Montana Voters Approve Constitutional Amendment to Treat Electronic Data as “Persons, Houses, Papers and Possessions”

Montana voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment that elevates the privacy of a person’s electronic communications and data to the same level as “persons, houses, papers and possessions.”

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Missouri Voters Legalize Adult-Use Marijuana Despite Federal Prohibition

All of this is illegal according to the federal government, and creates an environment for the people of Missouri to further nullify the unconstitutional federal prohibition in practice and effect.

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Iowa Voters Amend State Constitution to Support the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Passage will make it more difficult for the state to implement gun control, and also foster an environment more hostile to federal gun control.

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Maryland Voters Legalize Adult-Use Marijuana Despite Ongoing Federal Cannabis Prohibition

Maryland voters approved a ballot measure legalizing adult-use marijuana in the state despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition.

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Illegitimate Government: John Locke on Tyranny

Few people were more influential on the founders and old revolutionaries than John Locke. And his Two Treatises help us understand how they saw the difference between legitimate government - and the other kind - tyranny.

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Your Rights Trump Federal Power

In other words, if there is any doubt about whether the federal government should do something, the answer should always be no. The rights of the people should always trump the powers of the federal government.

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The Government and Race

This week, the Supreme Court of the United States is confronting yet again an issue that has bedeviled it for the past 30 years: the use of racial quotas by government-owned universities and private universities that accept government funding.

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