“No research was done and no panel formed by the banking regulator before coming down heavily on the exchanges.”
Read more: https://qz.com/1321076/bitcoin-ban-how-rbi-choked-indias-cryptocurrency-ecosystem/
“Boards with five members would be required to have at least two women, and boards with six or more members would be required to have at least three. Those companies that failed to comply would be fined an amount equal to the average compensation for a board member.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/04/california-gender-quotas-company-boards
“The Medical Board of California has ordered 35 months’ probation for Dr. Bob Sears, an Orange County pediatrician well-known for being sympathetic to parents opposed to vaccines.”
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-sears-license-20180629-story.html
“New Jersey will soon learn that its residents aren’t tied to the land like medieval serfs in the feudal system. Governments still have this antiquated view, but it’s no longer valid. Americans who want to legally avoid state income tax can easily move to Florida, Texas, and the handful of other states with no state income tax. And those who want to legally avoid federal income tax can move to Puerto Rico.”
Read more: https://www.sovereignman.com/tax/the-state-of-new-jersey-just-signed-its-own-death-warrant-23939/
“Just because a law is impossible to follow is not enough of a reason for a court to throw it out. So California’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.”
Read more: http://reason.com/blog/2018/06/29/californias-top-court-impossible-laws-no
“In their quest for cash, municipalities across the nation are trampling individual rights and human dignity by imposing arbitrary and abusive fines on residents. In some cities, if you walk on the left side of the sidewalk rather than the right, you could be fined. BBQ in the front lawn? Face a fine. Have mismatched window treatments? Face a fine.”
Read more: https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/town-fines-municipal-governments-abuse/
“It’s absurd to think that the crime of ‘ethnic intimidation’ was meant to include citizens who angrily rant at cops who are arresting them.”
Read more: http://reason.com/blog/2018/06/29/hate-crime-cops-nazi-black-man
“There are few bipartisan projects in Congress these days, but Republicans and Democrats have no trouble joining together to feed more money into the Pentagon’s gaping maw.”
Read more: http://reason.com/blog/2018/06/21/ndaa-spending-pentagon-budget-senate
“Every business large and small will be responsible for knowing the sales tax rates in [over 10,000] counties, towns, cities and states in the nation. The ruling is a Pandora’s box for expansive state taxing authority. This court decision is not limited to expanding the targets of the state sales tax. Politicians will use this court decision as a green light to export their income tax to individuals and companies in other states.”
“With a phone pressed to the side of their sanctimonious faces, this army of volunteer state minions get to feel like their local police–tyrannical psychopaths.”