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Thomas A. Bowden

 

Specialties: Antitrust, Philosophy of Law, Constitutional Law, Individual Rights and Property Rights, Chistopher Columbus controversy, Right to Abortion, Right to Assisted Suicide

Thomas A. BowdenMr. Bowden is an analyst focusing on legal issues at the Ayn Rand Institute. Formerly an attorney in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland, he taught at the University of Baltimore School of Law from 1988 to 1994. He is the author of The Enemies of Christopher Columbus, which was the subject of a C-Span BookTV broadcast, and a contributing author to The Abolition of Antitrust. His Op-Eds have appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Daily News, and many other newspapers. Mr. Bowden has given dozens of radio interviews and has appeared on the Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes. As a member of the Board of Directors of The Association for Objective Law, an organization formed to advance Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism as the basis for a proper legal system, Mr. Bowden filed amicus curiae briefs in federal courts, challenging mandatory community service requirements for public school students.

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How Government Makes Disasters More Disastrous

Your Child Is Not State Property

Defining the Right of Self-Defense by Gun

Deep-Six the Law of the Sea

After Ten Years, States Still Resist Assisted Suicide

Columbus Day Celebrates Western Civilization

The Right to Assisted Suicide

The Faith-Based Attack on Rational Government

Supreme Court Should Uphold Rights, Not Majority Sentiment in Ten Commandments Cases

Columbus Day: The Cure for 9/11

The Lure of Baseball

Shame on Casey Martin

The Joy of Football

Whose Children Are They?

The Tobacco Industry Surrender

A Supreme Court Overview

Compulsory Service for High School Students

Blacklists Are Not Censorship

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Creeping Christianity in the U.S. Military

Congress Should Not Dictate Mental Health Benefits

New Law Trashes Genetic Science

Brigitte Bardot Punished for Political Opinions

Supreme Court's "Retaliation" Decisions Raise New Obstacles for Employers

Fish vs. Men in the Supreme Court

And You Thought It Was Your Room

Religious Constitution Invites Blasphemy Death Sentence

The Obesity Police Are Coming

"Retaliation": Another Job Security Weapon

Exxon's Lonely Battle

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Should Businessmen Go on Strike?

Supreme Court Docket Features Petty Disputes

Congress Should Not Dictate Mental Health Benefits

Congress Should Not Dictate Mental Health Benefits

EU Has No Right to Punish Microsoft

The Unjust Imprisonment of Dr. Jack Kevorkian

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The Unjust Imprisonment of Dr. Jack Kevorkian

Creeping Theocracy

Supreme Court Right to Uphold Assisted Suicide Law

No Apology to Indians

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