Libertarian News
Federal Courts Still Lack Authority to Issue Advisory Opinions
It is not often that federal court opinion begins by referencing the Judiciary Act of 1789, but sometimes it is called for. Earlier this month, Judge Eric Murphy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit wrote a short gem of an opinion in Bowles v. Whitmer reminding us all (including the litigants […]
Mining Is Safer, Cleaner, and More Ethical in America. So Why Do Environmentalists Stand in the Way?
People eagerly give money to rich environmental groups. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has $463 million in assets. It claims it uses law “to confront the climate crisis.” What it really does is pay lawyers to torture people who try to do useful things. Example: America needs minerals like copper and silver to make […]
Abolish the Commerce Department
If the Senate goes along with President-elect Donald Trump’s pick, then financier Howard Lutnick will be the next secretary of the Department of Commerce. He should also be the last. On Tuesday, Trump nominated Lutnick, a personal friend with deep ties to Wall Street who is also co-chairing Trump’s transition effort. In a statement on […]
Trump’s Grammatical Time Machine
If Back to the Future 4 ever becomes a reality, the plot should feature President-elect Donald Trump on the campaign trail. Like Marty McFly and Emmett Brown, Trump spent an inordinate amount of time inserting himself in the past, crafting speculative fiction along the way. In traditional speculative fiction, the author asks the “what if” […]
Federal Courts Still Lack Authority to Issue Advisory Opinions
It is not often that federal court opinion begins by referencing the Judiciary Act of 1789, but sometimes it is called for. Earlier this month, Judge Eric Murphy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit wrote a short gem of an opinion in Bowles v. Whitmer reminding us all (including the litigants […]
Mining Is Safer, Cleaner, and More Ethical in America. So Why Do Environmentalists Stand in the Way?
People eagerly give money to rich environmental groups. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has $463 million in assets. It claims it uses law “to confront the climate crisis.” What it really does is pay lawyers to torture people who try to do useful things. Example: America needs minerals like copper and silver to make […]
Abolish the Commerce Department
If the Senate goes along with President-elect Donald Trump’s pick, then financier Howard Lutnick will be the next secretary of the Department of Commerce. He should also be the last. On Tuesday, Trump nominated Lutnick, a personal friend with deep ties to Wall Street who is also co-chairing Trump’s transition effort. In a statement on […]
Trump’s Grammatical Time Machine
If Back to the Future 4 ever becomes a reality, the plot should feature President-elect Donald Trump on the campaign trail. Like Marty McFly and Emmett Brown, Trump spent an inordinate amount of time inserting himself in the past, crafting speculative fiction along the way. In traditional speculative fiction, the author asks the “what if” […]