Archives for March 2018

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Ready Player One: The 1980s Wasn’t All Video Games and Gaudy Pastels

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A bizarre form of 1980s nostalgia has crept into our culture, and Ready Player One is the latest installment.

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The Rise of the Culture of Originalism

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John Bush. (Screen Grab via Bingham Greenbaum Doll).
Persuading the courts to accept originalism is a long-term project, and involves changing the culture of the legal profession.

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The Mistake of Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB

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Title page of Sarbanes-Oxley Act, challenged in Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB (Ellen McKnight/Shutterstock.com)
The Supreme Court should have made members of the SEC subject to presidential removal, and this failure is the central mistake of Free Enterprise Fund.

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Opening Room to Negotiate?

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Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2014. (Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com)
Is it possible that President Trump is intentionally restoring politics to the conduct of American foreign policy? John Bolton may provide a clue.

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Congressional Budgeting is a Matter of Will, Not Procedure

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Changing procedure won't fix our budget woes: Congress has to make hard choices.

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A New Economics — Against the Economists?

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Scene from World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 26, 2018 (Drop of Light/Shutterstock.com)
Although he doesn't intend it, Richard Spady offers renewed economic reasons to reject First Things' turn against free trade.

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A Supreme Court Takeover of Reapportionment?

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Maryland Congressional District Map, 2013 (U.S. Department of the Interior)
We should view Congressional Reapportionment as a political, not a judicial process.

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The Russians: Using Us without Signing Us Up

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Democrats and Republicans in Washington drove each other crazy over espionage 70 years ago. It’s deja vu all over again.

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The Importance of Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB

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Emblem at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC. (Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock.com)
Eight years on, the Supreme Court's revival of the president's removal power in Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB offers important lessons for originalism.

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Being Ready to Restore Order Is Crucial to Winning Wars, but the Real Question Is: Should We Fight Them?

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American politicians and strategists regularly fail to plan for restoring order after the fighting stops - Nadia Schadlow explains why.

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