“The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.” Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, West Virginia Board of Education vs. Barnette, 1943
Well, here’s a gem.
The great Frederich von Hayek on Meet the Press.
Along with a young George Will, you’ll hear the Nobel-Prize winning economist talk about inflation, and the role that government monetary and fiscal policy plays in creating it.
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