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Episode #3, How Downsize DC is restoring your property rights vis-a-vis the Fourth Amendment. Also, analysis of why John Bolton would be a dangerous appointment to the Trump administration. Finally, Howard asks whether or not libertarians are isolationists, and Jim comes back with a surprising perspective that demonstrates how libertarians can actually be interventionists! SHOW NOTES: 1:45 – The Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. 2:22 – The “reasonable expectation of privacy” is a subjective standard. How this interpretation of the Fourth Amendment has been failing us in the 21st Century. 4:25 – Is there an objective method of interpreting the Fourth Amendment that will serve us better? 6:10 – In what case did Downsize DC file an amicus brief, arguing for the restoration of property rights as the key interpretive method of the Fourth Amendment — and won? https://downsizedc.org/the-unique-role-youre-playing-in-the-supreme-court/ & https://downsizedc.org/you-won-in-the-supreme-court/ 8:55 – Are fishing expeditions, for evidence, permitted by the Fourth Amendment? 9:51 – Why one landmark decision is not enough. 11:37 – Where does DownsizeDC want to see the courts go? Resurrecting the “mere evidence rule.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere_evidence_rule 14:19 – DownsizeDC filed a brief in the Ross Ulbricht/Silk Road case. https://downsizedc.org/silk-road-amicus/ 14:44 – DownsizeDC is filing a new brief protecting your email from warrantless search. What is the Ackerman case and why is it important? https://downsizedc.org/ackerman-appeals-court/ 18:04 – The role Justice Neil Gorsuch played in this case, or how he agrees with Downsize DC. https://downsizedc.org/new-justice-gorsuch-already-ruled-in-favor-of-our-argument/ 18:55 – Learn more about our proposed Ackerman amicus brief https://downsizedc.org/ackerman-appeals-court/ 19:27 – Neo-John Bolton is rumored to be a candidate for National Security Advisor to the President. We analyze some elements of a Tucker Carlson, Fox News interview with Bolton. 19:54 – Jim Babka takes Bolton’s challenge and demonstrates how the problems in Iraq are “inevitably” and “unalterably” a result of the decision to overthrow Saddam. http://www.truthaboutwar.org/ 22:53 – How John Bolton disagrees with Ronald Reagan about Iraq’s role as a counterbalance to Iran – 0h, and a Bolton lie about Iran exposed. 27:42 – John Bolton is wrong: Why the fall of Saddam is THE THING that made Iran stronger in the region. 29:24 – What is the one, WRONG lesson that John Bolton sees coming out of the Iraq war? 31:05 – Tell President Trump to reject John Bolton. https://downsizedc.org/tell-trump-reject-john-bolton 32:43 -Why John Bolton and John McCain are the real “isolationists” (and libertarians aren’t) 35:13 – How, surprisingly, libertarians can be “interventionists!” Further reading: Does the common definition of isolationism make sense? https://www.zeroaggressionproject.org/mental-lever/statist-isolationism/ Why Non-Interventionism is NOT sufficient https://downsizedc.org/non-interventionism-not-sufficient