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About justino

A Texas native, justino believes that if you wish to be free you must allow others to be free as well. He is currently weaning himself from electoral politics. He also publishes the left-libertarian blog Who Plans Whom?

Recap: FIJA Literature Distribution

fightfortruth and I distributed about 270 brochures to potential jurors and some county employees. It seemed to be a light jury pool today. Otherwise, we could have reached more people. We passed out a different brochure [PDF] this time, “A … Continue reading

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Event: FIJA Literature Distribution

What: Thanks to a generous donation from the Fully Informed Jury Association, we have over 1000 copies of brochures and other literature to give to potential jurors. We will be informing potential jurors that their primary function is to protect … Continue reading

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Event: How to Oppose TRV Eminent Domain Abuse

What: The Institute for Justice will be addressing grassroots activists wanting to stop eminent domain abuse by the Trinity River Vision project. According to the event page on Facebook, “Speakers include local activists Adrian Murray and John Austin Basham. Also – … Continue reading

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‘Sticky’ Government and Immigration

One of John Maynard Keynes’ criticisms of the market mechanism was what he called “sticky” wages. He claimed that the market for employment does not work as efficiently as previously thought, because employees are reluctant to accept lower wages. He … Continue reading

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Support* the Troops

It is easy to dislike politicians and what they do. It is not so easy to publicly oppose their henchmen: the police and the troops. The police are only enforcing the law. If you want it changed, lobby the legislature, … Continue reading

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Recap: FIJA Literature Distribution

I had a productive time at the Fully Informed Jury Association event this morning at the Tarrant County (Texas) Justice Center. Unfortunately because of the weather, I had to run solo. I did get out about 175 brochures though I … Continue reading

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Event: FIJA Literature Distribution

What: We’ll be informing potential jurors that their primary function is to protect the rights of the accused from tyrannical or immoral laws, not simply to administer a judgement on guilt. Approximately 700 potential jurors appear at the Justice Center in … Continue reading

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Recap: The People Speak!

Howard Zinn, the late historian and author of

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