Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“Congress passes a law. States where the law is unpopular refuse to enforce it. The federal government hires hundreds of armed federal agents, sets then to enforcing the law. Chaos follows, the law is widely violated with the approval of many, including a state governor and prominent media figures. The time is the early Twentieth Century. The law is the Volstead Act, setting up federal enforcement of prohibition. … It is not a perfect parallel to the present situation. Prohibition was the result of a constitutional amendment, was ended by the repeal of that amendment. The present conflict was started by the election of a president with majorities in both houses of Congress who was determined to enforce existing law more energetically than in the past.” (01/28/26)
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/we-have-been-here-before