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Nationwide Injunctions and the Rule of Law
At oral argument Thursday in Trump v. Casa, Inc., the “nationwide injunction” case, Justice Kagan put her finger on the question that is, in my view, decisive: If district courts do not have the ability to issue “nationwide injunctions”* against executive misbehavior, i.e., if they are limited to injunctions applicable only to the specific party/ies […]
How War Propaganda Has Fueled American Foreign Policy for a Century
The New York Times this week reports that the Trump administration has canceled many grants that were to fund “research” on “misinformation.” This is being presented by the media as a dastardly deed that will supposedly allow the spread of misleading or false information through various media channels. Of course, if there were any genuine interest in studying the […]
Resurrection of the Skyscraper Curse?
With the resurrection of Saudi Arabi Read More Article from Mises Institute
Donald Trump Now Owns the Ukraine War
“It’s not my war.” —Donald Trump (on board Air Force One on April 25) President Donald Trump has said repeatedly that the Ukraine War is Joe Biden’s, not his. But now the Ukraine war belongs to Trump. He can no longer deny ownership. From Defence-blog.com: President Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly approved its first weapons […]
Abolitionist Hypocrisies
The ante bellum abolitionist movement ranged from peaceful ab Read More Article from Mises Institute
Trump Skewers Neoconservative Interventionist Foreign Policy
The leader of the free world just announced that America’s long-standing interventionist foreign policy hasn’t done the world any favors. President Donald Trump’s Middle Eastern tour through Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates has generated a lot of headlines, mainly for the hundreds of billions of dollars in business it’s generating. But something […]
Today in Supreme Court History: May 17, 1954
5/17/1954: Brown v. Board of Education and Bolling v. Sharpe are decided. The post Today in Supreme Court Histor Read More Article from Reason.com
One Wrong Decision and Everything Turns to Dust
With all of the current angst about tariffs and other issues, i Read More Article from Mises Institute
Why America Doesn’t Need ‘Allies’
The title is a bit crude and is deliberately mocking in tone. But it has to be because there is a deeply-entrenched, almost sacred presumption embedded in the nation’s foreign policy catechism that “allies”, “alliances” and “coalitions of the willing” are the be-all-and-end-all of enlightened, necessary and effective foreign policy. American policy-makers and diplomats perforce […]
Nationwide Injunctions and the Rule of Law
At oral argument Thursday in Trump v. Casa, Inc., the “nationwide injunction” case, Justice Kagan put her finger on the question that is, in my view, decisive: If district courts do not have the ability to issue “nationwide injunctions”* against executive misbehavior, i.e., if they are limited to injunctions applicable only to the specific party/ies […]
How War Propaganda Has Fueled American Foreign Policy for a Century
The New York Times this week reports that the Trump administration has canceled many grants that were to fund “research” on “misinformation.” This is being presented by the media as a dastardly deed that will supposedly allow the spread of misleading or false information through various media channels. Of course, if there were any genuine interest in studying the […]
Resurrection of the Skyscraper Curse?
With the resurrection of Saudi Arabi Read More Article from Mises Institute
Donald Trump Now Owns the Ukraine War
“It’s not my war.” —Donald Trump (on board Air Force One on April 25) President Donald Trump has said repeatedly that the Ukraine War is Joe Biden’s, not his. But now the Ukraine war belongs to Trump. He can no longer deny ownership. From Defence-blog.com: President Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly approved its first weapons […]
Abolitionist Hypocrisies
The ante bellum abolitionist movement ranged from peaceful ab Read More Article from Mises Institute
Trump Skewers Neoconservative Interventionist Foreign Policy
The leader of the free world just announced that America’s long-standing interventionist foreign policy hasn’t done the world any favors. President Donald Trump’s Middle Eastern tour through Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates has generated a lot of headlines, mainly for the hundreds of billions of dollars in business it’s generating. But something […]
Today in Supreme Court History: May 17, 1954
5/17/1954: Brown v. Board of Education and Bolling v. Sharpe are decided. The post Today in Supreme Court Histor Read More Article from Reason.com
One Wrong Decision and Everything Turns to Dust
With all of the current angst about tariffs and other issues, i Read More Article from Mises Institute
Why America Doesn’t Need ‘Allies’
The title is a bit crude and is deliberately mocking in tone. But it has to be because there is a deeply-entrenched, almost sacred presumption embedded in the nation’s foreign policy catechism that “allies”, “alliances” and “coalitions of the willing” are the be-all-and-end-all of enlightened, necessary and effective foreign policy. American policy-makers and diplomats perforce […]