You could not draw a better picture of what is wrong with the American legal system than Richard Posner did by asserting his opinion of the U.S. Constitution. Posner condemned the document he has sworn an other to defend, which is the basis of all U.S. law — a document of universally recognized historical importance. Posner,…
The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline filed a $15 billion lawsuit Friday against the Obama administration under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
By Richard Pollock What does the nearly bankrupt federal agency that helped trigger the great recession of 2008 do when top officials want a swank new headquarters? They erect a Taj Mahal-style building that costs taxpayers 53 percent more than promised. That’s the conclusion of Federal Housing Finance Authority Inspector General Laura S. Wertheimer, who released…
The NRA has signaled its support of policies that would prevent individuals on a terror watch list from purchasing firearms. Although the organization does outline stipulations intended to protect due process, their reasoning is hollow and appears to be a mask to cover their acquiescence to gun control advocates. Related: Trump Flips On Gun Control …
By Thomas Phippen The organization President Barack Obama founded to bring the federal government into the digital age is in big trouble not just for being unprofitable, but for losing $1 million every month. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Friday reveals that the start up, dubbed “18F,” spends about $1 million more each month than it recoups…
By Michael Bastasch A federal judge recently ruled in favor of environmental activists suing the government for not doing enough to fight global warming. The judge denied motions to dismiss claims by activists that global warming violated their constitutional rights. Not only did Judge Thomas Coffin reject federal government arguments to dismiss the lawsuit brought by…
By Kathryn Watson Federal workers are far more likely to be audited by the IRS or get arrested for drunk driving than they are to be fired from the civil service payroll for poor performance or misconduct. The odds are one-in-175 for the IRS audit and one-in-200 for the drunk driving arrest, while the odds for a fed…
How a candidate is perceived is more important than where they actually stand. If anything has been proven true this election cycle, it is that public perception trumps facts. This is the secret that Donald Trump and even Bernie Sanders have tapped into. It doesn’t matter how much reality clashes with their rhetoric, because their campaigns are…
Kathryn Watson Federal Aviation Administration officials are missing more than $32.5 million in taxpayer-funded property, according to a new Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General report. That’s about 15,000 pieces of property each of which is worth $100,000 or less, and could be anything from computers to utility vehicles. The agency responsible for regulating…