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Cato Institute
- As Elon Musk has noted, the federal government is a “target-rich environment” for cuts. We agree. It’s now time to put pen to paper and codify those cuts into law. Rescission packages are just the tool to do so.
- The U.S. should legalize not just fentanyl but all drugs.
- President Trump has issued an executive order purporting to overhaul the nation’s election law by decree. That’s not how it’s supposed to work.
- The time the Trump administration is spending upending global trade is a waste, the rationale for it is a fraud, and forcing taxpayers to cover the damage is downright abuse.
- Much of the growth in support for the political party that wants to reduce legal immigration comes from the voting habits of immigrants and their descendants.
- A Jones Act loophole finally enables Puerto Rico to access liquified natural gas from the US mainland.
- The JEC acknowledges that the rising debt and persistent deficits are the result of runaway government spending, not insufficient revenues, as tax receipts have remained stable over time. It specifically identifies spending on entitlement programs as the primary driver of the deteriorating […]
- A new memorandum from the Trump administration opens lawyers who oppose the federal government in court to new peremptory and damaging sanctions decided on by the federal government itself, not by courts.
- Tariff proponents have started using the Fed as cover to deflect inflationary concerns. Tariffs are a recipe for making Americans worse off, and the President’s defenders should leave the Fed out of it.
- Many Republicans do not seem to understand that the spending itself causes distortions and deadweight losses. Government bureaucracies waste resources, and the subsidy programs they run induce unproductive responses by individuals and businesses. Most federal programs are not worth the cost
- Faced with Donald Trump’s peremptory and arbitrary penalties, the famous New York law firm of Paul Weiss has capitulated. We are all the losers.
- Legislators like those in Utah are taking a more targeted approach by trying to prescribe a general higher education focused on the intellectual building blocks of Western Civilization, including the rise and influence of Christianity.
- In short, the US is forfeiting the power and prestige it earned for cultivating today’s successful trading system while alienating close allies along the way.
- Nathaniel Pullman, founder of Redeemer Classical School in Indiana, encourages potential founders to decide what they want their school to be and then strive for that rather than trying to make it look like what someone else—including the local public school or […]
- The president has a duty not to enforce unconstitutional laws, and the Department of Education is unconstitutional.
- The US Department of Education is in the Trump administration’s crosshairs. Here are five major reasons it should be.
- Using school choice policies to pick my bracket didn’t work very well last year, but hopefully the growth in programs since then will give me a better chance this year.
- The Times of Israel, the largest English-language Israeli news source, published an interview with Mustafa Akyol on his new book, The Islamic Moses.
- Congress added the law enforcement proviso explicitly to ensure that the statute covers wrong house raids. This was of no consolation to Trina Martin when the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied her claim, asserting that the FBI agents’ actions fell under […]
- Banning Deepseek or other leading foreign AI systems risks unintended consequences for both innovation and security.
Libertarian Institute
- Nicknamed “the father of public relations,” Edward Bernays (1891–1995) was a pioneer in the fields of propaganda and PR; this book is a great insight into the man behind the curtain. “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions […]
- It turns out that journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was ‘texted’ two-hours before the recent US attack on Yemen. Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of Defense texted him the war plan which included specific information about weapons to be used, targets and time of […]
- Ep 016 “Fixing Fight Club: Just Say No to NATO: Part Two” A continued discussion of the NATO debacle. It is time for America to completely reassess alliances and partnership around the world starting with NATO and then working its way down […]
- Mike Maharrey is back, and we discuss the Trump Administration’s plans for economic stability. Alp
- President Stubb in Finland wants to expand the armed forces in Finland. Take a look at Finland on a map. Largest contiguous border with Russia in Europe. A population of 5.6 million. 5.6 million in one of the largest countries in Europe. […]
Liberty Nation
- By Andrew Moran Oops, President Donald Trump did it again. He rocked the financial markets, shocked the business community, and forced reporters to cover a signing in the White House during dinnertime by announcing auto tariffs. Following an event celebrating women, Trump confirmed 25% tariffs on foreign automobiles and car parts entering the country. And, […]
- By Leesa K. Donner A 7-2 opinion allowing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to continue treating certain gun-parts kits as if they were completed firearms came late yesterday (March 26) – but it did not come as a surprise. Despite its label as a conservative court, SCOTUS leaned into the argument […]
- By Joe Schaeffer The Associated Press recently retracted a fake news article that claimed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard had said President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were “good friends.” The reporter who wrote the piece was a featured member of the wire service’s first official “misinformation team” in 2019. “The Associated […]
- By Liberty Nation Authors On this episode of Liberty Nation News’ Conservative 5, the panel discusses the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, the perplexing use of the autopen, and the epic implosion of climate hysterics. For more episodes, click here.
- By Mark Angelides When it was revealed this week that high-ranking members of the Trump administration had shared messages on the Signal app, chaos and recrimination ensued. And yet, as further details emerge, the left-leaning Fourth Estate appears desperate to keep animated a corpse of a story that is beginning to rot. While inviting The […]
Liberty Law
- Staffan I. Lindberg of the V-Dem Institute joins Kristan again to wrap up the year's theme and discuss their most recent (as of recording) Democracy Report, which analyzes the characteristics of democracy and each country's movement toward democracy or autocracy.Staffan I. Lindberg […]
- This podcast is drawn from a multi-part program the Center hosted on October 12, 2022 entitled The Movement to a Level Playing Field. This second installment features Professor Brad Snyder commemorating the 50th anniversary of the landmark Flood v. Kuhn case. After […]
- This podcast is drawn from a multi-part program the Center hosted on October 12, 2022 entitled The Movement to a Level Playing Field. This first installment features David L. Crane speaking about how the ephemera of the Civil Rights Movement contributed to […]
- Bay Fang, President, Radio Free Asia joins Kristan to discuss the challenges and importance of news reporting in and from Asian countries without strong press freedoms, including China, Cambodia, Laos, Tibet, and the Uyghurs. Bay Fang oversees award-winning journalism with the mission […]
- For our 2022 Constitution Day commemoration, the Robert H. Jackson Center hosted Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson to share how they have come together to advance justice. Keith and Phoebe are the descendants of the named parties in Plessy v. Ferguson, the […]
- Leading experts on Ukraine and international criminal tribunals share their thoughts on how an international tribunal could be established to hold Russia accountable for its invasion of Ukraine and the atrocities being committed. This episode is drawn from a July 28, 2022 […]
- Richard Overy, historian and prolific author, shares his thoughts on the interplay of the Nuremberg Trials with the allegations of crimes committed by Soviet soldiers during World War II. Professor Overy was the Robert H. Jackson Center's 2022 Al & Marge Brown […]
- Professor Erica Goldberg joins Kristan to discuss free speech and the First Amendment, whether society's understanding of these rights have changed, the role truth (or knowingly making false statements) should play, and limits or guardrails.Professor Erica Goldberg teaches Torts, Constitutional Law, and […]
- Dr. Katelyn Stauffer and Dr. Alex Badas join Kristan to discuss the importance of diversity in the judiciary, including how it impacts public perception of decisions and nominees.Dr. Stauffer is an Assistant professor in the department of political science and affiliated faculty […]
- David Crane joins Kristan to discuss the international humanitarian law implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine including the laws governing armed conflict and the possible paths to hold Russia's leadership accountable and provide justice to Ukraine.
- Atiba Ellis joins Kristan to discuss voting rights laws, with a focus on how propaganda impacts trust in the system, and the roles politicians and voters need to play. Atiba Ellis is a professor of law at the Marquette University Law School. […]
- This is the first episode of Season 2 and the theme for this year is Democracy on Trial. Staffan I. Lindberg and Kelly Morrison of the V-Dem Institute join Kristan to discuss democracy and autocracy around the globe. Each year, the V-Dem […]
- The final installment of our Cold War Secrets Revealed seminar features Professor Arthur T. Downey. He speaks about his government experience and his book – The Cold War: Law, Lawyers, Spies and Crises.The Robert H. Jackson Center envisions a world where the […]
- The third installment of the Cold War Secrets Revealed seminar features Nancy Thorndike Greenspan as the Al & Marge Brown Lecturer. She discusses her book Atomic Spy: The Dark Lives of Klaus Fuchs. The Robert H. Jackson Center envisions a world where […]
- The second episode of the Cold War Secrets Revealed seminar features Eli Rosenbaum. He shared stories from his work as the director for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Investigations, which was primarily responsible for identifying, de-naturalizing, and deporting Nazi […]
- The first episode of the Robert H Jackson Center Cold War Special, Counsel General of Germany in New York, David Gill shares his perspective growing up in East Germany, the changes that occurred after the Berlin Wall fell as Germany reunified, and […]
- We honored the completion of the 75th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials with a special one-hour program: 75 Years Since the Nuremberg Trial: What it Was and Why it Matters, in partnership with the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum and […]
- Join Kristan and the women from the Center for Democracy and Technology as they discuss equity issues in technology. Listen as they about technology accessibility and how socioeconomic status, abilities, and race and ethnicity impact tech equity. Panelists include: Avery Gardiner, General […]
- Join Kristan as she talks to Navi Pillay, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, discussing human rights during a pandemic. Ms. Pillay has focused on human rights for much of her storied career – defending anti-apartheid activists, acting as […]
- Join Kristan in this re-broadcast of our August 2020 interview, What is Justice?, while also asking Enumale Agada to give us an update on The Justice Initiative, a pilot project she oversaw between the Systemic Justice Project and the Thurgood Marshall Center […]