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We count down six Supreme Court cases that defined power in America, from a recount that stopped mid-count 🗳️ to a 1944 ruling that lingered for 74 years ⚖️ to one undelivered commission in 1803 📜
Different eras, different rulings, same question: who really decides what rights you have? 🤔
A right the Court can hand you is a right it can take back.
Which case surprised you most? 👇
Watch the full video: youtu.be/lVcKLuAa_1k
In 1968, a bestselling book predicted that hundreds of millions of people would starve in the 1970s. 📖 They didn’t. Food production outpaced population growth. 🌾 In 2009, we were told there were 96 months left to avoid irreversible climate and ecosystem collapse. ⏳
Famous deadlines come and go, but real problems still need solving. History suggests people solve them through innovation, competition, and abundant energy, not fear. 💡
What should guide policy: the forecast, or free people building solutions? 🤔 Read the full article here, and see the video embedded for a deeper understanding: learnliberty.org/blog/the-cl…
Everyone blames Chernobyl and Three Mile Island for killing nuclear power in America. ☢️
But the collapse started before either one.
In the 1960s and 70s, a powerful strain of environmentalism was obsessed with limits, and cheap, abundant energy threatened that worldview. Add public choice economics, and a small, motivated group can outweigh millions who just want the lights on. 💡
The real question isn’t only what could go wrong if we build. It’s what happens if we don’t. 🤔
🎥 Watch the full video: youtu.be/NsBXpY_RYOY
Why is it so hard to end a program once it starts? 🤔
Ronald Reagan joked about it in a 1964 television speech 📺, but his point was serious.
Twelve officials voted to raise the price of borrowing for the whole country, citing high inflation. 🏦 Then September’s jobs report showed only 29,000 new jobs. 📉 Interest rates are prices, and prices carry information.
When a committee sets one, it must guess what millions of lenders and borrowers want.
🧠 Friedrich Hayek called this the knowledge problem. The Fed raised rates in September, its first increase since 2023, and most officials expect another by year-end. 📅
Why do people form governments? 🏛️
John Locke gave a plain answer centuries ago. For him, property meant more than land. It covered a person’s life, liberty, and belongings.
