Libertarian Reporting for 2026-06-08
Today’s news coverage from libertarian media sources. Today's edition includes 32 articles from 8 sites. We chose these from 1945 articles found on 36 sites.
Today's featured sites are:
Reason.com, Notes On Liberty, Antiwar.com Blog, Cafe Hayek, Main Feed, The Libertarian Alliance, Mises Institute, John Locke Foundation.
1776 All-Stars: Samuel Adams Was the Most Libertarian Founder
The libertarian rabble-rouser who helped ignite the American Revolution
Reason.com
Jun 7, 2026 - reason.com
Is Japan a Libertarian Paradise? Not Quite.
Behind Japan's economic success lies a government and legal system that clearly prioritize social stability and group harmony over individual rights.
Reason.com
Jun 7, 2026 - reason.com
After Greenland’s Liberation: Inuit Sovereign Expansion
Why Greenland and Nunavut Could Join Forces Under a U.S. Shield June 21 — just two weeks away — marks not only the summer solstice, but in Canada it’s also National Indigenous Peoples Day, a day that ...
Notes On Liberty
Jun 7, 2026 - notesonliberty.com
Loyalty to the Constitution, Not to Any Man – Why America First Requires Principled Dissent
Over Memorial Day weekend, I engaged in a public exchange on Facebook with Republican Rep. Dan Meuser (PA-09). What began as a critique of President Trump’s demands for personal loyalty in Republican ...
Antiwar.com Blog
Jun 7, 2026 - antiwar.com
Trump Errs As Obama Erred – and the U.S. Economy Suffers
TweetIn February 2010, Russ Roberts shared, here at Cafe Hayek, this cartoon. The point of this cartoon – and of Russ’s sharing it – is that for all jobs created by government ‘stimulus’ spending, the...
Cafe Hayek
Jun 7, 2026 - cafehayek.com
"Why Can't California Count?"
Eli McKown-Dawson (Silver Bulletin) writes (introduced by Nate Silver): California is notoriously slow at counting its ballots. In 2024, it… The post "Why Can't California Count?" appeared first on Re...
Reason.com
Jun 7, 2026 - reason.com
Judge Ryan Nelson (9th Cir.) Charged with Battery for Allegedly Knocking off Man's Glasses in Parking Space Dispute
Idaho State Journal (Jimmy Hancock) reports (including video): U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ryan Douglas Nelson faces two… The post Judge Ryan Nelson (9th Cir.) Charged with Battery for All...
Reason.com
Jun 7, 2026 - reason.com
China Rapidly Building Missile Launching Pads
China is preparing to deploy its own Golden Dome. Satellite photographs show a network of air defense missile launch pads designed to protect Beijing’s intercontinental ballistic missile silos from a ...
Main Feed
Jun 7, 2026 - libertynation.com
Today in Supreme Court History: June 7, 1965
6/7/1965: Griswold v. Connecticut is decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 7, 1965 appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason.com
Jun 7, 2026 - reason.com
Trump, Ballots, and National Debt – LN Radio
We tackle what it means to have a federal list of eligible voters and ballots and why the debt balloon just keeps expanding.
Main Feed
Jun 7, 2026 - libertynation.com
Protectionism Is Puerile
TweetHere’s a follow-up email to a new correspondent. Mr. B__: Responding to my point that keeping existing automobiles longer is as much a ‘threat’ as are automobile imports to the production of new ...
Cafe Hayek
Jun 7, 2026 - cafehayek.com
Henry Nowak and the Selective Morality of the Left
The death of Henry Nowak was a terrible crime. A young man was stabbed to death. The police response appears to have been grossly inadequate. His killer, Vickrum Digwa, was arrested, prosecuted, convi...
The Libertarian Alliance
Jun 7, 2026 - libertarianism.uk
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
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
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
Revving Up the Case Against Protectionism
TweetHere’s a letter to a new correspondent. Mr. B__: You label as “drivel and nonsense” my (satirical) proposal that the U.S. government protect domestic automakers by punitively taxing automobiles k...
Cafe Hayek
Jun 6, 2026 - cafehayek.com
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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."