How to Avoid the Obamacare Penalty, and Have Inexpensive Health Care

Is there a way around Obamacare? There is, and it saves you money. Tom Woods spoke to Dale Bellis of Liberty HealthShare on his show yesterday. Listen below! Is the show useful to you? Keep the show going by joining Tom as a Supporting Listener – get transcripts of all the interviews, plus special discounts at a bunch of liberty-friendly retailers!…

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Yes, people are really like this.

From the “you’re glad you’re not in my line of work” files: Sometimes when you send out a press release to 500-700 national reporters and alternative media contacts, you get no responses. Sometimes, you get a handful. And sometimes you get a lot of them. And sometimes, you get a phone call on a Friday…

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Don’t Trust Congress. Ever.

Here’s something that cannot be repeated enough. In just the last week, Congress failed – once again – to do anything right. And, they failed on two of the biggest issues of the day. As expected, they gutted the USA Freedom Act, which now only sounds good but actually puts into law that NSA surveillance…

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NSA Empowered by USA Freedom Act

The USA Freedom Act was lauded as a great first step in trying to stop the abuses of the NSA. However, to even pass out of committee many changes altered the initial text of the bill. These changes didn’t improve privacy. And, unfortunately that’s just half of it. The amended bill which passed the House…

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Amicus Brief in Tuaua v. United States

Last week I joined a group of distinguished scholars on this amicus brief filed in support of plaintiffs/appellants in Tuaua v. United States, the Samoan citizenship case now at the D.C. Circuit.  As I’ve discussed before, the issue is whether the Constitution allows the United States to treat inhabitants of American Samoa (a U.S. territory) as something less than American citizens…

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New Law: Minn. Governor signs bill to ban warrantless cellphone tracking

ST. PAUL, Min., – May 22, 2014. A bipartisan bill which bans Minnesota law enforcement from obtaining cellphone location tracking information without a warrant was signed into law by Gov. Mark Dayton last Friday. SF2466 was introduced by Sen. Brandon Petersen (R-Andover) and cosponsored by two democrat and two republican senators. It passed the House…

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Surprisingly, FDA gets the commerce clause right?

A May 16th Food and Drug Administration news release reported that U.S. Marshals had seized more than $11,185,000 worth of unapproved drugs. They did this at the request of the FDA because the medications are unapproved and misbranded drugs under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The FDA complaint for forfeiture in paragraph 3…

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California Fourth Amendment Protection Act: “This Could Be Huge!”

A Los Angeles TV news reporter said a California bill to prohibit state cooperation with unconstitutional and illegal spying “could be huge.” Known as the 4th Amendment Protection Act, SB828 passed the California Senate 29-0. “It’s a bill that basically tells the federal government, ‘If you are going to spy on American cell phones without…

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