Export-Import Bank Puts Taxpayers on Hook for Bailout of Mexico’s State-Owned Oil Company
The Export-Import Bank is back in the news, this time for putting U.S. taxpayers on the hook for a bailout of Mexico’s national oil company – and long-time Ex-Im Bank…
House Democrats Push for Return of Earmarks
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The U.S. House of Representatives banned using earmarks to ease the passage of legislation back in 2011. Now, three Democrats vying to lead…
The Supreme Court has Always Been Political
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. With the partisan lines firmly established for and against Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, the old concerns the…
Barrett Seen as an ‘Originalist’ on Gun Rights
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s rulings in gun rights case during her time as an appellate court judge will undoubtedly come under…
Democratic Strategy to Tie the Senate in Knots Over Barrett
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Senate Democrats may lack the votes to stop Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, but there may be a few…
Barrett May be a Catalyst for Ending Qualified Immunity
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. One major current issue that leaps out of Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett’s legal writings: her seeming willingness to tackle, and maybe end,…
The Political Fight Over the Barrett Nomination
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court has, predictably, set conservatives cheering and liberals wailing. But…
California Seeks to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled a plan to end the sale of new gas-powered vehicles in the state no later than 2035….
No BLM Mural on Richmond City Street
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The Richmond, Virginia Planning Commission revoked its approval for a 200 foot-long “Black Lives Matter” mural on a street near the state capitol…
CBO Estimates Debt Will Exceed GDP in 2021
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The bad news keeps on coming regarding the federal debt. A new report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates that as soon as…
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…
New Jersey Seeks to Tax its Way to Prosperity
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. New Jersey is about to discover whether a proposed tax intended to raise billions of dollars will prompt the businesses in question to…