Peter Goettler Our inestimable colleague, David Boaz, passed away on June 7, after a year‐long battle with cancer. It’s impossible to express how deeply his friends, colleagues, and...
Thomas A. Berry and Alexander Khoury New York City has maintained a system of rent control since the 1940s. Property owners in the city are subject to a thicket...
David Inserra A proposed amendment to this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) strays a little far from the mark of supporting military readiness or countering threats our...
Thomas A. Berry, Brent Skorup, and Nathaniel Lawson “Qualified immunity” is a special legal protection for government officials, but it is not absolute. Officials are still liable for...
Michael Chapman The minimum wage for most fast‐food workers in California went up to $20 per hour in April. Since then—no surprise—thousands of workers have lost their...
Romina Boccia House Representative Randy Feenstra (R‑IA). At a recent congressional hearing, Representative Randy Feenstra (R‑IA) grilled witnesses on one fundamental point of disagreement regarding how Social Security...
Walter Olson Could bipartisan reform of the National Emergencies Act (NEA) move forward as early as this year? There might be hope. Jennifer Shutt at States Newsroom,...
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar India’s Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Narendra Modi (C). Viva Indian democracy! Opinion polls and exit polls...
David J. Bier President Joe Biden announced today that he will impose a near‐complete ban on asylum for anyone who crosses the border illegally. He will also raise...
Thomas A. Berry and Christopher Barnewolt The government cannot force Americans to speak (or otherwise convey) messages with which they disagree. Such “compelled speech” violates the freedom...