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Are Bump Stock Bans Useful?
Jeffrey Miron Bump stocks are devices that enable semi‐automatic weapons to fire faster—although still slower than—fully automatic weapons. Bump stocks…
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The Government Can’t Target TikTok Because of the Speech it Carries
Thomas A. Berry In April, President Biden signed an unprecedented law that required TikTok to either “divest” from its parent…
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The Government Doesn’t Want You Using Cash
Nicholas Anthony In the Wall Street Journal, I had a letter to the editor published on June 26 regarding the rise of…
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Friday Feature: Masterpiece Academy
Colleen Hroncich Like many education entrepreneurs, Hannah Holguin had a two‐pronged motivation for creating her microschool, Masterpiece Academy. A public school teacher…
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$1.2 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Off to a Very Slow Start
Marc Joffe Enacting legislation and realizing its purported benefits are two very different things: a lesson now being learned by supporters…
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Fischer v. US: Court Clarifies Ban on Obstructing a Federal Proceeding
Walter Olson The Supreme Court today narrowed the effective scope of a provision of the Sarbanes‐Oxley financial reform law under which…
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Access to Methadone Treatment Is Pathetically Low
Jeffrey A. Singer Lost in all the news surrounding yesterday’s presidential debate was a disturbing report from the Centers for Disease…
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High Court Upends Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Settlement
Walter Olson In today’s Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, the Supreme Court confronted a recurring issue in the context of mass legal…
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Trump’s Tariffs Undermine His Tax Cuts
Adam N. Michel In the first presidential debate of the 2024 cycle, former president Donald Trump is likely to talk…
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SCOTUS Jawboning Decision Proof of Why We Need Transparency into Government Demands of Private Companies
David Inserra The Supreme Court decided the Murthy v. Missouri case by declaring that those suing the government lacked standing. I’ll…
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