Issues

California is joining lawsuits to challenge the new tariffs imposed by the executive branch. It's rich that Governor Gavin Newsom is suddenly defending the separation of powers, considering his abuse of executive powers during the pandemic. For nearly three years, Newsom ruled California by executive decree—long after other states had returned to n ...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has opened a Title VI investigation into Thomas Jefferson High School's admissions policy—a 2020 policy that parents, teachers, and alumni challenged in court as discriminatory in a case litigated for three years by Pacific Legal Foundation. Last year the U.S. Supreme Court declined to h ...

Cody Peterson is a third-generation farmer in eastern North Dakota. For decades, his family has been committed to growing food for other families. But recent actions by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service threaten Cody's ability to make a living from farming. The problem comes from the Service's new interpretation of decades-old easements the a ...

Access to healthcare is a nationwide problem. Lack of access might be attributed to too few facilities, too few providers, or unaffordable prices. States are finally waking up and acknowledging that decades-old policies may be exacerbating these problems. One of these bad policies is known as certificate of need (CON) laws. CON laws function lik ...

Emergency rooms across the country are overcrowded, forcing patients suffering from severe illnesses to wait hours for treatment. Worse, when there are sudden increases in illness—say from an influenza outbreak—hospitals are unable to address the problem. That is because many state governments have adopted Certificate of Need (CON) laws that preven ...

When federal agencies want to stretch their powers beyond what Congress authorized, they can get almost admirably creative. Case in point: For fifty years, the United States Fish & Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service have redefined what it means to "take" an endangered animal. The Endangered Species Act authorizes the Fish ...

What sets successful entrepreneurs apart from the rest isn't just a great idea (although that doesn't hurt); it's the rare ability to take a concept and turn it into something tangible. Eva St. Clair and Rebecca Melsky had no experience starting a business, but they had a vision for a kids' clothing company that smashed stereotypes, and most import ...

For over 100 years, the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) has been striving to maximize opportunities for students to engage in "transformative relationships with coaches and teammates in which their character and emotional maturity is developed to empower them to be effective in life." But has the IHSAA struck out in trying to achie ...

In a victory for constitutional rights, the New York Supreme Court for Albany County recently ruled in Super Smoke N' Save v. New York State Cannabis Control Board that unannounced, warrantless searches of regulated marijuana businesses violated the Fourth Amendment. This decision is significant, not just for cannabis business owners but for anyone ...