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…
California Gym Owners Sue Newsom Over Restrictions
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. California gym owners are taking Gov. Gavin Newsom and health officials to court over state orders that have kept their businesses closed in…
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…
PA Snares Parents in Pod Bureaucracy
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Some Pennsylvania parents looking for alternatives to educate their children have turned to so-called “learning pods” – small groups led by a tutor….
San Francisco Keeps City-Owned Gyms Open for City Workers, While Private Gyms Remain Closed
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. A local health department order has kept private gyms in San Francisco closed for months, with no end in sight. But city-owned gyms…
Federal Judge Rules Pennsylvania Closure Orders Were Unconstitutional
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. A U.S. District Court judge ruled that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) orders banning large gatherings and closing “nonessential” businesses in response to…
Running Empty Buses to Avoid Layoffs
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Fairfax County, Virginia runs the state’s largest public school system. Students have begun the fall semester as they finished the spring: online. One…
Airlines Want Billions More From the Federal Government
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Major U.S. airlines got $50 billion in federal aid to sustain operations – and employment – through the end of September. But without…
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…
The Nutty Defense of Looting
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. National Public Radio’s interview with Vicki Osterweil, a “self-described writer, editor and agitator” and author of the book “In Defense of Looting,” has…
Federal Deficit Reaches $3 Trillion
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The federal government’s budget numbers for August are in. Not surprisingly, they show a wave of red ink flowing out of Washington, D.C….