Walter Olson Number 24 in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy, this time all about redistricting:  Handwriting was on the wall long ago for the Gingles standard…

Ryan Bourne, Jai Kedia, and Nathan Miller President Trump’s approval on inflation is at a historic low. The Economist/YouGov’s May 1–4 poll shows 25 percent of Americans approve of the…

Colleen Hroncich Educational freedom is blossoming across the country. More than 70 school choice programs are now operating in 30-plus states, putting an unprecedented share of families in the driver’s…

John F. Early The federal government collects and publishes extensive data that divide Americans by race. These data have been used to target racial groups and execute policies that discriminate…

Michael F. Cannon President Trump’s proposal to treat employer-paid fertility treatments as a “limited excepted benefit” is good, to the extent it would exempt those arrangements from various federal regulations.…

Mike Fox For generations, the endurance of American liberty has depended on the silent, unwavering resolve of everyday citizens seated in the jury box. Although judges and prosecutors frequently operate…

Adam N. Michel Artaxerxes | Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump told CBS News recently that he wants to “take off the gas tax for a period of time” to provide…

Nicholas Anthony Once again, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is breaking the law by failing to share the full suite of data needed to evaluate the Bank Secrecy Act.…

Matthew Cavedon In commemoration of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week at the end of April, Detroit’s chief prosecutor Kym Worthy promised that her office “must be accountable” to victims. “We…

Jeffrey Miron The Great Depression led to dramatic increases in bank regulation.  One study looks at an instance of bank deregulation during this period: state-level sanctioning of bank branching, which allowed…