Progressives Revive Push for Packing the Supreme Court
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. An old cause among progressives has gotten new attention since Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death: packing the Supreme Court. In an earlier version of…
Approving a New Supreme Court Justice
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. President Donald Trump said he is likely to nominate a new Supreme Court justice Friday or Saturday, in the hopes the Senate will…
Appeals Court Says NSA Metadata Collection was Probably Unconstitutional
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. A federal appeals court recently ruled that a former National Security Agency (NSA) program that collected telephone metadata on millions of Americans over…
States Should Seek New Revenue Sources Like Marijuana Rather Than Hope for a Federal Bailout
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Numerous state and local governments are hoping Congress will ride to the rescue of their broken budgets. House Democrats are certainly on board,…
2020 Could be the Biggest Year Yet for Gun Sales
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The number of first-time gun buyers has surged this year, with nearly five million people purchasing their first firearm. According to retail sales…
Congress Can Still Do the Right Thing on Civil Asset Forfeiture
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Congressional efforts to reform policing have run into the usual logjams and partisan traps. But at least one item that should be supported…
Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer Issues Order Telling State Agencies to Enforce Her Earlier Orders
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) issued an executive order earlier this month demanding state agencies more strictly enforce the earlier executive order she…
Minneapolis Drops Demand for Property Tax Payments Before Allowing Demolition of Ruined Buildings
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. In parts of riot-ravaged Minneapolis, Minnesota, property owners hoping to remove the broken remains of the businesses had run into a powerful bureaucratic…
Second Amendment Lawsuit in Illinois Over Delays in State Licensing
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Illinois residents seeking to buy firearms are running into a bureaucratic, and likely unconstitutional, roadblock: lengthy delays in processing the applications residents are…
Pentagon IG: Unresolved Problems are Costing Money, and Making it Harder to Save Lives
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The Pentagon’s inspector general has issued an annual review of unresolved issues at the department and found the backlog – and cost, in…