Elizabeth Warren embraces court packing
While the president’s commission on Supreme Court reform warned that there were strong disagreements over so-called “court packing” – under which Congress would expand the number of justices from its…
The grocery bill is going to keep rising in 2022
Official government measures of inflation have final caught up to what people in the real world have known for years: prices for everyday items have never stopped rising. Where are…
Biden’s misguided fight against phantom monopolies will only further damage the economy
More evidence that the Biden administration has no idea what’s causing inflation, but is determined to look busy stopping it? Using the federal government’s antitrust enforcers to stamp out alleged…
Looking ahead on regulations—parts of the BBB may rise from the dead
Federal regulations are a long standing source of dispute, cost and worry for the private sector, conditions made even greater with Biden administration getting its regulatory muscles ready to flex….
Pennsylvania Fourth Amendment case takes on warrantless searches of private property
Government snooping is as old as the republic – and, absent a court-approved warrant – illegal. But that t prevent law enforcement from ignoring constitutional niceties when it thinks someone…
Gavin Newsom justifies outsourcing state law enforcement to vigilantes
California Gov. Gavin Newsom took to the national press to explain/bolster/rationalize his proposal to follow Texas’ lead and outsource the enforcement of state laws on hot button issues to private…
Joe Biden’s gift to the ethanol lobby keeps gas (and food) prices high
The Biden administration and others in official Washington want to make it clear they are serious about fighting inflation. Except in certain instances. You know, like mandates that raise the…
Public schools fret that kids are not coming back
Even as a handful of public school districts in the U.S. revert to online-only learning in the face of coronavirus spread, an even bigger worry looms over public schools: what…
There are plenty of good reasons to oppose semiconductor subsidies
Politicians of both major political parties and at all levels of government can usually agree on one thing: using tax dollars to subsidize select private companies is a good thing….
Democrats blame Manchin when they should blame themselves
Congressional Democrats and the press are still trying to figure out what got into Sen. Joe Manchin that convinced him to back away from the Biden administration’s costly Build Back…