Why We Should Repeal The Civil Rights Act – OpEd |
In his 1995 article titled “Repeal ’64,” Lew Rockwell argued against extending the Civil Rights Act 1964 to new areas of application, on the basis that, “Bad law should be repealed, not extended.” His primary objection to expanding civil rights protection to the new groups of victims that emerge daily was that the civil rights regime is incompatible with basic individual liberties such as freedom of association, freedom of contract, and freedom of expression. This was indeed why Charlie Kirk—an astute observer of contemporary politics—argued that passing the civil rights law was a mistake:
“I have a very, very radical view on this, but I can defend it, and I’ve thought about it,” Kirk said at America Fest. “We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”
“I have a very, very radical view on this, but I can defend it, and I’ve thought about it,” Kirk said at America Fest. “We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”
Far from constraining the growth of tyrannical government, the civil rights regime serves as a justification for increasing the size of government ostensibly to give it enough power and capability to enforce civil rights. An example of how the civil rights regime operates as a growth engine for federal government power is seen in the belief of the Trump administration that the best way to thwart the violent Democrats is by unleashing “civil rights” investigations into their political campaigns. The Democrats accuse the Trump administration of “weaponizing” the civil rights division of the Department of Justice against them, even though they did exactly the same thing to persecute Republicans when they were in power.
The civil rights bureaucracy is undeniably a favorite weapon of both wings of the uniparty, and the civil rights platform is one of the main justifications for both left and right to unite in maximizing federal power over the states. It is obvious that they do this because—just like the mantra of “social justice”—the concept of “civil rights” is one guaranteed to cloak any tyrant in false righteousness. The Constitution does not defend the........