Jun
17
A Nation of Law Breakers
June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I’m always annoyed when I hear someone back their position with the “We are a nation of laws” argument. I see this frequently in the immigration debate. Those opposed to immigration will many times argue that undocumented immigrants have already “broken the law” just by being here so they should have no legal rights at [...]
May
27
Yesterday, President Obama announced that he had chosen Sonia Sotomayor as his first selection to the U.S. Supreme Court. In her short statement, one sentence stood out. This one statement should be enough to eliminate anyone from a court appointment. But beyond this, it should reveal that government has no moral right to exist and [...]
May
15
Free Speech Further Defined and Limited
May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The name of this blog is Make No Laws. Voltairine de Cleyre said, Make no laws whatever concerning speech, and speech will be free; so soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free, you will have a hundred lawyers proving that “freedom does not mean abuse, nor liberty license”; and [...]