The Road to Serfdom and Rand
…the payment of debts comprises half the circuit. An empire is merely a long circuit energy-system. The possibility of a short circuit, ensuing leakage and breakdown or explosion, occurs in…
…the payment of debts comprises half the circuit. An empire is merely a long circuit energy-system. The possibility of a short circuit, ensuing leakage and breakdown or explosion, occurs in…
…Court justice Clarence Thomas, was texting QAnon links to Meadows. And now, after flirting with QAnon since 2020, Trump has embraced it wholeheartedly, first “retruthing” social media posts featuring him…
…the court is interfering with presidential powers. The court lacked jurisdiction to enter the TRO in the first place, because the president’s AEA proclamation can’t be reviewed by the courts….
…Court’s bow. Similar tactics could be used to pressure the Court in other ways. For example “When addressing statutory ambiguity and potential drafting errors, the Court shall interpret statutes to…
…individuals, even if under the Tenth Amendment the state is entitled to enact laws within a generic genre–criminal law, family law, marriage law, for example. The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits states…
…the opinion and the other four conservative judges were in dissent (Roberts, Thomas, Alito and the normal swing vote Kennedy). The ruling overturned an appeals court ruling that said that…
…economic conditions as well as recent federal actions. The cuts include safety net programs, tax code changes [reconciliation law (H.R.1)}, changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced Marketplace subsidies, federal workforce…
Talking Points Memo reminds us that there are still ongoing legal issues regarding our healthcare system: A three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals — comprised of two…
…Beyond the question of whether those specific policies — which the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals struck down — should be reinstated, the bigger potential consequence of the case…
…percent. The 2001 law also phased out the estate tax, repealing it entirely in 2010. The 2003 law cut taxes on capital gains and dividends. Before the law, long-term capital…