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Category Archives: The Courts
Thoughts of Employment Testing and Liability
Recently, Yaron Brook published interesting commentary about the Aunt Becky college admissions scandal. He shared an anecdote about a conversation with company executives about why they don’t test job candidates in order to qualify them for employment. Here is Brook’s … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Economics, Political Discussions, The Courts
Tagged Aunt Becky, Certification, College, EEOC
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Question 12: Should the Government Force a Man to Pay Child Support?
Recently, via the Leonard Peikoff podcast, Yaron Brook answered the question, “Should the Government Force a Man to Pay Child Support?” While I almost always agree with Dr. Brook, in this response, he got the answer wrong. In fairness to … Continue reading
Posted in The Courts
Tagged abortion, accidental pregnancy, birth control, causality, child support, choice, Diana Hsieh, Individual Rights, jiz, pregnancy, probability, risk, Saving Silverman, sex, unwanted pregnancy, vaginal sex, volition, Yaron Brook
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When a cop gives you a traffic ticket, is that money in his pocket? In Georgia, yes.
The Augusta Chronicle reports that 5% of the money collected from traffic tickets go to a supplemental pension fund called Georgia Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund. That’s right folks; that is money in the officer’s pocket eventually. The more … Continue reading
Question #5: Are compulsory juries moral?
I have encountered the following questions many times; writing about it is an old old old to do task on my correct-the-naughty list. As it has come up again recently, from yet another otherwise reasonable person, let me bang this … Continue reading
Posted in The Courts
Tagged complusion, jury duty, jury service, Libertarian, Supreme Court
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Are Government Regulations Inherently Illegitimate?
In the TOS blog, Michael A. LaFerrera has a post titled, “Where does Valid Law End and Regulation Begin?” It is a relevant question with an easy answer, but the post’s analysis totally misses the mark in my opinion. The … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, President, The Courts
Tagged Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, regulation
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Selfish Citizenship 