Opinion
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Countering Pritzker’s Endless ‘Emergency’ Power Grab in Court
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -The candor is refreshing. It is rare to see a public official openly resting upon the justification of Napoleon, the despot in George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm: "Some pigs are more equal than others." -
Tyson Timbs’ Asset Forfeiture Case in District Court Following Indiana Supreme Court Decision
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Tyson Timbs has been trying to recover a Land Rover seized by police in connection with his arrest for a drug offense in 2013. -
Firearms Sales Surge during Pandemic
Opinion -budget-tax-news -State and local governments Implement Inconsistent Policies on Gun Sales -
U.S. Supreme Court Considering Second Amendment Case
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to strike down a New York City law that prevents residents from transporting firearms outside of their residences. -
Companies Join Forces to Open U.S. Rare Earth Mining and Processing Facilities
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Texas Mineral Resources and USA Rare Earth are joining forces to open a rare earth mining operation in Texas and a minerals processing plant in Colorado. -
Commentary: Unaccountable Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Exercises Illegitimate Power
Opinion -budget-tax-news -the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will soon be at the center of a Supreme Court battle over the fundamental nature of the Constitution’s separation of powers. -
Appliance Regulations Are Bringing Back Dirt, Filth, and Disease
Opinion -environment-climate-news, budget-tax-news -President Donald Trump is fighting to roll back federal appliance standards which are leaving people in the dark, dirty, and possibly ill. -
The Freedom to Pump Gas
Opinion -Editorial -Illinois state representative Camille Lilly recently sponsored a bill to restrict self-service gasoline stations. Would creating jobs for gas station attendants be good economics? -
Feds Probe Red-Light Camera Corruption in Illinois, Legislators Back Ban
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Across the United States, 341 communities use red-light cameras, including 68 municipalities in Illinois, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. -
Doomed Climate Lawsuits Waste Precious Time and Money
Opinion -Editorial -It’s time for federal and state courts to say enough is enough and block all such lawsuits. It’s the job of elected branches, not the judiciary, to determine United States climate and energy policy. -
Federal Court Rules U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Responsible for Damages from Houston Area Flooding
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A Federal court has ruled in favor of property owners who sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for damages to property resulting from the overflow of reservoirs designed and managed by the Army Corps, located in suburbs west of Houston, Texas. -
Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Oregon Youths’ Climate Lawsuit
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed a lawsuit brought on behalf of 21 youths in an attempt to force the federal government to impose limits on fossil-fuel use. -
‘Old-Fashioned Land Grab’ in Colorado Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Colorado law allows property owners and residents to form “special municipal districts” that can use eminent domain to take private property. -
Judges Order Government Spending Without Representation in Illinois
Opinion -budget-tax-news -"Our research revealed Illinois legislators have acquiesced to a power grab by the federal and state judiciary." -
Michigan Court Halts Governor’s Ban on Flavored E-Cigs, Vapes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to issue emergency rules banning online and retail sales of flavored e-cigarettes, in response to reports of an increase in vaping-related lung diseases. -
Survey: Public Strongly Rejects Second Amendment Repeal
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A canvass of 1,000 likely voters by The Heartland Institute, a national free-market think tank, and Rasmussen Reports. -
The Good and Bad Economics of Plea Bargains
Opinion -budget-tax-news, Editorial -Plea bargains let persons accused of crimes plead guilty and receive reduced charges or a reduced sentence. -
McGahn Subpoena Ruling a Pyrrhic Victory for Congress
Opinion -Editorial -The McGahn case again illustrates how civil enforcement actions are plagued by prolonged litigation and procedural delays that render them unsuitable for achieving prompt and effective oversight actions. -
FCC Chairman’s Proposed Spectrum Auction for 5G Is Good Policy
Opinion -Public-spectrum auctions led by the FCC are a step toward market-based spectrum management and privatization of public airwaves while maintaining needed governance of spectrum. -
Legal Challenge to Campus Speech Codes Settled
Opinion -budget-tax-news, school-reform-news -University of Michigan Eliminates Its "Bias Response Teams" -
Alaska’s Supreme Court Considers Youth Climate Lawsuit
Opinion -environment-climate-news -For the second time in less than decade, the Alaska Supreme Court will decide on the merits of a civil lawsuit filed by Oregon-based Our Children’s Trust on behalf of 16 Alaskan youths. -
New York Court Dismisses Climate Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil
Opinion -environment-climate-news -New York state Supreme Court Justice Barry Ostrager dismissed a lawsuit brought by state Attorney General (AG) Letitia James against ExxonMobil. -
Ann Arbor Agrees to Limit Scope of Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A Michigan city has agreed not to use its expansive anti-discrimination law against two political strategists. -
Coloradans Will Vote on National Popular Vote Law in 2020
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The law places Colorado in a compact of states that pledge to award all their electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate receives a majority of the NPV.