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Democrats Are Talking About 'Freedom' Because Voters Really Like Freedom

And probably because Republicans have foolishly abandoned it as a unifying theme.

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What Walz and Vance Get Wrong About Opportunity and Mobility

Walz is wrong to attack Vance for leaving home to go to Yale. Vance is wrong to support policies that would close off similar opportunities to others.

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Michigan Judge Handcuffed and Jailed a Teen for Falling Asleep During a Field Trip

Judge Kenneth King is facing a lawsuit for punishing a 15-year-old who visited his courtroom with his "own version of Scared Straight.''

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Unusual Fraud Claim Against Scientific Co-Author Over Alleged Research Problems Fizzles Out

The claim was brought too late, the court holds, and the associated defamation claim is barred by the judicial proceeding privilege.

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"The Best Man," Sixty Years Later

Gore Vidal's classic film on presidential nominations holds up

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Freedom House Report Highlights Use of Mobility Restrictions as a Tool of Repression

Authoritarian states increasingly resort to this tactic. Immigration restrictions enacted by liberal democracies exacerbate the problem.

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Jane Coaston: What Is 'Freedom' to Democrats?

The New York Times contributor discusses the Democratic National Convention and the rhetoric of "freedom" on Just Asking Questions.

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Presidents Don't Create Jobs, No Matter What Bill Clinton Said

Dynamic economies operate independently of the political party of whoever was elected most recently.

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Tim Walz Keeps Lying

About IVF, his military service, and more.

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Why Is the U.S. Military Buying Tinder Ads in Lebanon?

Uncle Sam is resorting to some unusual methods to support the Israeli war effort.

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Can Law Forbid Threatening Judges with Impeachment Because of Their Votes?

Donald Trump, Rick Perry, and more.

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Party of COVID-19 Authoritarianism Improbably Rebrands as 'Party of Freedom'

Democrats campaigning both on their pandemic record and minding your own damn business: Pick one.

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Trump and Harris' Economic Plans Are Depressingly Similar

Both campaigns represent variations on a theme of big, fiscally irresponsible, hyper-interventionist government.

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Kamala Harris' Affordability Agenda Is a Good Idea Backed by Terrible Policies

Americans need a politician dedicated to unwinding decades of government interventions that have driven up the cost of middle-class living.

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The Dumb and Dumber of Kamala's 'Greedflation' Narrative

The American economy is robustly competitive. The federal government could just mess it up.

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Can't Get Case Sealed Just Because "People Ask Me About [It]"

The plaintiff says she "thought the whole time it was going to be confidential"—but court cases are public.

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Democrats Aren't the Freedom Party

Plus: RFK Jr.'s exit, anti-Israel protesters at the DNC, and more...

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First Amendment Doesn't Protect Speech That Solicits a Specific Crime

Calling for the burning of a particular mosque, for instance, or the bombing of a particular police station, or the killing of a particular person (politician, police officer, activist, or anyone else) may be constitutionally unprotected solicitation.

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Mission to Israel Part IX: The Nova Music Festival

Imagine if 400 people were killed in cold blood at Burning Man.

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"All the Craziness … Needs to Stop Totally"

The heading of the post comes from a 2019 Wisconsin restraining order case. The judge there ordered a woman "to cease posting any information about your parents on social media referencing indirectly or directly reference either one of them"—not just defamatory speech, or threatening speech, or otherwise constitutionally protected speech,…

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Who Is the Real Kamala Harris? A Big Government Liberal.

Harris has flip-flopped on many issues, but she's been consistent on her desire to spend more of your money.

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 22, 1998

8/22/1998: On August 22, 1998, Barry Black led a Ku Klux Klan rally in Carroll County, Virginia. The Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of his prosecution for cross burning in Virginia v. Black (20030.

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Brickbat: Don't Even Look

In Belfast, Northern Ireland, Judge Francis Rafferty says he will deny bail to everyone arrested near a riot, even if they did not take part in violence or property damage and were there only as a "curious observer." "Anybody involving themselves in this type of behaviour, this type of disorder,…

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An Over-Orchestrated Rebellion: Dispatch From the DNC

An anticlimactic protest in Chicago reveals a tired approach to modern activism.

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How Does the Democratic Party Actually Feel About Billionaires?

Sen. Bernie Sanders calls them "oligarchs," while Gov. J.B. Pritzker gets cheers when touting his own billionaire status.

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