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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Will the U.S. Supreme Court protect small raisin growers from the grasping hand of the federal government? On Wednesday, the attorney for California raisin growers… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Federal Communications Commission’s Feb. 26 regulation imposing highly restrictive regulations on the Internet (“Open Internet Order”) threatens to undermine the vibrant economic growth and… Read More
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You’ll need a license from Taylor Swift if you want to market goods using a variety of phrases found in her 2014 album “1989” –… Read More
LawCommentary
On Friday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case brought by California raisin farmers who were fined by the government for selling their… Read More
EnergyCommentary
President Obama has made it quite clear he wants to see more renewable energy in the United States. Then why is his administration making it… Read More
LawCommentary
On Tuesday, in United States v. Juarez-Escobar, a federal district court in Pennsylvania held that President Obama’s Nov. 20 executive action on immigration, which affects… Read More
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A Dec. 2 Report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reveals more on how law-abiding businesses have been unfairly and illegitimately targeted… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint in the federal court for the Northern District of California against AT&T, alleging the network giant… Read More
Health CareCommentary
As public health officials here and abroad take steps to cope with the Ebola virus disease outbreak, there are a few pieces of good news… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Detroit is facing a “water crisis,” a mess that has erupted since the city filed for bankruptcyprotection last year. Weak enforcement combined with city mismanagement… Read More
SocietyCommentary
On July 26, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. struck down as unconstitutional the District of Columbia’s laws totally banning the public carrying of… Read More
