Local Government Corruption
Chris Edwards Some American cities are rife with corruption. A key problem is the large volume and complexity of permitting, licensing, and zoning regulations, and the discretion it gives to…
Rock and Roll Wisdom: Reject Authoritarian Vehicle Mandates
Travis Fisher and Joshua Loucks Ferrari Barchetta. The 1981 song Red Barchetta by the band Rush tells the story of a man who gleefully commits a weekly crime—driving a brilliant…
How “Temporary” Emergency Spending Bloats the Federal Budget for Years
Romina Boccia Today, September 25, the House Budget Committee will consider the Stop the Baseline Bloat Act (H.R. 8068), an important step toward addressing the budget distortion caused by including…
United States v. Moore Brief: Universal Disarmament of People on Supervised Release Is Unconstitutional
Matthew Cavedon In March 2021, Diontai Moore came home from his birthday party to the townhouse he shared with his fiancee, Gwendolyn Pullie, and her three children in Pittsburgh, PA.…
United States v. Duarte Brief: Universal, Lifetime Disarmament of Felons Is Unconstitutional
Matthew Cavedon In 2020, petitioner Steven Duarte was charged with the federal offense of possessing a firearm while a convicted felon; he had no violent crimes on his record. He…
No CBDC, Says Canadian, Australian, and Colombian Central Banks
Nicholas Anthony The Human Rights Foundation’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Tracker shows that over 1.5 billion people are living in countries where CBDCs have been rolled out. However, not…
Biden Is Sleepwalking Toward War in Ukraine and Middle East
Justin Logan Without US military support, neither Ukraine nor Israel could sustain the wars they are fighting at present. From the first day Russia invaded, Ukraine has relied heavily on…
Cooper v. United States Brief: Terry Frisks Are Unconstitutional
Clark Neily One of the US Supreme Court’s most significant Fourth Amendment cases was 1968’s Terry v. Ohio. In Terry, the court held that a police officer can frisk people based…
Reining in Trillions of Executive Spending
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett The Biden administration’s unilateral executive actions could cost taxpayers $2 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis by the House Budget Committee. Even…
Central Planning Will Not Solve California’s Housing Shortage
Marc Joffe The California State Legislature continues to churn out reams of legislation to address the state’s homelessness crisis and housing shortage, with Governor Gavin Newsom signing over thirty relevant…