John-Michael Seibler is a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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As Congress works through its reauthorization package for the Federal Aviation Administration, it should hold fast to first principles. Although lawmakers are contemplating legislation on… Read More
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If you take anything away from Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion concurring with the Supreme Court’s so-called “liberal” bloc in an immigration case this week, it… Read More
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Forget narcotics. Uncle Sam has a new substance to crack down on: all-natural skim milk. Food and Drug Administration regulations make it a federal crime… Read More
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A federal court has held that Maryland and the District of Columbia have standing to sue President Donald Trump over his personal finances regarding the… Read More
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Arizona lawmakers and cosmetologists argue that an acceptable cost for a new-age hairstyle is imprisonment. And you can chalk that up to old-school protectionism. But… Read More
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Here’s a win for limited government and the rule of law, tailor-made for tax season. In Marinello v. United States, a 7-to-2 majority of the… Read More
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Thomas Mahon never thought it would take 20 years to build two houses in California. But that’s exactly how long it’s taken—and his legal fight… Read More
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How much authority can Congress give to the attorney general to effectively write the criminal laws? That’s a question the Supreme Court will address next… Read More
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A federal judge in Texas this month unmasked one of the defining features of the Obama administration’s abuse of executive power: the use of so-called… Read More
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A misguided bill in Congress would turn thousands of people who bought flamethrowers last month into criminals, once again illustrating America’s overcriminalization problem. In January,… Read More
