Separation of Powers

Lawmakers pass laws full of lofty goals — "promote the public interest" or "ensure fairness" — and leave the tough choices to regulators who weren't on anyone's ballot. It's tidy politics: take credit for ideals, outsource the trade-offs, blame the bureaucracy when the sausage tastes funny. But if we want an accountable government, Congress mus ...

During a press conference earlier this month, House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked about Justice Neil Gorsuch's concerns, raised during Supreme Court oral arguments over the legality of the president's tariffs, that Congress had violated the long-dormant "nondelegation doctrine" by delegating too much of its tariff power to the president. Johnso ...

The power that a group of people united by common passions can wield, and the danger this can present to those outside that group, was top of mind for the men who wrote the Constitution. And it was the topic of Alexander Hamilton's Federalist No. 9 and James Madison's Federalist No. 10, both published 238 years ago today. Written under the pseud ...

Despite the overwhelming concern over the use of artificial intelligence, one of the most promising use cases for AI is regulatory reform. Regulatory accumulation — the slow accumulation of rules, related guidance, case law, and specialized knowledge — has created a knowledge base that no human brain could contain, let alone comprehensively ana ...

Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a new rule amending the regulation that was used to censor PLF client Barry Sturner, former owner of a small mortgage brokerage firm, Townstone Financial, Inc. If Regulation B is amended, CFPB officials will need evidence to prove that a creditor's discriminatory and discouragin ...

This month, record-breaking mountain runner Michelino Sunseri received a presidential pardon, clearing his name after the National Park Service unfairly hit him with criminal charges. The outdoors has always played a big role in Michelino Sunseri's life. The 33-year-old professional mountain runner grew up in North Lake Tahoe, where he and his t ...

The Trump administration recently enforced a Biden-era executive order, harming contractors and subcontractors that provide services to federal entities, and Bill Slayden is one of the many contractors who have been harmed by this rule. If Bill wants to continue providing construction services to the federal government, which is a major source of h ...

While the federal government shutdown did not close federal courts, it did halt funding for the Department of Justice. It is everyday Americans seeking to vindicate their rights who pay the price, including one small business and millions of exhausted parents. This is the story of Nested Bean, a small Massachusetts-based company that should be t ...

What if Florida tried to tell Michigan how to manage its lakes? Or Texas dictated Oregon's school curriculum? Sounds absurd, right? Yet that's exactly what's happening to Pennsylvania's trucking industry—except California is calling the shots. On American Heroes with Kathy Hoekstra, Brian Wanner, president of Peters Brothers, shares how Pennsy ...