It is therefore most especially in the present democratic times that the true friends of the liberty and the greatness of man ought constantly to be on the alert, to prevent the power of government from lightly sacrificing the private rights of individuals to the general execution of its designs. At such times, no citizen is so obscure that it is not very dangerous to allow him to be oppressed; no private rights are so unimportant that they can be surrendered with impunity to the caprices of a government.
– Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy in America (1835)
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
July 23, 2024 Congressional Incompetence in Its Trump-Shooting Investigation
Members of Congress are besides themselves over the testimony of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle regarding the near-assassination of former president Trump. They are upset that Cheatle was unable to provide them with adequate explanations as to what appears to be incompetence at best and willful blindness, conscious indifference, or complicity at worst on the part of the Secret Service. But if incompetence ...
What Trump Didn't Say about NATO by Laurence M. Vance
During his first presidential campaign in 2016, former president and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump berated NATO member counties for failing to increase ...
SCOTUS Decision on Presidential Immunity by Future of Freedom Foundation
In this week’s Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision granting U.S. presidents immunity.
Should Bump Stocks Be Illegal?
by Laurence M. Vance
On October of 2017, a gunman in a hotel room on the Las Vegas Strip fired multiple guns from his hotel window on a crowd of 22,000 gathered for an outdoor country music festival....
How I Came to Investigate the Ian Freeman Case by Jacob G. Hornberger
I fully realize that my 3-part article “The Unjust Conviction of an Innocent Man: The Ian Freeman Case” is extremely long. I also know that many people prefer to read short articles online. However, I have absolutely no doubts that anyone who takes the time to read my entire article will reach one conclusion: An innocent man ...
As I pointed out in parts 1 and 2 of this article, the main thrust of the U.S. government’s case against Ian Freeman involved money-laundering and conspiracy to launder money....
