Liberty
Court is no place for Trump’s ‘ballroom dance’
Editors at National Review Online respond to the most recent court ruling in the battle over a White House ballroom. The Supreme Court has put an end to the federal…
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Liberty
Watching SCOTUS closely as it ponders Trump’s emergency tariffs
Shawn Fleetwood of the Federalist seeks expert opinion about the US Supreme Court’s approach to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. [T]hese cases specifically center around the legality of Trump’s use of…
Liberty
Tariff power belongs to Congress, not Trump
Editors at National Review Online assess the latest legal setback for President Donald Trump’s tariff plans. For the second time, Donald Trump’s worldwide 10 percent tariff and retaliatory “liberation day”…
Liberty
Trump, other presidents don’t run American elections
Editors at National Review Online assess President Trump’s recent pronouncement about American election rules. President Trump announced on social media that he intends to “lead a movement to get rid…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Nondelegation and the separation of powers: What they mean for Trump’s tariffs
President Donald Trump has ignited a firestorm with his ever-shifting tariff edicts. He imposed wild new tariffs by invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). But the IEEPA does…
Research Brief
Health Care
The General Assembly should repeal North Carolina’s pernicious and unconstitutional Certificate of Need law
The Certificate of Need Law harms patients, insurers, and taxpayers North Carolina’s Certificate of Need law artificially restricts the supply of medical services in two ways. First, it requires service…
Elections & Public Integrity
SAVE Act would change North Carolina voter registration
The John Locke Foundation published a review of President Donald Trump’s election executive order on March 26. We noted in the review that “the president is nowhere mentioned” in the…
Liberty
Congress could, should end Trump’s trade war
Editors at National Review Online call on Congress to do its job. Last Wednesday, standing at a podium in the White House Rose Garden, the president of the United States…
Elections & Public Integrity
Redistricting Lawsuit Seems Novel Until You Read It
I appeared with former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr in a news segment on a newly filed redistricting lawsuit in November of 2023 (starting at 2:47). Despite our…
Research Brief
Health Care
Recent Developments in a Challenge to North Carolina’s Pernicious and Unconstitutional Certificate of Need Law
North Carolina’s Certificate of Need law harms patients, insurers, and taxpayers by making health care more expensive and less accessible. In a lawsuit currently before the North Carolina Supreme Court,…
Liberty
CNN Paints Ridiculous Picture of Second Amendment Advocates
Charles Cooke of National Review Online responds to a major media outlet’s latest silliness. At CNN, Dominic Erdozain offers up a ridiculous piece titled, “America once valued life more than…
Research Brief
Elections & Public Integrity
Here Is a Novel Idea: Let the Constitution Decide Moore v. Harper
The U.S. Constitution grants state legislatures the power to regulate congressional redistricting There are different interpretations of how to define “state legislature” No matter which interpretation the U.S. Supreme Court…