property rights

Viral Video with 4M Views: Venezuelan Illegal Calls for His Followers to ‘Invade’ Unoccupied US Homes

Leonel Morena, an illegal alien from Venezuela living it the US, made this announcement: “My people have thought about invading a house in the United States because I learned that there is a law that says that if a house is not inhabited we can expropriate [seize] it.” The video has racked up 4 million views.

The Canine Constitutional Veto

Police Dogs Have Abolished Constitutional Due Process by James Bovard   The Fifth Amendment declares, “No person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” Except by dogs. The Supreme Court declared in 1967, “Wherever a man may be, he is entitled to know that he will remain free from […]
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THE GREAT TAKING – Who Really Owns YOUR Assets???

Oh. My. God. This one is pure gold, equally horrifying and fascinating – it is simply NOT one to miss!  The title says it all, and yes – we answer the pivotal question! (DOWNLOAD this interview here to share yourself elsewhere: https://we.tl/t-POvZigKXXs). Also please download David’s book and SHARE his website widely: https://thegreattaking.com/  The Super […]

N.Y. Post: Supreme Court strikes blow against bureaucratic tyranny in EPA case

New York Post, May 26, 2023 Supreme Court strikes blow against bureaucratic tyranny in EPA case By  James Bovard The Supreme Court on Thursday finally ended one of the most brazen examples of bureaucratic tyranny in modern times. Naturally, liberals were outraged and warned that curbing federal power will doom the environment. Congress enacted the […]

Bouckaert, “What is Property?” (1990)

I have profited from Professor Boudewijn Bouckaert’s insightful essay “What Is Property?”, Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 13, no. 3 (Summer 1990): 775–816, which was part of a symposium on Law and Philosophy which also included Tom Palmer’s seminal article on IP.1 Unfortunately, Bouckaert’s article is not available online other than behind the HeinOnline paywall. […]

Biden the Bogus Benevolent Dictator

Biden the Bogus Benevolent Dictator by James Bovard On July 4, President Biden declared, “Liberty is under assault … rights we assumed were protected are no longer.” Biden, however, was referring solely to a few Supreme Court decisions he deplored, not to the federal supremacy he championed for almost 50 years in the Senate and […]
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Łukasz Dominiak, “Must Right-Libertarians Embrace Easements by Necessity?”

Łukasz Dominiak, “Must Right-Libertarians Embrace Easements by Necessity?“, 34 Diametros 16 (2019), 60: 34–51. Abstract: The present paper investigates the question of whether right-libertarians must accept easements by necessity. Since easements by necessity limit the property rights of the owner of the servient tenement, they apparently conflict with the libertarian homestead principle, according to which the person who […]

Łukasz Dominiak, “Libertarianism and Original Appropriation”

Łukasz Dominiak, “Libertarianism and Original Appropriation,” Historia i Polityka, No. 22 (29)/2017, pp. 43–56. Abstract: The article is devoted to the problem of the structure of libertarian theory of justice. It tries to present a map of the main concepts and principles of this theory and to investigate its possible justifications. It explains such fundamental […]