VERY IMPORTANT ARTICLE!
Can’t disagree with one point in it.
I wonder if someone could keep track of the states that are likely to buck the Feds and be bastions of freedom? Or maybe we could have a rating system set up in a table with the states in the left hand column. The specific laws or actions taken would to protect citizens from the federal gov’t. would run across the top row as a header. An example would be “Health,” “Guns,” “Immigration,” “Fed ID,” “Militia,” “Eligibility,” etc. Each state would either get a check mark, a blank, or perhaps a minus to show a very bad environment for that category. Links could be posted next to each check mark that go to specifics of bills or proposed bills. It would be useful for many reasons. Some people might want to give serious thought to moving and this would be a good reference. I may take a stab at it.
Very interesting that the author flat out says the courts are not the answer and the states are on their own. I believe that is the case.
Very good article - thanks for posting this.
Something like what you're describing has already been done. It's an exhaustive, and comprehensive study of the levels of freedom in the 50 states, in a host of categories. It gives individual states' ratings in each of these categories, and an overall freedom rating.
It's called Freedom In The 50 States: An index of personal and economic freedom. It was authored by William Ruger and Jason Sorens of the Mercatus Center of George Mason University.