It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong (44 page)

Whatever merits, if any, this book has are the result of all those whose intellects I consulted. Whatever faults it has are mine and mine alone.

Notes

Introduction

1
.
On Free Choice of the Will
, book one, section 5.

2
. Andrew P. Napolitano,
Dred Scott's Revenge: A Legal History of Race and Freedom in America
(Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2009), 252.

3
. Randy E. Barnett, “The Imperative of Natural Rights in Today's World,”
The Good Society
12, no. 3 (2003).

4
. Murray N. Rothbard,
The Ethics of Liberty
(Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1982).

5
.
Supra
note 2.

6
.
Summa Theologica
: “Of Human Law,” trans. 1947 by Fathers of the English Dominican Province.

7
. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream” speech, 1963,
http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html
, emphasis added.

8
. D
ECLARATION OF
I
NDEPENDENCE
, para. 1, 1776.

9
.
V for Vendetta
(Warner Bros., 2006).

Chapter 1

1
. Ayn Rand,
The Fountainhead
(New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943).

2
.
Law Notes
, vol. 5 (1902),
http://google.co.uk/books?id=wxwqA
.

3
. “When Pure Democracy Fails,”
The Green Libertarian
, August 7, 2010,
http://greenlibertarian.net/index.php/news/301-when-pure-democracy-fails
.

4
. James Madison,
Federalist
No. 10, 1787.

5
. This full interview is available at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-5_pv8csMY
.

6
. D
ECLARATION OF
I
NDEPENDENCE
, para. 2, 1776.

Chapter 2

1
. David King, “Eminent Domain Changes Seek to Limit State's Power to Seize Property,”
Gotham Gazette
, February 4, 2010.

2
. Ibid.

3
. Karen Freifeld, “Columbia University's Harlem Expansion Is Upheld by New York's Top Court,”
Bloomberg
, June 25, 2010.

4
. James V. DeLong,
Property Matters: How Property Rights Are Under Assault—and Why You Should Care
(New York: Freedom Press, 1997).

5
. Roger Pilon,
Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress
(Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 2003).

6
. Tarso Ramos, “Regulatory Takings and Private Property Rights,” Political Research Associates, 1995,
www.publiceye.org/eyes/privprop.html
.

7
. Walter Block, “Rent Control,” Library of Economics and Liberty,
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/RentControl.html
.

8
. Ibid.

Chapter 3

1
.
Beauharnais v. Illinois
, 343 U.S. 250, 287 (1952).

2
. James Madison, “The Question of a Bill of Rights,” 1788,
http://www.constitution.org/jm/17881017_bor.htm
.

3
. Geoffrey R. Stone et al.,
The First Amendment
(New York: Aspen Publishers, 2008), 20.

4
.
Schenck v. United States
, 249 U.S. 47 (1919).

5
.
Frohwerk v. United States
, 249 U.S. 204 (1919);
Debs v. United States
, 249 U.S. 211 (1919).

6
.
Frohwerk v. United States
, 249 U.S. 204 (1919).

7
.
Supra
note 3 at 30.

8
.
Brandenburg v. Ohio
, 395 U.S. 444, 446 (1969).

9
. Ibid., emphasis added.

10
.
Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee
, 130 S. Ct. 876 (2010).

11
.
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
, 130 S. Ct. 2705 (2010).

Chapter 4

1
. Dan Ackman, “The Case of the Fat Aerobics Instructor,”
Forbes
, May 9, 2002,
http://www.forbes.com/2002/05/09/0509portnick.html
.

2
. Ibid.

3
. Ibid.

4
. George Getz, “Fat Law Should Be Repealed,”
Ifeminists.com
, May 14, 2002,
http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/0514b.html
.

5
. U.S. C
ONST
., A
MEND
. I.

6
. John Rawls,
Political Liberalism
(New York: Columbia University Press, 1993).

7
. Thomas Paine,
Rights of Man
, 1791.

8
. Walter E. Williams, “The Right to Discriminate,”
Townhall.com
, June 2, 2010,
http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2010/06/02/the_right_to_discriminate
.

9
. Laurence M. Vance, “Discrimination and a Free Society,”
Lewrockwell.com
, June 5, 2010,
http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance205.html
.

10
. Roger Pilon, “Crucial Line Between Public, Private Discrimination Missing from Law,” Cato Institute, May 30, 2003,
www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3129
.

11
.
Plessy v. Ferguson
, 163 U.S. 537 (1896). It held that “separate, but equal” train cars for blacks and whites are constitutional. It has since been overturned by
Brown v. Board of Education
, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).

12
. John Stossel, “Fight Bigotry without Government,”
Reason
, June 3, 2010,
http://reason.com/archives/2010/06/03/fight-bigotry-without-government
.

13
. Ibid.

14
. Jacob Hornberger, “Rand Paul, Civil Rights, and More Liberal Hypocrisy on Race,” Campaign for Liberty, May 22, 2010,
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=875
.

15
. John Stossel, “O'Reilly Tonight: Freedom of Association,”
Foxbusiness.com
, May 25, 2010,
http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/05/25/oreilly-tonight-freedom-of-association
/.

16
. Krissah Thompson and Dan Balz, “Rand Paul Comments About Civil Rights Stir Controversy,”
Washington Post
, May 21, 2010.

17
. Charles W. Baird, “On Freedom of Association: Why Doesn't Freedom of Association Apply in Labor Markets?”
The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty
52, no. 7 (July 7, 2002).

18
. Ibid.

19
. Ibid.

20
. Ibid.

21
. Ibid.

22
. Ibid.

23
. Ibid.

24
. Walter E. Williams, “The Right to Deal,” George Mason University, September 22, 2003,
http://econfaculty.gmu.eu/wew/articles/03/deal.html
.

Chapter 5

1
. “TSA Detains Official from Ron Paul Group,”
Washington Times
, April 6, 2009.

2
.
Saenz v. Roe
, 526 U.S. 489 (1999).

3
.
Shapiro v. Thompson
, 394 U.S. 618 (1969).

4
. Ibid.

5
. Robert Higgs,
Resurgence of the Warfare State: The Crisis Since 9/11
(Oakland, CA: Independent Institute, 2005), 36.

6
. Ibid., 38.

7
. “Bomb Parts Pass Checkpoints at 21 U.S. Airports,”
ABCnews.com
, March 17, 2006,
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1735898
.

8
. Ibid..

9
. Becky Akers, “Unshakable Faith,”
Lewrockwell.com
, January 11, 2010,
http://www.lewrockwell.com/akers/akers118.html
.

10
.
New York City Transit—History and Chronology
, Metropolitan Transportation Authority,
http://www.mta.info/nyct/facts/ffhist.htm
.

11
. Joan Gralla, “NY Subway Fares to Rise; Most Service Cuts Spared,” Reuters, May 11, 2009,
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE54A5QF20090511
.

12
. Albor Ruiz, “Immigration Laws Are Breaking Families Apart, Deporting Too Many Parents with US-born Children,”
New York Daily News
, July 9, 2009,
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/07/09/2009-07-09_immigration_laws_are_breaking_families_apart_deporting_too_many_parents_with_usb.html
.

13
. David R. Henderson, “Raising the Minimum Wage Will Discourage Migration? It Just Ain't So!”
The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty
56, no. 9 (November 2006).

14
. Dr. Ron Paul, “Immigration and the Welfare State,”
Lewrockwell.com
, August 9, 2005,
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul269.html
.

15
. Steve Chapman, “Immigration and Crime: There's Nothing to Fear from Illegal Immigrants,”
Reason
, February 22, 2010,
http://reason.com/archives/2010/02/22/immigration-and-crime
.

16
. Ibid.

17
. Steve Chapman, “Legalize Immigration: It's Time to Focus on Letting Illegal Immigrants In,”
Reason
, May 31, 2010,
http://reason.com/archives/2010/05/31/legalize-immigration
.

18
. Ibid.

19
. Thomas Kaplan, “Bid for Trophy Becomes a Test of Iroquois Identity,”
NewYork Times
, July 12, 2010, A16.

Chapter 6

1
. Charlie D'Agata, “Bloomberg Wants ‘Big Brother Britain' for NYC,”
LA Overview
, May 12, 2010,
http://www.laoverview.com/a7827-mayor-bloomberg-wants-big-brother-britain-for-nyc
.

2
. “Arizona Governor Proposes Ballot Measure to Save Speed Cameras,” The
truthaboutcars.com
, January 18, 2010,
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/arizona-governor-proposes-ballot-measure-to-save-speed-cameras
/.

3
. Ibid.

4
. Thom Hartmann, “Dear Clarence Thomas: It Happened on July 4, 1776,”
Liberty Mulch
, July 4, 2003,
http://www.libertymulch.org/articles/030703_hartman_thom.html
.

5
. U.S. C
ONST
. A
MEND
. IV, emphasis added.

6
. U.S. C
ONST
. A
MEND
. IX.

7
. See Randy Barnett, “A Law Professor's Guide to Natural Law and Natural Rights,” 20 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 655 (1997).

8
.
Whalen v. Roe
, 429 U.S. 589, 598–600 (1977).

9
. Despite Justice Brandeis's progressive thinking on many issues, and whose views I rarely agree with, he was dead-on in his views of privacy.

10
. Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis, “The Right to Privacy,” 4 Harv. L. Rev. 1931890.

11
. Ibid., 195.

12
.
Olmstead v. United States
, 277 U.S. 438, 478 (1928) (emphasis added).

13
.
Loving v. Virginia
, 388 U.S. 1 (1967).

14
. Stephanie Coontz, “Taking Marriage Private,”
New York Times
, November 26, 2007,
www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/opinion/26coontz.html
.

15
. Ibid.

16
. Ellis Cose, “One Drop of Bloody History,”
Newsweek
, February 13, 1995, 70.

17
. See
supra
note 13.

18
. Ibid., 12.

19
.
DOMA Watch
,
http://www.domawatch.org/index.php
.

20
. Ibid.

21
.
Gill v. Office of Pers. Mgmt
., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67874 at *11 (D. Mass. July 8, 2010).

22
. Ibid.

23
. Igor Volsky, “Court Finds DOMA Unconstitutional, Say It Forces MA to ‘Violate the Equal Protection Rights of Its Citizens,'”
ThinkProgress.org
, July 8, 2010,
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/07/08/mass-doma-case
/; see also
Massachusetts v. United States HHS
, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67927 (D. Mass. July 8, 2010) and
Gill v. Office of Pers. Mgmt
., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67874 (D. Mass. July 8, 2010).

24
. U.S. C
ONST
. A
MEND
. X.

25
.
Massachusetts v. United States HHS
, at 11.

26
. Ibid. 39.

27
. Ibid., 50.