Supreme Court review commission finds broad support for term limits on justices
The president’s commission of Supreme Court reform is about to get down to writing its final report. Some of the group’s ideas are already public, and those that are show…
The problem with populism
American politics has long had a populist strain that rises and falls like the tide. The current populist tide is still high, influencing both major political parties and their prospective…
Breaking the bonds of an imperial presidency
The drum beats of the 2022 and even 2024 elections is already rumbling through the land and with it come the cries from Team Red and Team Blue to get…
The lawbreakers on the federal bench
Federal Reserve senior officials aren’t the only government employees with fresh ethics problems. According to a Wall Street Journal investigation, more than 130 federal judges participated in court cases “involving…
Setting limits on our endless crises
There’s a saying that if everything is a crisis, then nothing is a crisis. Such sayings may be trite, but there’s a germ of truth to them. And a dark…
Trying to bring an end to the ‘Constitution-free zone’
The Supreme Court may be given another opportunity to fix the immunity problem it created – and allowed to spin out of control. According to the Institute for Justice, the…
Smith & Wesson HQ leaving Massachusetts for Tennessee
Gun control advocates in Massachusetts have succeeded in chasing a 170 year-old company out of the state. Smith & Wesson announced it will be moving its headquarters and “a significant…
Newsom’s allies turn their ire to the recall process
With California Gov. Gavin Newsom having successfully defeated a recall effort, his allies in the one-party state are exploring ways to make sure future recall efforts never get on the…
A prohibitionist law that’s still on the books
The United States ended its disastrous alcohol prohibition regime in 1933. But the tendrils of prohibition ran so deep that a few still survive today. Among them: a century-old federal…
More women and minorities buying firearms for the first time
New data from a national survey of gun owners shows that women are increasingly buying firearms and now make up almost half of new gun buyers. According to the Wall…