“Every book that Columbia law professor Philip Hamburger writes changes discourse on a subject. The author of Separation of Church and State, Law and Judicial Duty, and the award-winning and Supreme Court cited Is Administrative Law Unlawful? now turns his inquisitive mind to the liberal mind. He joins us to discuss his latest book Liberal Suppression. Click…

Written by Michael P. DeGrandis  In the 1996 cinematic comedy Mars Attacks, Martians destroy Congress, prompting President James Dale (played by Jack Nicholson) to reassure the country by saying, “I want the people to know that they still have two out of three branches of government working for them — and that ain’t bad!” The administrative…

Last weekend, we published an essay in the Wall Street Journal arguing that Big Tech services and platforms that function as conduits for the speech of others can constitutionally be subject to state civil-rights statutes barring viewpoint discrimination. One reason for this is that they are akin to common carriers. State antidiscrimination statutes would merely…

Written by Caleb Kruckenberg “After decades of unchecked expansion of the administrative state, Washington finally has recognized that it has a problem. The current administration has made an earnest commitment to regulatory reform as a matter of policy. But to achieve reform beyond the whims of the current administration, now is the time to embrace more permanent limitations.”…

NCLA has taken a hard look at the rumored top contenders to replace Justice Kennedy, using exclusively the criterion of which judge is most likely to adhere to the Constitution’s constraints on the administrative state. Click here to read complete document.  

Written by Philip Hamburger The Securities and Exchange Commission enjoys its prestige because of its important task in regulating the securities markets, and because it is widely assumed that it acts fairly and lawfully in prosecuting and punishing insider traders. But that venerable reputation has come under fire in recent years, and the SEC now…