Economists and the State: From Enemies to Friends
The state and its friends re Read More Article from Mises Institute
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Congress Passes Legislation to Create Needed Judgeships, but Biden May Veto
The Judicial Conference has called for the creation of additional judgeships — primarily district court seats in parts of the country plagued by judicial backlogs. The Federal Bar Association has joined the call for more judgeships, and endorsed the JUDGES Act, which would authorize 66 new district court judgeships over the next decade, staggered so […]
The Bailout Fallacy
Ruchir Sharma, a non-Austrian, gets it right. He lends strong suppo Read More Article from Mises Institute
He Was Convicted of a Felony for Holding a Gun on the Sidewalk in Front of His House
In the 1995 case United States v. Lopez, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had exceeded its power to regulate interstate commerce by making it a felony to possess a gun within 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary school. Congress responded by amending the Gun-Free School Zones Act so that it applied only to “a […]
Kindle Version of “The Digital Fourth Amendment” Is Now Available
I’m very pleased to say that the Kindle version of my new book, The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Online World, is now available for sale. The print version comes out January 10th, but the electronic version is out today. This is the first regular-audience book I have written—it’s about law, but […]
No, an Iranian ‘Mothership’ Isn’t Attacking New Jersey With UFOs
Something weird is going on in New Jersey, and it’s not just the swamp gas. Residents across the state have been calling in nighttime sightings of unidentified flying objects for the past month, including over military bases and President-elect Donald Trump’s golf course. Neither local police nor the feds can explain what is going on—but […]
Stakeholder Capitalism and the Corporate KPI Cult
Political activists in corporate America in Read More Article from Mises Institute
Biden Issues More Pardons and Commutations Under Pressure From Criminal Justice Groups
Outgoing President Joe Biden granted 39 pardons and commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 federal offenders serving the remainder of their sentences on home confinement today. The orders came under intense pressure from a coalition of civil rights, criminal justice, and religious groups urging Biden to use his clemency power to grant relief to several […]
Keeping These Tax Cuts Is a Bad, Expensive Idea
Extending the individual income tax portions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is supposed to be a good thing, right? After all, who doesn’t love lower taxes? However, data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that, without accompanying spending cuts, these tax cuts are going to cost the government. If the cuts […]
The DOGE Daze of Regulatory Reform
The new “Department of Government Efficiency” (aka “DOGE”), led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, aims to downsize the federal government and tame the federal bureaucracy. DOGE (which is not actually a government department) is seeking help identifying regulations that should be rescinded or repealed. As detailed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, they aim […]
Congress Passes Legislation to Create Needed Judgeships, but Biden May Veto
The Judicial Conference has called for the creation of additional judgeships — primarily district court seats in parts of the country plagued by judicial backlogs. The Federal Bar Association has joined the call for more judgeships, and endorsed the JUDGES Act, which would authorize 66 new district court judgeships over the next decade, staggered so […]
The Bailout Fallacy
Ruchir Sharma, a non-Austrian, gets it right. He lends strong suppo Read More Article from Mises Institute
He Was Convicted of a Felony for Holding a Gun on the Sidewalk in Front of His House
In the 1995 case United States v. Lopez, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had exceeded its power to regulate interstate commerce by making it a felony to possess a gun within 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary school. Congress responded by amending the Gun-Free School Zones Act so that it applied only to “a […]
Kindle Version of “The Digital Fourth Amendment” Is Now Available
I’m very pleased to say that the Kindle version of my new book, The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Online World, is now available for sale. The print version comes out January 10th, but the electronic version is out today. This is the first regular-audience book I have written—it’s about law, but […]
No, an Iranian ‘Mothership’ Isn’t Attacking New Jersey With UFOs
Something weird is going on in New Jersey, and it’s not just the swamp gas. Residents across the state have been calling in nighttime sightings of unidentified flying objects for the past month, including over military bases and President-elect Donald Trump’s golf course. Neither local police nor the feds can explain what is going on—but […]
Stakeholder Capitalism and the Corporate KPI Cult
Political activists in corporate America in Read More Article from Mises Institute
Biden Issues More Pardons and Commutations Under Pressure From Criminal Justice Groups
Outgoing President Joe Biden granted 39 pardons and commuted the sentences of roughly 1,500 federal offenders serving the remainder of their sentences on home confinement today. The orders came under intense pressure from a coalition of civil rights, criminal justice, and religious groups urging Biden to use his clemency power to grant relief to several […]
Keeping These Tax Cuts Is a Bad, Expensive Idea
Extending the individual income tax portions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is supposed to be a good thing, right? After all, who doesn’t love lower taxes? However, data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that, without accompanying spending cuts, these tax cuts are going to cost the government. If the cuts […]
The DOGE Daze of Regulatory Reform
The new “Department of Government Efficiency” (aka “DOGE”), led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, aims to downsize the federal government and tame the federal bureaucracy. DOGE (which is not actually a government department) is seeking help identifying regulations that should be rescinded or repealed. As detailed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, they aim […]