Supreme Court Refuses to Limit Warrantless Surveillance

According to the Supreme Court, the legality of NSA mass surveillance can't even be legally challenged. This was the message the Court sent when it refused to take up Jewel v. NSA, allowing an appellate court decision to stand.

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Louisiana Further Expands Medical Marijuana Program Despite Federal Cannabis Prohibition

Together, the two new laws will allow medical marijuana patients from outside Louisiana to obtain medicinal cannabis in the state.

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St. Louis Bans No-Knock Warrants

Under the new policy, "No police officer, or any public safety official acting under the authority of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, shall seek, execute, or participate in the execution of a no-knock search warrant at any location within the boundaries of the City of St. Louis, Missouri." The order also prohibits St. Louis police from asking law enforcement agents outside of the city to execute no-knock warrants on their behalf.

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Path to Liberty: From the Founders and Old Revolutionaries

Going from despotism - living under the largest government in history - to liberty - isn’t going to be a cake walk. But we’ve got some great teachers on how to get from here to there: the Founders and Old Revolutionaries. In their words - telling the story of our foundation, our path to liberty.

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Federal Reserve’s Rate Increases: Too Little Too Late?

The return of stagflation will increase the growing movement to replace the dollar as the world reserve currency. This will be the final nail in the welfare-warfare-fiat money regime’s coffin. History shows that such a crisis usually results in people embracing some form of authoritarianism. However, if those of us who know the truth are effective in spreading the ideas of liberty, this crisis can result in a turning to the principles of minimal government and maximum liberty.

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Arbitrary Government: How the Founders Defined Tyranny

One of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence, the founders and old revolutionaries not only rejected the notion of “arbitrary” government, they considered it the definition of a tyranny.

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