Sen. Mike Lee: Congress ‘Must Pass’ the REINS Act to restore Its Lawmaking Authority
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) is strongly urging the 119th Congress to pass the “Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny” (REINS) Act to rein […]
Administrative State
Operation Choke Point 2.0: How the Feds Are Seeking to ‘Debank’ Targeted Industries
A federal initiative that began during the Obama administration with the goal of debanking certain industries disfavored by federal officials has apparently been resurrected and […]
Tearing the Leviathan Apart
The time has come to end the Administrative State once and for all. This failed experiment launched a century ago by Progressive Statists like Woodrow […]
Rethinking Presidential Power For The Next Trump Administration
In sharp contrast with legal scholars who readily conflate presidential and administrative power, legitimate presidential powers are now, in fact, at their weakest in history.
Questionable federal probe crushing Michigan-based staffing company
The American Legal Record Podcast last week highlighted the interesting case of Forge Industrial Staffing, which is losing clients and workers thanks to a U.S. […]
Perpetual Adolescence
I have been an inveterate fan of the Saint Louis Cardinals ever since their flashy team, long on power pitching, speed on the bases and […]
Ratcliffe Falls to Intelligence Agency Imperialism
President Trump’s withdrawal of the nomination of U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to be director of national intelligence on Friday is the latest of his […]
Food Labeling Follies
California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) recently made it official: Your morning cup of coffee won’t give you cancer. Next week’s newsflash probably will be, […]
Fiscal Conservatism, R.I.P.
The drama over congressional testimony from Special Counsel Robert Mueller this week obscured other important legislation before Congress—like the mammoth $2 trillion, two-year budget deal […]
The ‘Marlene Effect’: Why Our Reasonable Neighbors Are Blind to the Deep State
In an essay that I published recently at The American Mind, I argue that we need a conservative revolution to reclaim our constitutional republic. Exposing […]
20th-Century Progressive Politics Continues to Unfold
The West took a turn for the worse about 100 years ago. Three versions of a new political vision—fascism, communism, and progressivism—came to power at […]
After AOC’s Toilet Hysteria, Real Abuse at the Border Is Ignored
The immigration problem today demands a serious debate about how to remedy the situation for the good of the country and its citizens. What we […]
If We Could Put a Man on the Moon . . .
It’s been 50 years since we first landed on the moon. It’s been 46 years, seven months, and four days since we last departed from […]
Trump and the Founders: Just What Jefferson Wanted?
How did the Constitution’s framers envision the presidency? Would Donald Trump be their worst nightmare, or just what they had in mind? We know something […]
Shakespeare at the Pentagon
Scene: A conference room on the 5th floor. Mark Antony rises and moves to the front where a PowerPoint slide displayed on the video wall […]
From Bake Sales to Boardrooms, ‘Woke’ Is Good For Business
Historically, Republicans have been known as the “party of the rich” making them the “oligarchs” and “fat cats” of American politics in the eyes of […]
Swampy Washington Should Not Compound the F-35’s Failure
Mae West famously said that too much of a good thing can be wonderful. Well, Washington lawmakers seem determined to turn that logic on its […]
Boris and the Crybullies
There is little more gorgeous than the enunciated subtle rage of the middle-class English blonde. Such spectacle is well worth the very occasional stoke. After […]
Lessons from Bill: Call the S.O.B.
In January 2016, Bill Clinton’s presidential library made public transcripts of telephone calls between the president and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The calls, placed […]
I’ve Got a Plan for That!
History is littered with the calamities created by those in possession of little knowledge but tremendous certainty. As the political season heats up it seems […]