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Biden’s Infrastructure Bills Leave a Legacy of Big Spending and Little Payoff
When President Joe Biden vacates the White House later this month, talk will turn to his legacy: What did he accomplish in office? Which among his achievements will outlast him? Even though Biden came into office with ambitious promises, his scorecard looks unimpressive. The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act apportioned more than $1 trillion […]
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Defamation Lawsuit Over Statements Related to 2020 Georgia Ballot Counting Controversy Dismissed
From Pick v. Raffensperger, decided Nov. 22 by Judge Eleanor Ross (N.D. Ga.), but only posted several days ago on Westlaw (an appeal is pending): On November 3, 2020—election day—State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, served as a site for ballot counting. The ballot counting activity at State Farm Arena was recorded in an over […]
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9th Cir. En Banc Upholds Oregon’s Ban on Surreptitious Recordings of Conversations
An excerpt from yesterday’s en banc decision, written by Judge Morgan Christen, in Project Veritas v. Schmidt (reversing the July 2023 panel decision); the full opinions are over 20,000 words long, so this just gives a flavor of the analysis: Oregon’s conversational privacy statute prohibits unannounced audio-only recordings of oral communications between two or more […]
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Next-Generation Nuclear Energy Developer Sues Federal Regulators
A lawsuit recently filed by Utah, Texas, and Last Energy (a microreactor company) is challenging a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rule requiring all nuclear power-producing entities—including those that do not generate enough electricity to turn on a lightbulb—to obtain an operating license from the commission before turning on. If successful, the lawsuit could diminish the federal […]
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‘Daniel Penny Effect’ and Surging Crime Rates
Who can blame New Yorkers for refusing to intervene to prevent crime when they live in a city where such heroes are treated as criminals?
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Free College for the Working Class
Higher education needs a systemic solution to its problems of access, affordability, and quality. We have a plan.
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SCOTUS Could Send Message on Climate Lawsuits
Lawyers and activists are filing lawsuits and seeking to unconstitutionally turn courts into climate policymakers.
