Best Books of 2019: Legal Systems Very Different from Ours
Many years ago at a Mont Pelerin Society conference in Reykjavik, I saw David Friedman give a talk on Icelandic law during the Free State period, roughly 1000-1300 A.D., when the island had no central...
View ArticleAs Supreme Court Debates CFPB Constitutionality, Agency Accountability Hangs...
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week over the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and whether, as currently structured, it is too far removed from executive...
View ArticleVIDEO: Cato Experts on Coronavirus and the Constitution
Recently three legal experts from the Cato Institute hosted a fascinating discussion of recent pandemic-related legal enactments, “Coronavirus and the Constitution.” Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, and...
View ArticleDEREGULATION IN AN EMERGENCY: The President’s Emergency Powers Include Not...
Across the country, governors have suspended harmful regulations on an emergency basis due to the COVID-19 crisis. The improvements that have resulted have got people asking if the regulations were...
View ArticleLike the Sun Not Rising in the East?
The Federal Register, the official daily government publication of regulations, proposed rules, and similar items did not go online today. We were awaiting today’s Federal Register in order to file a...
View ArticleCEI Files New Challenge to the Administration's Fuel Economy Standards
CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman discusses the issue with Walter Kreucher, one of the petitioners in the case, Walter Kreucher, a retired automotive engineer who spent over three decades working on...
View ArticleSeila Law Leaves More Questions than Answers over the Constitutionality of...
On June 29, the Supreme Court ruled the structure of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion, arguing that “the structure...
View ArticleCEI Opposes Federal Government Coercing a State into Assisting with Federal...
Last Friday, CEI took a stand for federalism and separation of powers through an amicus brief. These constitutional principles are critical to the constitutionally limited government that ensures our...
View ArticleCDC's Eviction Moratorium is Unlawful, Unconstitutional
On September 4, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an emergency order imposing a nationwide moratorium on certain residential evictions through the end of 2020. U.S. landlords who...
View ArticleCourt-Packing Isn’t the Left’s Only Threat to the Supreme Court
The Left’s threat to the pack the Court by expanding the number of justices seems to be unpopular. But they have proposed other policies that could disempower it, negating the role of conservatives on...
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