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[ad_1] Jeffrey Wernick ScheerPost Many people ignore the Ninth Amendment. James Madison wrote it, and he wrote it to answer an objection he had raised himself. During ratification, Madison and Hamilton opposed adding a bill of rights, and their reason was precise. Enumerating rights is dangerous, because listing some implies the government may touch whatever went unlisted. When Madison drafted the amendments anyway, he wrote the answer directly into them. “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” The Constitution enumerates powers to the government. Limited.…

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[ad_1] When the Amazon driver leaves an order at the doorstep, many may not be at home to give a quick, appreciative thank-you as the carrier races off to the next stop. Probably no thought was given to the ships and sailors who shipped goods to Amazon and America’s big-box stores in the first place. But gas station visits today have probably made customers grateful and well aware that an oil tanker and its crew may have been stranded in the Persian Gulf off the Strait of Hormuz and yet found ways to elude Iran’s shore batteries and mines to…

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[ad_1] Ida Susser Over a decade ago two innovative movements mobilized in France to take on the neoliberal assaults on the commons and the public good. The Nuit Debout was an Occupy movement that began in Paris in 2016. It was followed by the Yellow Vests, an extraordinary formation that rushed into Paris from the provinces starting in 2018. Triggered by a rise in fuel taxes, the Yellow Vests rapidly articulated broader grievances over inequality, territorial neglect, and the erosion of public services. They demanded affordable transport, pensions, hospitals, and schools.  Both movements launched “commoning” programs that addressed the…

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[ad_1] During the 2026 session, Utah’s legislature amended Utah’s rules of evidence, adding a new provision (subsection 404(d)). The new provision allows prosecutors to present to juries sexual assault propensity evidence in sexual assault cases. The Federal Rules of Evidence have contained a similar rule (Rule 413) for more than two decades. Numerous states follow comparable approaches—either through rule or caselaw—tracking the common law approach of admitting evidence to prove a “lustful disposition.” Utah’s rules will now benefit from a provision codifying this approach in Rule 404(d). Because of the significance of this new rule change, I’ve written an article…

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[ad_1] “From aid to partnership”, the US and Israel are set to become even more united in genocide Nuvpreet Kalra In June 2026, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu wrote to Republican Representative Marlin Stutzman of California, saying that “the time has now arrived [for Israel] to move from aid recipient to partner” with the United States. Yesterday, on Fox News, Netanyahu again repeated the proposal to move “from aid to partnership“. What Netanyahu proclaims is at the core of the proposed “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative”, which has been included in a section of the National Defense Authorization Act…

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[ad_1] The first time I met Vladimir, my Russian college roommate freshman year, we got to talking about politics and it turned out he was all for the free market, and in fact went on to join the college investment club. At that time Bill Weld was governor of Massachusetts and there was a referendum—Question 3—on the ballot that fall that would have rolled back $2 billion in tax increases. I told Vlad about it. His question to me, posed in all sincerity: “Why wouldn’t the vote in favor be 100 percent?” You would think it would be, wouldn’t you?…

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