Thomas DiLorenzo on the Tom Woods Show
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Arrest for “Hate-Based Threats to Kill News Reporter and Her Family”
From a Nov. 15, 2024 Justice Department press release, a summary of the allegations: On Friday, November 8, 2024, SUMAN sent messages over Facebook and email threatening a news reporter based in Orange County, New York. “You are a dumb spick, we [are] coming for you,” he said. “I will end you and your family.” […]
Why Deflation Good for the Economy
Mainstream economists are united against deflation, wh Read More Article from Mises Institute
Court Rejects Title VI Lawsuit Over Alleged Anti-Semitism at Haverford College
From today’s decision by Judge Gerald McHugh (E.D. Pa.) in Landau v. Corp. of Haverford College: [A] litany of complaints related in a general way to the same subject—in this instance the serious problem of antisemitism—is not the same thing as a legally cognizable complaint pled in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure…. […]
Lawsuit Challenges Vermont Climate Program
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute sued the state of Vermont in federal court last week over its Climate Superfund Act. The plaintiffs argue that the law violates both the U.S. Constitution and the federal Clean Air Act. If they prevail, other state superfunds, such as New York’s, are likely to face […]
Stop Overprotecting the Children, Say Courts in Tennessee and California
The courts have blocked two bad tech laws, just in the nick of time. Both measures—in Tennessee, requiring proof of age to view adult content online, and in California, restricting social media features for minors—were set to take effect January 1. California’s Anti-Algorithm Law Is on Hold In California, a court put the Protecting Our […]
Don’t Pardon Michael Byrd. Indict Him Instead.
The Washington, D.C., establishment is, needless to say, up in arms over President-elect Trump’s plans to pardon the protestors who stormed the Capitol on January 6 four years ago. After hundreds of criminal prosecutions and sometimes long jail sentences meted out by federal judges, Trump’s pardons will be upending not only the entire prosecution-and-conviction scheme […]
Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike Hurts Workers
Seattle’s minimum wage increased to $20.76 per hour on Wednesday, and at least one business has already closed because of it. Seattle adopted the Minimum Wage Ordinance in June 2014, amending the city’s municipal code to implement yearly increases from January 1, 2016, through January 1, 2025. The law distinguished “Schedule 1” employers, which have […]
David Hommrich Wins Case (Now Called Hommrich); Legislator Files Memo About “Closing the Hommrich Loophole”; Hommrich Sues for Defamation
Here’s Mr. Hommrich’s argument, as quoted in the Pennsylvania Record (Nicholas Malfitano) early last year: “Plaintiff Hommrich is a pioneer in the development and production of solar energy within the Commonwealth, and his company has worked to further develop the use of solar energy as a sustainable and environmentally prudent alternative energy resource in Pennsylvania. […]
Arrest for “Hate-Based Threats to Kill News Reporter and Her Family”
From a Nov. 15, 2024 Justice Department press release, a summary of the allegations: On Friday, November 8, 2024, SUMAN sent messages over Facebook and email threatening a news reporter based in Orange County, New York. “You are a dumb spick, we [are] coming for you,” he said. “I will end you and your family.” […]
Why Deflation Good for the Economy
Mainstream economists are united against deflation, wh Read More Article from Mises Institute
Court Rejects Title VI Lawsuit Over Alleged Anti-Semitism at Haverford College
From today’s decision by Judge Gerald McHugh (E.D. Pa.) in Landau v. Corp. of Haverford College: [A] litany of complaints related in a general way to the same subject—in this instance the serious problem of antisemitism—is not the same thing as a legally cognizable complaint pled in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure…. […]
Lawsuit Challenges Vermont Climate Program
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute sued the state of Vermont in federal court last week over its Climate Superfund Act. The plaintiffs argue that the law violates both the U.S. Constitution and the federal Clean Air Act. If they prevail, other state superfunds, such as New York’s, are likely to face […]
Stop Overprotecting the Children, Say Courts in Tennessee and California
The courts have blocked two bad tech laws, just in the nick of time. Both measures—in Tennessee, requiring proof of age to view adult content online, and in California, restricting social media features for minors—were set to take effect January 1. California’s Anti-Algorithm Law Is on Hold In California, a court put the Protecting Our […]
Don’t Pardon Michael Byrd. Indict Him Instead.
The Washington, D.C., establishment is, needless to say, up in arms over President-elect Trump’s plans to pardon the protestors who stormed the Capitol on January 6 four years ago. After hundreds of criminal prosecutions and sometimes long jail sentences meted out by federal judges, Trump’s pardons will be upending not only the entire prosecution-and-conviction scheme […]
Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike Hurts Workers
Seattle’s minimum wage increased to $20.76 per hour on Wednesday, and at least one business has already closed because of it. Seattle adopted the Minimum Wage Ordinance in June 2014, amending the city’s municipal code to implement yearly increases from January 1, 2016, through January 1, 2025. The law distinguished “Schedule 1” employers, which have […]
David Hommrich Wins Case (Now Called Hommrich); Legislator Files Memo About “Closing the Hommrich Loophole”; Hommrich Sues for Defamation
Here’s Mr. Hommrich’s argument, as quoted in the Pennsylvania Record (Nicholas Malfitano) early last year: “Plaintiff Hommrich is a pioneer in the development and production of solar energy within the Commonwealth, and his company has worked to further develop the use of solar energy as a sustainable and environmentally prudent alternative energy resource in Pennsylvania. […]