“Negative rights signal the core of natural law in the American tradition, also known as our Bill of Rights. Without them, the Constitution might never have been ratified, or we might be a very different country today. Most of us can list them—the right to free speech, the right to keep and bear arms, the right to a trial by a jury of our peers, etc.—but what are they really? This is one of those concepts that gets tossed around but is never fully explained. Worse, there’s little said about the origins of negative rights, which limits most people’s ability to understand their meaning or appreciate their usefulness.”
“Negative rights, as opposed to positive ones, negate what the government can do to you, such as invade your home, fine you for saying the wrong thing, or take away the weapons you need to defend yourself against criminals—and government officials.”
Our French Revolution: We are in a Jacobin Revolution of the sort that in 1793-94 nearly destroyed France. And things are getting scary.
The Democratic Party vanished sometime in 2020.
It was absorbed by hard-left ideologues. 🇺🇸🚨 RealClearPolitics realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/…
They were bent on radically altering, or hijacking, existing institutions to force radical, equality-of-result agendas that otherwise do not earn majority support.
The American people want affordable power and fuel and energy autonomy. They do not want a Green New Deal that results in dependence on the Middle East.
As Julie Kelly, who has covered the January 6 trials extensively, reports, there are at least ten informants now known to have been involved in the Proud Boys — more than twice the five defendants who are on trial.
One shocking revelation last week was that one FBI informant, Jen Loh, a member of Latinos for Trump, had been in close contact with the defendants and their legal team throughout the trial, potentially compromising their constitutional rights.
Afghanistan Marine veteran, 38, is shot dead by his two Uber passengers in California 7/11 parking lot: Cops hunt dad-of-two's carjacking killers - while his wife says she's 'in a nightmare' 🤬🆘‼️ Daily Mail Online #Military#Crimedailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
•Aaron Orozco, 38, was murdered by his Uber passengers on Friday night
•Orozco served three tours of duty with the Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan
•He left behind a wife and two young children, who he was driving to support
Aaron Orozco, 38, died on Friday night after being shot in the upper torso at about at about 1:30am just outside of Los Angeles. His body was pushed out into the parking lot while one of the suspects fled on foot and the other stole and drove off in his Honda Pilot.
The Mask of Ignorance 😷
Recent responses to the Cochrane review suggest that there may be no cure for maskaholics. City Journal city-journal.org/the-mask-of-ig…
The mask advocates’ refusal to recognize that medical science does not support their steadfast belief is truly remarkable. Clearly, something more is going on here than a genuine debate about which health-care measures work.
Part of it, perhaps, is that progressives don’t like it when they can’t control something. Masks let them feel as if they can control the virus—and other people, to boot, the next best thing to controlling the virus.
If Biden Gets His Way, Correct Pronouns Could Be Human Rights Violation: Biden’s America is going the way of Canada, and it’s horrible news for anyone who cares about free speech! #1A 🤐 thefederalist.com/2023/03/17/if-…
The changes would inject gender ideology straight into the heart of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act by erasing the Supreme Court’s long-standing distinction between protected speech and punishable conduct.
In its 1999 ruling in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, the Supreme Court held that expressive activity such as speech can only constitute harassment when it is “so severe, pervasive, & objectively offensive” that it can no longer be considered pure speech & is more…