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Let’s Not Celebrate Constitution Day

September 17, 2021
Adi Dynar
  I was not born an American citizen. I chose to be one. I grew up elsewhere. Few Americans realize how intrigued the rest of the world is with America’s Independence Day and Constitution Day. Few understand the significance of the two documents the two days celebrate—if they’ve read them at all. Fewer still grasp…
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Purchasing Submission

By: Philip Hamburger September 13, 2021
In the News
Our government rules us in many ways. Theoretically, by law. As a practical matter, by administrative edicts. But that’s not all. It also controls us by purchasing our submission. The problem crosses party boundaries. All recent administrations have governed by purchase when they could not get what they wanted by law or administrative fiat. Just…
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When Government Gags, Public Loses

September 10, 2021
Lauren Renslow
Freedom of speech remains a core tenet of democratic societies and free peoples. Speaking up and speaking out are always to be heralded, especially during contentious times in America. But while the freedom to speak is oft rejoiced, few realize that the interests protected by the First Amendment include the freedom to listen. When voices…
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Good-bye, Morrison v. Olson

September 7, 2021
In the News
United States v. Arthrex, this summer’s much-anticipated Supreme Court decision which concluded that the Patent and Trademark Appeal Board (PTAB) is unconstitutionally structured, is unlikely to have a major impact on PTAB operations. The Court “fixed” the constitutional violation by adding an extra step to the administrative review process, thereby permitting PTAB for the most…
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Supreme Court Hints Eviction Moratorium Was Compensable Takings

September 2, 2021
Covid-19 Articlescategory_listSheng Li
  Last week, the Supreme Court released an eight-page per curiam opinion holding that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lacked statutory authority to impose and repeatedly extend an eviction moratorium that covered most of the country. The Court reasoned that the public-health statute upon which CDC relied—which referenced measures such as “fumigation”…
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MSU Shot Mandate Tramples Liberty

September 1, 2021
In the News
​Among the most bizarre aspects of an undeniably strange past 18 months has been the refusal of the media, as well as various governmental entities and public health authorities, to acknowledge the existence of naturally acquired immunity in the context of COVID-19. Scads of scientific literature have settled the existence, durability and robustness of natural…
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