Scott Lincicome, Alfredo Carrillo Obregon, and Chad Smitson With Monday’s launch of the Trump administration’s new tariff refund system, the process of returning more than $166 billion in illegally collected…
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David J. Bier The Trump administration has drastically reduced legal immigration from abroad, but it has simultaneously slashed grants of legal permanent residence to people already in the United States.…
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Tad DeHaven Spirit Airlines, the beleaguered low-cost carrier, may be headed toward partial federal ownership. First reported by the Air Current, Spirit has apparently floated the idea of offering the…
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Dominik Lett and Chris Edwards Federal agencies house 72 inspectors general offices to audit government spending and root out waste, fraud, and abuse. These watchdogs cost a combined $3.9 billion annually—just…
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Adam N. Michel The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) has released a report claiming that 88 large corporations paid zero federal income tax on $105 billion of profits…
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Evan Sankey Operation Epic Fury was yet another demonstration of America’s unmatched conventional military capabilities. US forces inflicted substantial losses on Iran’s military, rapidly destroying its navy and most of…
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The Government Can’t Evade the Seventh Amendment with the False Promise of a Future Jury
Thomas A. Berry, Brent Skorup, and Alexander Xenos This morning the Supreme Court will hear arguments in consolidated cases challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to impose massive civil penalties…
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Nicholas Anthony European Central Bank officials pride themselves on championing democracy, but they seem to apply those values selectively. After submitting a public records request and conversing for weeks, the…
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Schmidt v. City of Norfolk Brief: Automated License Plate Readers Commit Fourth Amendment Searches
Matthew Cavedon ALPR cameras in Pensacola, FL. (Photo: Tony Webster) Norfolk, Virginia, has deployed nearly 200 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) across the city, capturing every passing vehicle’s location, time,…
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Making Sense—or Not—of the Executive Order on “Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit”
Solveig Singleton Conventional wisdom holds that lax mortgage underwriting standards contributed to the 2008 Financial Crisis. Ostensibly, legislators intended the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act’s Ability to Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgage…