Libertarian Reporting for 2026-06-07
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 63 articles from 13 sites. We chose these from 1945 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason.com, Cafe Hayek, Main Feed, Mises Institute, The Libertarian Alliance, The Libertarian Institute, Law & Liberty, Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute, John Locke Foundation, Libertarian Party, Notes On Liberty, International Liberty, Free the People.
Native Americans Taught Colonists How To Fight—and To Live Without Kings
Unlike in Europe, native rulers had little formal authority; they had to persuade others to follow their ideas.
Reason.com
Jun 6, 2026 - reason.com
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TweetSheldon Richman rightly cheers Jeff Bezos’s defense of large fortunes earned in market economies. Two slices: When an American businessman defends the large fortunes made—that is, earned—in the m...
Cafe Hayek
Jun 6, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Bernie Sanders' Dangerous and Unconstitutional Plan to Expropriate AI Firms
The plan to seize 50% of AI firms' stock violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. It would also create dangerous government control over a vital industry, in ways similar to Trump's policie...
Reason.com
Jun 6, 2026 - reason.com
Instacart Is Suing New York City Over Its $22.13 Minimum Wage for Delivery Drivers
The economic fallout of the law has been significant. Is it even legal?
Reason.com
Jun 6, 2026 - reason.com
Gordon-Darby Prepares to Renew Effort to Commandeer New Hampshire in Order to Maintain Emissions Testing Contract
Since it lost its first case on technical procedural grounds, the company plans to try again.
Reason.com
Jun 6, 2026 - reason.com
America 250: Has the Left Abandoned Patriotism?
From the reverse angle, the ten million plus migrants who poured over our southern border during the Biden years punctuate the point that the tired, poor, and huddled masses beckoned by the Statue of ...
Main Feed
Jun 6, 2026 - libertynation.com
Protectionists Should Seriously Embrace My Facetious Proposal
TweetHere’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal. Editor: You report that because “Americans are keeping their cars longer than ever … the average vehicle on U.S. roads is about 13 years old, a histori...
Cafe Hayek
Jun 6, 2026 - cafehayek.com
The Affordability Crisis Is a Sovereign Debt Problem
As economic uncertainty grows, the authorities turn to their only “solution”: increase sovereign debt and ratchet up inflation.
Mises Institute
Jun 6, 2026 - mises.org
A Meaning of the Henry Nowack Case
A fundamental error of mainstream conservatives is their habit of mistaking symptoms for causes. A train is stabbed up by a migrant. A grooming gang is exposed after twenty years of official indiffere...
The Libertarian Alliance
Jun 6, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
Today in Supreme Court History: June 6, 2005
6/6/2005: Gonzales v. Raich is decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 6, 2005 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jun 6, 2026 - reason.com
A GOP Revolt – Or Just a Blip on the Radar?
This week, however, the president took a beating in Congress, thanks largely in part to a GOP that simply wasn’t unified behind his agenda.
Main Feed
Jun 6, 2026 - libertynation.com
The Surveillance State Found Its Philosopher
There is a line in the Fourth Amendment that was supposed to settle this. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures ...
The Libertarian Institute
Jun 5, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Bleak House, wellness checks, and forfeiture interrogatories.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Add It to the Tab
Plus: Graham Platner scandal, L.A. can't get all their votes counted, Gowanus rezoned, and more...
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Ayn Rand’s Italian Debut
Her first novel, produced as a film in fascist Italy, delivered a searing critique of totalitarianism.
Law & Liberty
Jun 5, 2026 - lawliberty.org
The Debate Over Israel Aid Is Coming. Congress Wants To Future-Proof the Relationship First.
The Israeli government is willing to phase out U.S. financial grants. But Mike Rogers and Tom Cotton want to lock in other forms of aid—without a debate in Congress.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Even If Trump's Ballroom Project Is Illegal, a DOJ Lawyer Says, the Courts Cannot Stop It
The D.C. Circuit is reviewing an injunction issued by a judge who said "no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have."
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
This Attempt by the Trump Administration To Cripple Legal Immigration Is Illegal, Judge Rules
The government had imposed an indefinite pause on adjudicating asylum petitions and applications for green cards, work permits, and citizenship for legal immigrants from certain countries.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Section 301 and the problem of limitless tariff justifications
Earlier this week, the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced findings from a series of Section 301 tariff investigations concerning imports allegedly made with forced labor. Section 301 of the Trad...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Jun 5, 2026 - cei.org
California election ‘mess’ deserves SCOTUS review
M.D. Kittle of the Federalist urges US Supreme Court action in the wake of California’s latest election. As of the close of the business day Wednesday, California election officials had counted a litt...
John Locke Foundation
Jun 5, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Congress Needs To Investigate Judge Who Lied About Having Sex With Police Officer
[This essay is co-authored with Professor Arthur Hellman and Gabe Roth, Executive Director of Fix the Court. Their biographies are… The post Congress Needs To Investigate Judge Who Lied About Having S...
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
California Conservatives Champion 'Local Control' Until They Dislike the Results
Conservatives want local control over housing policy, but they're happy to let the state restrict when local governments can raise taxes.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
The Tax You Never Voted For
The next time you sign a mortgage, finance a car, or open a credit-card statement and wonder why the number keeps creeping upward, here is your answer: you are paying a tax that no one in Washington h...
Libertarian Party
Jun 5, 2026 - lp.org
Australia Tried To Tax Smoking Out of Existence. Now 80% of Tobacco Aussies Consume Is From the Black Market.
With cigarettes costing around $40 a pack, Australia’s war on smoking has become a case study in how prohibitionist policies create black markets, violence, and criminal power.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
The Trump Administration Is Still Fighting To Keep Billions in Illegal Tariff Revenue
The administration has paid $20 billion in refunds. Now, it is asking a federal appeals court to limit which businesses will get the rest.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
The Economist’s founder and the fight for free trade
My CEI colleagues Iain Murray and Ryan Young wrote in 2018 that tariffs benefit “domestic producers and the politicians they support,” at the expense of “everybody else in the economy.” If it were on...
Blog Posts Archive - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Jun 5, 2026 - cei.org
Praising the end of the anti-weaponization slush fund
Editors at National Review Online are happy to see the end of a misguided Trump administration idea. Well, that didn’t take very long. Two weeks after we editorialized against the Trump administration...
John Locke Foundation
Jun 5, 2026 - johnlocke.org
An Arctic Deal of the Century: Why It’s Time to Liberate Greenland
The old way of running the world is broken. For decades, Washington politicians sat back while China bought up global supply chains and Russia re-militarized its frontiers from Eastern Europe to the H...
Notes On Liberty
Jun 5, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
Plaintiff Too Small to Challenge President Trump's Practice of Targeting Law Firms He Dislikes
From Judge Nathaniel Gorton (D. Mass.) today in Larrabee v. Trump: J. Whitfield Larrabee …. alleges that since taking office,… The post Plaintiff Too Small to Challenge President Trump's Practice of T...
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Trump's Failed Kennedy Center Takeover Shows Why Art and Government Don't Mix
The president's remedy for a "woke" Kennedy Center was to replace one alleged strain of ideological capture with another.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Graham Platner Has Made #MeToo Democrats and Their Enemies Switch Sides
The Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine is accused by The New York Times of abuse and toxic behavior.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Youth Climate Plaintiffs Challenge Endangerment Repeal on Religious Liberty Grounds
Constitutional climate litigation seems to know no bounds.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
A New Head for the Fed
Here's what new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh might be thinking about right now.
Law & Liberty
Jun 5, 2026 - lawliberty.org
China’s Self-Sabotaging Industrial Policy and Lessons for America
I’ve written several columns (here, here, and here) criticizing industrial policy, which occurs when politicians provide special favors to specific firms or industries. And I’ve also written several c...
International Liberty
Jun 5, 2026 - danieljmitchell.wordpress.com
Colbert the Martyr
Upon his long, drawn-out firing by CBS, Stephen Colbert ascended skyward. The post Colbert the Martyr appeared first on Free the People.
Free the People
Jun 5, 2026 - freethepeople.org
Texas Age Verification / Parental Consent Requirements for App Stores Likely Constitutional, Fifth Circuit Holds
From Students Engaged in Advancing Texas v. Paxton, decided yesterday by the Fifth Circuit (Judges Jerry Smith and Andrew Oldham):… The post Texas Age Verification / Parental Consent Requirements for ...
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Data Center Wars: North Carolina Resists Innovation While Texas Considers Market-Based Rules
As data centers dominate public debate, two states reveal their approach. Texas has taken a stance in line with market needs, while North Carolina reacts to fear and bad press.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Plaintiffs Lack Standing to Sue over Notre Dame Law Clinic's Filing Amicus Brief Condemning China's Actions Towards Uyghurs
The plaintiffs had asked for (among other things) "$1.00 as an apology to every Chinese people live in mainland China, total $1.41 billion."
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
A Largely Dispiriting Performance by Five Prominent Economists
TweetHere’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal. Editor: You asked five prominent economists to offer ideas “for reducing income inequality” (“Five Ideas for Reducing Income Inequality,” June 5). Of t...
Cafe Hayek
Jun 5, 2026 - cafehayek.com
The Surgeon General's Screen Warning Is Not Science
The screen time advisory reveals why we don’t need a surgeon general.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Most Civil Forfeiture Victims Never See the Inside of a Courtroom
Modest reforms have helped, but civil forfeiture remains legalized theft by government agencies.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
A Big Win for Trump in The Senate - But Not a Total Victory
After pulling an all-nighter, the Senate passed the reconciliation bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol through the end of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Main Feed
Jun 5, 2026 - libertynation.com
Secretary Rubio Testifies on Foreign Policy Agenda, War in Iran Before Congress
Secretary of State Marco Rubio came to Congress to talk foreign policy and the war in Iran. Democrats played for gotcha moments on the president’s sleep schedule and shoes?
Main Feed
Jun 5, 2026 - libertynation.com
Fixing the Jackson County early voting site problem
The Jackson County Board of Elections (BOE) failed to reach a unanimous agreement on early voting site locations for the 2026 general election. That means the North Carolina State Board of Elections (...
John Locke Foundation
Jun 5, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Obama helped create ‘radical, Jew-hating’ Democratic Party
Liel Leibovitz writes for the New York Post about a major factor driving today’s Democratic Party. Two hundred ten years ago this summer, a 19-year-old woman named Mary Shelley, bored one stormy after...
John Locke Foundation
Jun 5, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Reporter doesn’t want to hear Pratt voters’ real concerns
Arianna Hooker writes for the Daily Caller about an interesting case of major media disinterest. An NBC reporter abruptly pulled her microphone away from a supporter of Republican Los Angeles mayoral ...
John Locke Foundation
Jun 5, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Spanberger taps Soros-tied activist for key Virginia post
Jessica Schwalb writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the latest evidence that Virginia’s governor is no moderate. “Moderate” Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger (D.) appointed a leader of a le...
John Locke Foundation
Jun 5, 2026 - johnlocke.org
The General Assembly should consider leadership term limits
North Carolina’s General Assembly is unusually strong compared with the legislatures of other states. So, it is especially damaging when entrenched legislative leaders stymie legislation, including st...
John Locke Foundation
Jun 5, 2026 - johnlocke.org
Court Dismisses Fraud Claim Against N.Y. Times Over "Young, Old, and Sick Starve to Death in Gaza" Photo
Among other things, plaintiff failed to allege "that the alleged fraudulent conduct induced ... the plaintiff into purchasing merchandise."
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
"The TQ+ Threat To LGB Rights"
From Andrew Sullivan (The Weekly Dish): Governor Kathy Hochul has a decision to make by June 12. The New York… The post "The TQ+ Threat To LGB Rights" appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
More Than 1,000 University of California Professors Want Standardized Tests Back
The letter, penned by U.C. Berkeley professors, claims STEM students are arriving to college severely underprepared.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
A Rare Summary Judgment in Favor of Plaintiff in Libel Case
From Judge David Leibowitz (S.D. Fla.) in Mosler v. Wagner; plaintiff Warren Mosler is a hedge fund executive, author on… The post A Rare Summary Judgment in Favor of Plaintiff in Libel Case appeared ...
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Review: Drunk History and the American Revolution
Hamilton, Jefferson, Franklin, and others appear in the irreverent TV series.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Today in Supreme Court History: June 5, 1916
6/5/1916: Justice Louis Brandeis takes the oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 5, 1916 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Brickbat: 'Ultimate Authority'
Jefferson County, Alabama, Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard has been suspended after a 120-page complaint accused her of serious misconduct and running… The post Brickbat: 'Ultimate Authority' appeared...
Reason.com
Jun 5, 2026 - reason.com
Voters Abandon Party Loyalty Over Data Centers
In one Texas community, Donald Trump supporters and lifelong conservatives are reportedly breaking ranks and voting for Democrats who disapprove of data centers.
Main Feed
Jun 5, 2026 - libertynation.com
Towards a Less-Anxious Age
Byung-Chul Han explains how people can root their lives in hope.
Law & Liberty
Jun 5, 2026 - lawliberty.org
Todd Blanche Hates 'Weaponization' of Government Unless It Benefits His Boss
Blanche is happy to pervert justice in service of the president's personal agenda. No wonder Trump wants to keep him as attorney general.
Reason.com
Jun 4, 2026 - reason.com
The Feds Wasted $186 Billion on 'Improper Payments' Last Year
That total is a low-ball estimate because some federal agencies didn't report their totals to the Government Accountability Office.
Reason.com
Jun 4, 2026 - reason.com
Trump Says House War Powers Vote Is ‘Meaningless’
President Donald Trump dismissed a War Powers Act resolution that aimed to end the war against Iran as meaningless. “Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of th...
The Libertarian Institute
Jun 4, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
California Elections, Graham Platner, Recalling COVID Insanity
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi are hoping socialism doesn’t make the leap from New York City to Los Angeles to D.C.
Reason.com
Jun 4, 2026 - reason.com
Hezbollah, IDF Reject Trump-Backed Ceasefire in Lebanon
Officials in Hezbollah and the IDF said that their forces are not engaging in the ceasefire that is backed by President Donald Trump. Lebanon announced the ceasefire on Wednesday after Washington med...
The Libertarian Institute
Jun 4, 2026 - libertarianinstitute.org
Khamenei: US-Israeli System of Domination Has Been Defeated
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei said that the US and Israel had suffered a humiliating defeat. In a statement published on Thursday, Khamenei said the US and Israel’s “system o...