federal government
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The number one problem of all public debate about politics and economics is the failure to name the state. If this would change, so would public opinion.
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FeaturedGovernment
A Simple Solution to Solve Legislative Gridlock
by John Droz, Jr. February 14, 2019Remove some of the powers that nationally unelected political party leaders now have.
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EconomicsEducationGovernmentPolitics
Will Student Loan Debt Crush Alabama’s Graduates?
by Daniel Sutter June 16, 2018Unfortunately, many recent college graduates report putting off buying cars or homes, saving for retirement, or marriage due to student loan debt.
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An Institute for Justice report detailing forfeiture abuses, “Policing for Profit,” suggests that there is an inconsistency between proper policing and profit.
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GovernmentPolitics
President Trump’s War – On Government’s War On America
by Seton Motley November 30, 2017United States’ governments at all levels have for decades been at war with America and Americans.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomics
Government Monopoly Money vs. Personal Choice in Currency
by Richard Ebeling June 29, 2017For more than two hundred years, practically all of even the most free market advocates have assumed that money and banking were different from other types of goods and markets.
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President Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court has brought to the fore a troublesome feature of our federal government, namely the selection of Supreme Court justices.
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Once again the United States government is rapidly approaching a fiscal debt ceiling: After March 16, 2017, Uncle Sam will not be legally allowed to borrow any more money to cover its budget deficits, unless Congress votes to raise the debt limit.
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
Would a Court Hear a Challenge to Congress’s Article V Convention Call?
by Michael Stern March 8, 2017Having reviewed the most prominent cases regarding the justiciability of Article V claims, today I will analyze how a court would approach the hypothetical lawsuit discussed in an earlier post.…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
Still More on Article V Justiciability: Idaho v. Freeman
by Michael Stern March 7, 2017The second important district court opinion on the justiciability of Article V claims is Idaho v. Freeman, 529 F.Supp. 1107 (D. Idaho 1981), judgment stayed sub nom. Natl Org. of…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
If All You’ve Got is a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail
by Fritz Pettyjohn March 6, 2017There are ins and outs of politics — the inside game, and the outside. The outside comes from the voters — public pressure. With millions of dollars at its disposal,…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
Coleman v. Miller and the Political Question Doctrine
by Michael Stern March 5, 2017Following on my last post, our analysis of the justiciability of claims related to the Article V convention will begin with Coleman v. Miller, 307 U.S. 433 (1939) and the…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLiberty
Let’s Fight the Enemy, Not Each Other
by Fritz Pettyjohn March 3, 2017All Article V proposals face a common enemy, the frightening spectre of a “runaway” Convention that somehow subverts our Constitution. This fantasy was originally ginned up in the 60’s by,…