Gun Rights Groups File Suit Against Sheriffs in North Carolina and California for Closure of Gun Stores
Article from The Washington Free Beacon by Stephen Gutkowski. The suits come in the wake of California governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to allow local authorities to close gun stores under his emergency lockdown order. Los…
State and Local Governments use Threats of Fines, Arrest, Lost Licenses to Bolster Containment Orders
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Some state and local governments have decided to use scarce law enforcement resources to enforce social distancing. According to news reports, Chicago Mayor…
One Upside of a Pandemic: Exposing ‘Useless Laws’
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. If there’s a genuine, long-term good to come out of the virus crisis, it’s the number of laws and regulations governments have suspended…
The Stimulus Feeding Frenzy
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Congress and the White House may be very close to agreement on a $2 trillion stimulus package, but the details on what’s inside…
The big CON That Caps Hospital Beds and Health Care Resources
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. One of the major worries about the COVID-19 outbreak is that local hospitals will be overwhelmed with patients, leading to shortages– and rationing…
REPORT DOJ Asks Congress for Indefinite Detention Powers
Article from Reason by Eric Boehm. The Justice Department is using the COVID-19 outbreak to press for sweeping new powers that include being able to detain Americans indefinitely without a…
EXCLUSIVE Government Overreach to the Coronavirus Crisis Endangers American’s Constitutional Rights
Article from For Liberty by For Liberty Staff. **This is an opinion piece and does not reflect the opinion of For Liberty.** In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, states and…
Examining the Police Power of State and Local Governments
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The list of state and local officials shutting down restaurants, bars, gyms, and other private businesses in order to stem the spread of…
The Quiet Senate Assault on end-to-end Encryption
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Not all of official Washington’s attention is concentrated on spending money in response to the coronavirus outbreak. In the Senate, for example, a…
Here Come the Bailouts
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Congress and the White House are already working on what would be the third fiscal response to the coronavirus epidemic. While the price…