Opinion
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Feds Investigate Arizona Wind Farm for Killing Protected Species
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation of a southern Arizona wind farm for the deaths of an endangered bat and a federally protected golden eagle. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Policy Advisors Join Amici Curiae Brief in California ‘Climate Trial’
Opinion -Press Release -"The amici curiae will demonstrate that there is no 'consensus' among scientists that recent global warming was chiefly anthropogenic, still less that unmitigated anthropogenic warming has been or will be dangerous or catastrophic." -
Ronald Rotunda, R.I.P.
Opinion -Editorial -A distinguished and influential voice in debates on a wide range of topics, Ron Rotunda will be sorely missed. -
Supreme Court Revisits Online Sales Tax Decision
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Whether states can require out-of-state businesses to collect and remit sales taxes to the government on purchases made by in-state consumers will be determined by the U.S. Supreme Court in its current session. -
Why Alabama Should Reform Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
Opinion -Editorial -Private property rights are one of the fundamental tenets of our Republic. -
Supreme Court Hears Case on Forced Union Dues
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case to determine whether governments can deduct union fees from public sector employees’ paychecks without their permission. -
U.S. Dependence on Other Countries for Critical Minerals Reported
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report shows the United States is 100 percent reliant upon China, Russia, and others countries for 20 of the 23 most critical minerals used in manufacturing. -
New York’s Silly Climate Suit
Opinion -Editorial -On January 10, the city of New York filed suit against BP, Chevron, Conoco-Phillips, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell. -
Judge Blocks Seattle’s ‘Millionaire Tax’
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The city government of Seattle, Washington is asking the state Supreme Court to review a county judge’s decision blocking a “millionaire tax” targeting high-income earners living in the city. -
Case is Key to Public Workers’ Free Speech
Opinion -Editorial -A Supreme Court case, Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, could give government workers a reason to be merry in 2018. -
Federal Judge Tosses Logging Company’s Lawsuit
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal judge in San Francisco dismissed a logging company’s lawsuit against Greenpeace and a San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit called Stand, who it accused of libel and racketeering. -
Wisconsin Legislature Passes ‘Homeowners’ Bill of Rights’
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Wisconsin now has a “Homeowners’ Bill of Rights” intended to prevent local governments from limiting property owners’ use of their lands. -
Colorado Attorney General Fights Against Personhood Claim for River
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Colorado’s Attorney General has asked a Federal District Court to dismiss a “first-of-its-kind” claim filed by a radical environmental group, requesting the court recognize the Colorado River ecosystem as a legal person with constitutional rights. -
Federal Court Rules for Ranchers, Against Forest Service in Property Rights Case
Opinion -environment-climate-news -A federal court upheld the right of a New Mexico family of ranchers to access water on federal lands, determining the right dated back to the Territory of New Mexico. -
Yes, The Government Has To Get A Warrant For Digital ‘Papers’
Opinion -Editorial -In this the Digital Age, we yet again find our government lagging way behind We the People and our private sector. -
Defund Asset Forfeiture Program, Senators Say
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A group of U.S. Senators is calling on Senate Rules and Administration Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) to deny funding for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ expansion of the federal government’s civil asset forfeiture program. -
Supreme Court Hears Cell Phone E-Tracking Case
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Whether the Fourth Amendment permits law enforcement agencies to seize historical cell-site location information (CSLI) from mobile phone companies without first obtaining a warrant from a judge will be determined by the U.S. Supreme Court. -
EPA Ends Use of Controversial ‘Sue And Settle’ Agreements
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt issued an Agency-wide directive to end “sue and settle” practices within the EPA. -
Trump Improves Transparency by Ending EPA Sue-and-Settle Agreements
Opinion -Editorial -Poverty remains, by far, the biggest killer of humans, and government-imposed regulations have been proven to create economic costs that make poverty more likely. -
The Perplexing Problem of Frivolous Lawsuits
Opinion -Editorial -Business groups have long campaigned against frivolous lawsuits. And yet the problem resembles government’s challenge in planning an economy. -
Supreme Court Accepts Historic Forced-Unionism Case
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Lawyers representing an Illinois state government employee challenging the constitutionality of deducting union fees from his paycheck will present opening arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS). -
Lawsuit Challenges Border Patrol Phone Searches
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Ten American citizens are suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, alleging federal border patrol agents violated their constitutional rights by searching their personal electronic devices without first obtaining search warrants from a judge. -
High Court Could Boost School Choice
Opinion -Editorial -All the available evidence suggests a Supreme Court majority is now poised to deliver a death blow to a 40-year-old precedent that has allowed public-sector unions for decades to pick the pocketbooks of non-members to pay the costs of union bargaining. -
America Is in Dire Need of Mens Rea Reform
Opinion -Editorial -America is much less the land of the free than it is the land where everything is illegal, where, as John Stossel pointed out in 2012, “No one can know what is legal.”