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James V. DeLong at the Competitive Enterprise Institute - The Dispute is Over, Maybe...: Early last Monday morning, Jeb Bush signed a formal Certificate of Ascertainment appointing the presidential Electors pledged to George Bush and sent it by registered mail to the Archivist of the United States. According to Mr. DeLong, this means that if the House decides to honor this appointment, which is likely, everything else is moot. [market]
Charley Reese at the Orlando Sentinel - At the mercy of the whims of politicians: Charley derides the end of the rule of law in America. As examples he uses the Florida presidential election and the plunder of America's tobacco companies. [lew]
As the Florida Supreme Court already has demonstrated, the law is immaterial when judges decide that they can legislate the outcome they want under the guise of interpretation. This practice, which has systematically dismantled our federal republic, introduces all the vices of rule by men -- uncertainty, arbitrariness and unpredictability.We are now like people forced to live under a dictatorship. We can never be sure that, when he wakes up, the dictator won't frown upon what he previously smiled upon or smile upon what he previously frowned upon. We are at the mercy of his whims. Today, Americans are at the mercy of the whims of politicians who wear black robes and pretend to be judges.
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Which man the roll of the legal dice will put into the White House remains to be seen.
Ryan McMaken at LewRockwell.com - If You're Lucky you can avoid federal regulators. There are so many laws and regulations on the books today that any business that was in compliance with all of them would have no hope of staying in business. The only reason any business is successul is that the federal regulatory agencies don't have enough money to enforce all of their rules. [lew]
Bob Murphy at LewRockwell.com - Chaos Theory: Mr. Murphy is an anarchist. He does a good job of explaining the difference between anarchy, the lack of government, and chaos, people shooting each other in the streets. Each can exist with and without the other. He prefers anarchy without chaos, a good description of liberty. [picks]
I should also mention that anarchy is not a good of itself; what I really desire is the truly free society. It's just that, in my opinion, only anarchy can achieve this. So, in terms of ethics or morality, I would say the highest end is freedom. But in terms of political science -- dealing with forms of government -- I would say the goal is anarchy. (To quote my friend's bumper sticker: "There's no government like no government.") This is somewhat analogous to the approach of Friedrich Hayek, who believed in democracy as the best means to a (relatively) free society. Although he was wrong in this conclusion, he was not so naive as to worship democracy per se.
William M. Brinton at us-history.com - Is George W. Bush Eligible? Ain't law fun? [brianf]
The Republic of Texas is a sovereign government whose citizens may not seek election as president in the United States, an adjoining country. George W. Bush is a citizen of the Republic of Texas and is constitutionally barred from being President of the United States.
John Velleco at GOA via KeepAndBearArms.com - Brady Law Needs Repeal, Not Tougher Enforcement: Komrade Klinton has been calling recently for tougher enforcement of the Brady Law. Gun control laws don't work. In fact, exactly the opposite: [kaba]
England has a nearly total gun ban and has found that its violent crime rate is now higher than that of the United States. Their police estimate that some 3,000,000 illegal guns are in the country. The Manchester media have relabeled their city 'Gunchester.'
Jim Vertuno of AP via the Dallas Morning News - Suit over seat-belt arrest reaches high court: a Texas woman is fighting hard over a $100 towing fee she received because of a seatbelt check. [market]
