New Jersey Libertarian Party

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Written by Various
Thursday, 13 March 2008
?Reforming Fourth Amendment Privacy Doctrine? (Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:54:51 +0000) Frankly, I don’t expect the scholars, lawyers, and judges who have been steeping in traditional Fourth Amendment doctrine their entire careers to get the thesis of my recent American University Law Review article. But you can! And, eventually, if I do enough work, they will. Here are some highlights from the introduction to “Reforming Fourth Amendment [...] The FBI Turns 100 (Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:22:41 +0000) This weekend the FBI will celebrate its 100th anniversary. As you might expect, the Bureau is trumpeting its record, i.e., the FBI has protected America from gangsters, Nazis, Communists, mobsters, terrorists, and so forth. The image has always been super-competent, super-honest agents who hunt down the evil-doers. But what about the actual record of the FBI? Sen. Charles [...] Pushing Help on Flood Victims (Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:19:41 +0000) In a recent Cato@Liberty post that I’m particularly proud of (because it’s about TV! - “TV is Great“), I pointed out an example where a midwestern farming couple victimized by the recent flooding weren’t expecting help from the government. Said Barb Boyer: We?ve always lived our life that we?re responsible for our own choices, our own destiny. [...] State Budget Problems Can Be Solved, Without Cuts (Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:09:56 +0000) Chris Edwards rightly takes the Wall Street Journal to task for its breathless report that ?the stumbling U.S. economy is forcing states to slash spending and cut jobs in order to close a projected $40 billion shortfall in the current fiscal year.? Like he says, smaller spending increases are ?certainly no crisis after the orgy of budget expansion in [...] Stewart Baker Crosses a Line - What?s the Strategy? (Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:58:30 +0000) I’ve been nothing if not dogged about responding to DHS’ advocacy for REAL ID and E-Verify. I’ve had fun responding to post after DHS post on the “Leadership Journal” blog promoting E-Verify. But I let one recent post from DHS Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker go by. Enough people have pointed me to it [...]