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Encyclopedia > Jason Sorens

Jason Sorens is the founder of the Free State Project, a plan to have 20,000 or more "liberty-oriented" people move to New Hampshire, with the intent of influencing local politics and policy in order to promote libertarian ideals. The Free State Project (FSP) is a plan to have 20,000 or more liberty-oriented people move to a single state of the United States, with the intent of influencing local politics and policy. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... See also Libertarianism and Libertarian Party Libertarian,is a term for person who has made a conscious and principled commitment, evidenced by a statement or Pledge, to forswear violating others rights and usually living in voluntary communities: thus in law no longer subject to government supervision. ...


Dr. Sorens was raised in Houston, Texas and studied at Washington and Lee University and Yale University. Nickname: Space City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Area    - City 1,558 km²  (601. ... Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia, located adjacent to Virginia Military Institute. ... Yale redirects here. ...


He is currently a professor at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (also known as the State University of New York at Buffalo or SUNY-Buffalo and abbreviated as UB) is located in Buffalo and Amherst, New York. ...


External Links

  • biography at Freestateproject.org
  • Faculty profile

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The Free State Project: An Interview with Jason Sorens (4587 words)
Jason Sorens: At the time, around 2001, there was a great deal of discussion among libertarians about the failure of libertarian electoral and political strategies up to that point.
Sorens: It basically means that the tenth amendment is taken seriously — that the federal government doesn’t get involved in matters that are, according to the constitution, purely state and local matters, from education to housing to health and welfare.
Sorens: I think his influence was particularly in the realm of showing how competing philosophies of justice fell down at one point or another.
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