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For this episode, Mike Maharrey of the Tenth Amendment center came on. We discuss the many ways the 10th Amendment center is helping state governments stand up to unconstitutional power-grabs and abuses from Washington DC.

Some of the issues covered are guns, marijuana (and other drugs) the defend the guard initiative, Yucca Mountain, denying the Feds access to water to cool their surveillance data storage sites, and much much more.

Links:

www.tenthamendmentcenter.com

www.michaelmaharrey.com

As Russia masses troops along its border with Ukraine, American policy makers are mulling what action to take to deter Moscow from invading its neighbor. Options have ranged from troop deployments to supporting a Ukrainian insurgency like the Reagan in Afghanistan during the 1980's. Both options will inevitably involve American defense and intelligence personnel along with taxpayer money that can be better used elsewhere. The libertarian position would be to avoid any military involvement against Russia. Such participation would violate the LP's non-aggression principle while also helping to destabilize another region that can fall victim to the proliferation of violent substate groups in the absence of a stable government. Though the Kremlin engages in policies that libertarians find appalling, a conflict in Ukraine does not directly threaten the United States rendering American involvement unwarranted.

Stating the non-aggression principle isn't enough. As libertarians find themselves climbing the ranks of government, we will inevitably find ourselves in positions that impact foreign policy. Not only would American support of Kyiv against Russia violate libertarian values, it's also just plain bad geopolitics.