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Remember the Alamo
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Repeal not Revision
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Free Speech or Property Rights?
Over the past decade (and perhaps longer) there has been a trend for business owners to claim that a law violates their free speech rights. A recent example comes from Oregon, where the owner of a vape shop is claiming that regulations prohibiting him from describing the contents of the products that he sells violates his…
The Problem Isn’t Term Limits
ByjbpThis was originally posted on Live Oaks on August 12, 2010. Comments have not been migrated. The Chronicle’s editorial on Wednesday again voiced opposition to term limits: We continue to believe they entail needless public cost for staging elections while denying the best officials the opportunity to continue serving the city. The system prevents citizens…
Should “Corner Crossing” be Legal?
The owner of a Wyoming ranch is appealing a judge’s ruling that “corner crossing” is legal. Corner crossing is the practice of going from one parcel of “public” land to another via privately owned land. The plaintiffs in the case relied on the Unlawful Inclosure Act of 1885, which prevents a private landowner from blocking…
Strange Bedfellows
It is said that politics sometimes makes strange bedfellows. Politicians who seem to oppose one another on virtually every issue can occasionally agree on one particular issue. In this instance, the bedfellows aren’t two opposing politicians, but two politicians and property rights. Democratic representatives Ruben Gallego of Arizona and Beto O’Rourke of Texas recently announced…