Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: The Volokh Conspiracy
by David Kopel

“Arguing to uphold the ban, the government had to argue that marijuana users were more dangerous than the general population. Yet as the Court pointed out, marijuana is legal in most States. And Congress has constricted Department of Justice funding for enforcement of federal marijuana laws. Moreover, the Executive branch has moved some marijuana from Schedule I (outlawed) to Schedule III (regulated). In short, Hemani rests on foundations that both originalists and a non-originalists can find compelling.” (06/19/26)

https://reason.com/volokh/2026/06/19/fiddlers-drunkards-marijuana-and-the-second-amendment/

Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey

“Lawmakers praise our liberty while they pass crony tax cuts and restrict your constitutional rights.” (06/19/26)

https://palmbeachexaminer.substack.com/p/florida-fake-freedom-unmasking-the

Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger

“Why in the world should the American people be forced, through their tax system, to fund a government that they might not wish to fund if they were free to decide what to do with their own money? Where is the morality in such a program? Where is the justice in such a program? How is such a program reconcilable with the principles of liberty?” (06/19/26)

https://www.fff.org/2026/06/19/terminate-all-foreign-aid-to-israel-immediately-and-permanently/

Source: JimBovard.com
by James Bovard

“More than fifty-two million Americans used marijuana during 2021, according to the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, and another ten million people used other illicit substances. Actual usage is higher because some people are paranoid about confessing crimes to federally funded survey takers. Roughly 40% of American households possess firearms. Thus, roughly twenty-five million gun owners were probably felons because of their possession or use of marijuana or other illicit indulgences. Though most gun owners who violate marijuana laws pose no threat, federal agencies could have potentially rounded them up as if they were hostile Indians being confined to a reservation. … Despite the victory at the Supreme Court, gun owners should remember that most of Congress, the Justice Department, and the Trump White House remain dire threats to their rights and liberties. Any politicians who brazenly seeks to destroy the Second Amendment cannot be trusted to respect any other constitutional right.” (06/19/26)

https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/06/19/supreme-court-ends-federal-war-on-gun-owning-potheads/

Source: The UnPopulist
by Chris Edelson

“In what we used to think of as ordinary times, commemorating the anniversary of D-Day—when Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches to break Hitler’s grip on Europe—would have been a straightforward assignment for the U.S. secretary of defense. The commemoration earlier this month offered Pete Hegseth, the current secretary, an opportunity to stand with our allies and remind them of a shared commitment to democracy and freedom. Almost anyone else in Hegseth’s position would have given a speech that fit the occasion, one focused solely on honoring the American and allied service members who fought and died on June 6, 1944. But these are not ordinary times. Instead, Hegseth delivered a profoundly unsettling address, one echoing the message of The Camp of the Saints, a racist and genocidal 1973 novel by the French writer, Jean Raspail, that has found a serious following among the mainstream U.S. right wing.” (06/19/26)

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/pete-hegseth-echoes-a-fascist-novel