Editorials: Law

The Price of Cheap Beer

America's top beer-ocrat goes to the Senate tomorrow.

Resentencing Skilling: Reading Between The Lines

The Wall Street Journal reported on April 5

Antigun Activists Are Targeting the Wrong People

[NOTE: The author of this op-ed, Heartland Institute Senior Fellow for Legal Affairs Maureen Martin, died in a housefire on

Heartland Institute Experts React to State of the Union Address

Here is the reaction of many Heartland Institute staffers, scholars, fellows, and policy advisors to President Obama's first second-term State of the Union address.   

Obama Failed to Notice the Biggest Common Denominator in Hadiya's Death

From what I heard, the biggest applause line in President Obama's State of the Union speech was when he said new gun regulations "deserve a vote" because of communities "ripped apart" by "gun viole

Gambling in the Casino: U.S. vs. Standards and Poor's

Like Captain Renault in the 1942 movie Casablanca, I am “shocked...

A Federal Court Slaps Down President Obama's Aggressive Abuse Of Executive Power

Can the President make “recess appointments,” which do not require Senate confirmation, when the Senate isnot in recess?

Court Strikes Down Obama’s NLRB Recess Appointments

In the first bit of good news for those opposing the ever more tyrannical Obama administration, a 3-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has 

Gun Truth: Background Checks

John Lott is the author of the book “More Guns, Less Crime,” which revealed the truth about the importance of gun use for self defense.

Talking Gun Control on Fox Chicago Sunday

Rarely do I feel better after speaking with a gun control advocate than I do today. (See the clip below.)