Posted in education, libertarianism, people, tagged absurd, anti-discrimination, civil rights, college, course, dartmouth, discrimination, education, freedom of speech, funny, harassment, laws, lawsuit, offended feelings, priya venkatesan, professor, studies, title vii on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This case is so absurd that it is difficult to take it seriously. Priya Venkatesan, who taught writing this year at Dartmouth College, is threatening to sue former students under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act for criticizing her in course feedbacks. This report has the details along with snippets of Ms Venkatesan’s own [...]
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Posted in libertarianism, tagged anti-discrimination, anti-discrimination laws, civil liberties, civil rights, discrimination, first amendment, freedom, freedom of expression, laws, photography, right to associate, volokh on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
In America, you have freedom of expression and freedom of association, except when you don’t. Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act, one does not really have the right to decide who one hires, or rents out one’s apartment to, allows inside one’s restaurant, or does business with. If you refuse to deal with someone commercially because [...]
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Posted in libertarianism, tagged best interests, bipolar, britney spears, civil liberty, civil rights, conservatorship, freedom, involuntary commitment, legal guardianship, liberty, mental health, mental illness, michael sands on February 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
No, she has not gone on a cruise. Not yet, anyway. Her father is keeping a tight leash.
Mr. Eardley, an attorney who claims to represent Brit, says that her civil rights are being violated.
As he argues in the papers, Britney Spears is not being allowed to visit her friends, to use phones, or to hire [...]
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Posted in libertarianism, news and links, tagged anti-discrimination, civil liberties, civil rights, discrimination, freedom, gays, jason dixon, liberty, offended feelings on February 3, 2008 | No Comments »
I stumbled upon this excellent article by Jason Dixon on anti-discrimination laws which parallel my thoughts on the subject. While Jason’s article focusses on sexual-orientation, it could apply equally well to any other protected characteristic such as race, gender or age.
It is not a comfortable position to defend the rights of bigots who do not [...]
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Posted in libertarianism, politics, tagged anti-discrimination, civil liberties, civil rights, civil rights act, david bernstein, discrimination, fair housing act, freedom, liberty, offended feelings, property rights, right to associate, ron paul, volokh on December 17, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Rights and “Rights”
John and Terry Hoffius own an apartment building in Jackson, Michigan. In the summer of 1993, they had a vacancy and advertised it. They were contacted by a couple, Kristal McCready and Keith Kerr, who expressed interest in renting it. When asked if they were married, McCready and Kerr replied in the negative. [...]
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