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…
Article Two of the United States Constitution
establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal laws
Liberty
SCOTUS labeled ‘powerful, resilient, independent’
Jack Goldsmith assesses the impact of recent US Supreme Court decisions involving the limits of executive power. About a year ago the Trump administration appeared to have defied legal restraints…
Liberty
Slaughter ruling makes constitutional sense
Philip Hamburger explores the implications of a major recent US Supreme Court ruling. When Donald Trump fired a Joe Biden–appointed member of the Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca Slaughter, she sued…
Liberty
SCOTUS could thwart EPA’s unconstitutional actions
Margot Cleveland writes for the Federalist about a signification opportunity for the nation’s highest court. The EPA under the Biden Administration crafted a cap-and-trade scheme to allocate market share in…
Liberty
Praising the end of the anti-weaponization slush fund
Editors at National Review Online are happy to see the end of a misguided Trump administration idea. Well, that didn’t take very long. Two weeks after we editorialized against the…
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Elections & Public Integrity
Make state and local governments more transparent
North Carolina has regressed on government transparency. The General Assembly has made itself functionally immune to the state’s public records law, and some local governments are skirting the open meetings…
Liberty
Lamenting Trump’s ‘slush-fund boondoggle’
Editors at National Review Online critique one of the president’s latest dubious ideas. Donald Trump has dropped his $10 billion damages lawsuit against the IRS. What he’s doing instead may…
Liberty
Trump makes unconvincing case that Iran war is ‘terminated’
Jeffrey Blehar of National Review Online assesses the president’s latest questionable claim. Heads up folks, did you know that the Iran war is apparently over? Yes, on May 1 Trump…
Liberty
Gorsuch reminds us why Congress matters
John Puri writes for National Review Online about the important civics lesson embedded in one U.S. Supreme Court justice’s recent opinion. At the end of his concurring opinion in the…
Statement on Supreme Court Tariff Ruling
RALEIGH – The John Locke Foundation is encouraged to see today’s Supreme Court ruling regarding unilateral executive implementation of tariffs. “Today’s decision is a victory for the Constitution, for consumers, and…
Liberty
Exploring Trump’s impact on executive power
Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer ponder President Donald Trump’s impact on executive power during the first year of his second term. In the pursuit of this agenda, Trump has unquestionably…
Liberty
Gorsuch exposes faulty basis for unchecked bureaucracy
Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about an interesting exchange at the nation’s highest court. Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch dismantled a lawyer’s illogical arguments about a president’s executive power during…