Alden Abbott

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Alden Abbott is deputy director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and the John, Barbara, and Victoria Rumpel Senior Legal Fellow. Read his research.

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    Democrats Are Arguing for Constitutional Right to a Tax Deduction. Here’s Why It’ll Fail.

    Alden Abbott | Amy Swearer | Gil Gatch
    On Feb. 1, Maryland’s attorney general signaled his state will join with the coalition of New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, whose Democratic governors have announced their intent to sue the federal government over a provision in the Republican tax bill, which they claim unconstitutionally targets blue states. The recently passed 2017 Tax Cuts and…
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    Supreme Court Tellingly Rejects Lower Court Roadblock to Elimination of DACA Program

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    Contra Activist Judges, It’s Not Discriminatory to Prohibit Transgender Individuals From Joining Military

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    Some Say Facebook and Amazon Should Be Broken Up. Here’s Why That Thinking Is Wrong.

    Alden Abbott | Kaitlyn Finley
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    5 Terrorists Are Still in Pretrial Hearings for the 9/11 Attacks. Here’s Why It’s Taking So Long.

    Alden Abbott | Meagan Devlin
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    Erosion of Patent Rights Is a Threat to Innovation and American Prosperity

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    Microsoft’s Plan to Expand Broadband Would Benefit Rural Americans

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    Democrats’ ‘Better Deal’ Proposals Would Make Americans Worse Off

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    Congress Should Use Congressional Review Act to Strike Down Ill-Advised Arbitration Rule

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    Brexit Means More Economic Freedom and International Prosperity. It Should Not Be Derailed.

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    The European Commission Just Fined Google $2.7 Billion. Such Foreign Antitrust Attacks Threaten US Innovation and Prosperity.

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    How the Supreme Court Trampled on Private Property Rights in a Recent Decision

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    Why Trump Can and Should Pull Out of Paris Climate Change Agreement

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    Seattle Ordinance Limiting Landlord Rights Undermines Economic Liberty and Should Be Rescinded

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    This Government Office Has Long Needed Reform. Now, Congress Is Acting.

    Alden Abbott | Charles Melcombe
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    AT&T and Time Warner Make a Bet on Innovation, but Regulators May Get in the Way

    James Gattuso | Alden Abbott