Legal Affairs
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Federal judge William Alsup recently dismissed a lawsuit by Oakland and San Francisco against oil companies for costs related to global warming. The decision is wise, regardless of whether global warming threatens humanity’s future.
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FeaturedLegal Affairs
The Party That Cried Wolf: The Real Danger to the Constitution Is Not Brett Kavanaugh
by Liam Sigler July 17, 2018If one asked a liberal strategist their opinion on President Donald Trump’s recent Supreme Court nomination, the lyrics to R.E.M.’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know It,” might be their retort.
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GovernmentLegal AffairsPolitics
Battle Lines Being Drawn Over Replacing Kennedy
by Nancy Thorner July 6, 2018Washington is abuzz over the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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GovernmentHealth CareLegal AffairsPoliticsRegulation
Patients Now Have Right To Try, Thanks to Conservatives & Trump
by Sarah Lee July 5, 2018At last, regulatory flexibility for the seriously ill from the FDA.
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GovernmentInternet/TelecomLegal Affairs
Are You Secure? Really? How Do You Know?
by Bartlett Cleland June 28, 2018Cyberthreats against the private sector have been well covered in the press over the last few years.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedLegal AffairsScience
Feds, States on the Right Side of a Climate Lawsuit for Once
by H. Sterling Burnett June 10, 2018The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has entered the legal fray in the lawsuits filed by San Francisco and Oakland against oil companies seeking damages for their alleged contributions to climate change, their action comes just a month after 15 state’s Attorneys General filed their own amicus brief seeking dismissal of the case.
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GovernmentLegal AffairsMediaPoliticsRegulation
The Solution (To Music Royalty Payments) Is Less Government – Not More
by Seton Motley June 8, 2018Government damages and destroys everything it touches. Things afflicted with any sort of government – warp and wither. At the very least, they are hampered from better bettering their situations.
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EconomicsInternet/TelecomLegal Affairs
Intellectual Property: Everyone Loves Getting Paid For It – Everyone Hates Paying For It
by Seton Motley June 7, 2018“Hypocrisy: feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel.”
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In The Tank (ep141) – Driverless Cars, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism
by Donald Kendal May 25, 2018Donny Kendal is joined by Heartland Research Director Edward Hudgins to present episode #141 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from Reason, Heritage Foundation, the Rand Corporation, and the Cato Institute.
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEconomicsEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedLegal AffairsLibertyPodcastPoliticsScience
In The Tank (ep140) – PASPA Struck Down! State Pension Crisis, Amazon Tax, Nuclear Power
by Donald Kendal May 18, 2018John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #140 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from Pew Charitable Trusts, the Washington Policy Center, the Freedom Foundation, and the American Council on Science and Health.
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Climate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyLegal Affairs
(Hot) Air Let Out of California’s Climate Change Lawsuit
by William M. Briggs April 2, 2018California thought there might have been some kind of conspiracy by oil companies to hide secrets about global warming. Umm … no.
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A distinguished and influential voice in debates on a wide range of topics, Ron Rotunda will be sorely missed.
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Budgets/TaxesLegal Affairs
Case is Key to Public Workers’ Free Speech
by Jesse Hathaway January 8, 2018A Supreme Court case, Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, could give government workers a reason to be merry in 2018.