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"I didn't vote for Elon Musk." This complaint became a common refrain in recent weeks for those alarmed by Musk and DOGE's efforts to reduce government spending. Even Elizabeth Warren is getting in on this criticism. The distrust of power wielded by unelected officials has reached a new high. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) appear ...

Commercial fishing is a tough way to make a living. The industry is highly competitive; revenues from year to year can be highly variable; the work is physically demanding and dangerous; and fishermen find themselves at the mercy of severe weather and choppy waters on a daily basis. But even those challenges are less taxing than going up against th ...

When you cast a vote for your chosen candidate, you are not only making your voice heard in one of our most cherished civic rituals but also endorsing the fundamental principle of democratic accountability, according to which, government officials are expected to be answerable to the people. Ensuring that the people remain in control of the governm ...

In 2003, our clients — former Speaker of the House John Boehner, former Rep. John Kline, and former Rep. Howard McKeon — wrote the HEROES Act and shepherded it through Congress. The aim of the HEROES Act is to alleviate the burden of student loans for servicemembers deployed in response to the 9/11 attacks. Little did they know that two decades ...

The idea that high government officials must be accountable to the people should be uncontroversial. Democratic accountability is a cardinal principle in a constitutional republic. Requiring government actors to be answerable to the people protects the public from arbitrary and tyrannical governance. In practice, this means significant government d ...

Dennisa Moore of Mesquite, Texas, smoked for 35 years before she was able to quit with the help of vaporizers, devices that heat flavored liquids for inhaling without the harmful byproducts of combustion smoke. Encouraged by her own success, Dennisa launched Joosie Vapes, a small business that sells vaping products, and for several years, Dennisa h ...