Requiring that a president conduct himself within the bounds of the law does not somehow “diminish the votes of the citizens who elected him.”
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All laws must be objective (and objectively justifiable): men must know clearly, and in advance of taking an action, what the law forbids them to do (and why), what constitutes a crime and what penalty they will incur if they commit it. – AYN RAND
Why Free Speech Matters
The pursuit of truth depends on open debate.
The Systematic Unraveling of the Administrative State
This year, and mostly because the Trump administration decided to challenge the entire model, the machinery has begun to malfunction and melt away. There is a very long way to go, but we finally have the answer to the question of this fourth branch’s legitimacy.
The First Amendment Protects Ideologically Based Ad Boycotts
The Supreme Court will uphold as well-established the First Amendment right to engage in ideological ad boycotts. The question is whether the Trump administration will succeed in bulldozing this as a practical matter before it reaches the high court.
The Media Beast Targets the MAHA Reform
There is poetry in how the scholar called a “fringe epidemiologist” by the previous agency heads is now in charge.
Feds Can’t Regulate “Ideological Diversity” at Schools Like Harvard
No civil rights law on the books requires “viewpoint diversity” in university admissions or hiring or creates a protected class of students or faculty based on ideological views.
End All Taxpayer Funding of CPB, NPR, PBS
Nowhere in the Constitution does it say Congress should fund a national media.
What If the Federal Government Begins Defying Court Orders?
Would a determined executive ever fall back in the end on the core power asymmetry between the two branches—it has guns, and the judges don’t?
Who Controls the Administrative State?
Not a day goes by when the New York Times does not manufacture some maudlin defense of the put-upon minions of the tax-funded managerial class. In this worldview, the agencies are always right, whereas any elected or appointed person seeking to rein them in or terminate them is attacking the “public interest.”
The First Amendment and The Case of Anti-Israel Green Card Holder Mahmoud Khalil
If the government is able to prove that his actions went beyond First Amendment protected speech, the courts may well resolve the issue in favor of the government.
Defund NPR
Defunding NPR and PBS and all government-sponsored media isn’t just about saving taxpayers money, and it’s certainly not about placating Elon Musk.
California’s Suspension of Environmental Regulations Should Be Permanent
If these regulations are an unnecessary hindrance for those recovering from the wildfires, why are they necessary at all?
Hunter Biden Pardon and The Evils of ‘Lawfare’
Lawfare involves the targeting of defendants based primarily on who they are rather than what they have done.
The CDC Planned Quarantine Camps Nationwide
It was called “Interim Operational Considerations for Implementing the Shielding Approach to Prevent COVID-19 Infections in Humanitarian Settings.”
Arrest of Telegram Creator Pavel Durov and The Global Assault Against Freedom of Speech
Pavel Durov, who in 2014 fled Russia after the Kremlin “tightened its grip over the Internet” — only to find himself a prisoner in the West a decade later.
What Is Going on in America’s Federal Bureaucracy?
With an ideal president and legislature, we would pursue something like what is going on in Argentina today. Whole agencies need to be deleted entirely from the federal budget.
How Elon Musk’s X Drove The Mainstream Media Narrative After the Trump Assasination Attempt
What stood out above all else was the way free speech on X worked to ferret out the real story, while actually driving forward the mainstream press to correct its errors and get the story right.
Access to Justice
To access legal justice, pathways must exist. The access-to-legal-justice problem can be viewed as a lack of available pathways for people of all economic backgrounds, including those who can’t afford much, the middle class, and even the wealthy.
Overturning The Chevron Deference
Despite sky is falling rhetoric from some quarters, this decision is hardly the end of the administrative state.
Murthy v. Missouri: The U.S. Supreme Court Green-Lights Censorship
The majority opinion here has found a way to codify this new form of censorship that threatens the whole idea of free speech itself.
Trump Gag Order Violates Your Freedom of Speech
Mr. Trump isn’t the only victim of this ill-advised gag order. It violates your First Amendment rights and mine as well.
Will Judge Merchan Sentence Trump to Prison?
Judge Merchan has many sentencing options. We would not venture to predict which one he will select, though we are fairly certain, based on his trial rulings, that he will not be motivated by fairness or justice, but rather by the “get Trump” attitude that has dominated this case from beginning to end.
Governments Shouldn’t Be In the Lending Business
Had one of the individuals at the Constitutional Convention said, “Should we write in a power for the government to lend money?” the reply from everyone else would have been “No.”
The Supreme Court Just Gave Us Hope
The case offers direct parallels to the censorship of Covid-related information. The Biden White House repeatedly worked through third parties – including Meta, Twitter, and Google – to censor disfavored information.
Can Regulation Ever Be Reasonable?
In the big picture, the best way for the government to protect my safety would be for it to protect my freedom to look after myself.
International Criminal Court (ICC) Lacks Jurisdiction Over Israel in Gaza
Israel is not Hamas, and the rules of the ICC are not the same for democracies that live under the rule of law and terrorist groups that live under the rule of lawlessness. This distinction is central to the legitimacy of the ICC and its rule of complementarity. Without recognizing it, the ICC would become a partisan “court” of politics rather than a neutral court of objective law.
Democrat Attempts To “Get Trump” Make a Mockery of the Criminal Justice System
Prosecutors cannot simply make up new crimes by jerry-rigging a concoction of existing crimes, some of which are barred by the statute of limitations others of which are beyond the jurisdiction of state prosecutors.
Censorship and Surveillance: A Declaration on the Future of the Internet
Now We Are Supposed to Cheer Government Surveillance?
World IP Day: Economic Benefits of Intellectual Property
Films and video games aren’t the only things threatened by piracy. Patents for innovative inventions and life-saving medications also stand at risk.
President Biden’s Moral Equivocation on Anti-Israel Demonstrators Demonstrates a Lack of Real Leadership
Mr. Biden needs to demonstrate the same moral clarity he demanded from his predecessor.
Why Canadian Police Tell Homeowners: Just Give Criminals Your Car Keys
“Leave your keys at the front door for criminals.”
Regulations are Making Housing Unaffordable
Fox News reports that the International Code Council, an organization that develops model building code policies, is finalizing its codes for 2024. Critics correctly argue that the new codes are a “backdoor climate initiative” and will add to the cost of new housing....
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