crimes like treason and "seditious libel" are few and far between. Under despotic regimes, on the other hand, political crimes multiply.
Original Article: "Why Governments Love Political "Crimes" Like Treason and Sedition"
The regime has increasingly been consumed with paranoia over threats to itself—propagandistically termed "threats to democracy"—while real crime against private citizens is clearly not a priority at all.
Original Article: "The State Protects Itself While Crime against Ordinary People Surges"
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