A small compilation of libertarian articles and musings from the last few days:
* Over at Reason Magazine, Steve Chapman argues that runaway federal spending is a bipartisan problem.
* Over at the Cato Institute (originally from FindLaw), Robert Levy addresses the recent Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and argues that Campaign Finance Reform is an unconstitutional restriction of political expression, is biased in favor of incumbents and the wealthy, and has utterly failed to reduce corruption associated with political contributions in either state or federal elections.
* Over at The Future of Freedom Foundation, Jacob Hornberger addresses the debate within the legal community over whether the U.S. Constitution’s protection of civil liberties applies to non-U.S. citizens. Hornberger’s take: The purpose of the U.S. Constitution is not to grant U.S. citizens rights but to prohibit the federal government from infringing upon those rights, which he argues are universal.
* Over at Salon, Glenn Greenwald wades even further into the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell debate and takes Michael O’Hanlon of the hawkish Brookings Institute to task for resorting to the “Testosterone-laden tough guys” argument he makes against repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. This reminds me of the argument made by James Bownman of the Weekly Standard back in October. Isn’t it funny how so many foreign policy hawks who are so eager to use war to “spread freedom” to other countries are so reluctant to embrace it here?
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