Paul J. Larkin is a senior legal research fellow in the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read his research.
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As of Friday, President Donald Trump is considering signing an executive order which would reclassify cannabis (marijuana) from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act… Read More
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Few Americans are aware of the extent to which Chinese Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) have infiltrated the cannabis (more colloquially known as marijuana or pot) market in the United States. By purchasing and leasing… Read More
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This week, the Senate will likely vote on whether to invoke the Congressional Review Act of 1996 to nullify an Environmental Protection Agency rule that… Read More
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This week, first lady Melania Trump participated in a roundtable discussion with lawmakers and victims about the scourge of “revenge porn”—viz., the online posting of… Read More
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Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump, quite sensibly, paused some federal spending programs to see whether they are lawful and advance America’s interests, which… Read More
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In advanced number theory, there are “countable infinities” (which go on forever), “uncountable infinities” (which are infinitely larger), and finally, there are the biggest infinities… Read More
Everyone has heard the old saw “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Well, perhaps we should add judges with life tenure to the… Read More
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During the evening of Dec. 1, when the media had effectively closed shop for the night and everyone was engaged in some quotidian Sunday-night activity—preparing… Read More
EducationCommentary
Over the past two weeks, American college and university campuses have witnessed an explosion of antisemitic rhetoric and conduct that once had been thought to… Read More
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The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the Biden administration will reschedule cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act. Attorney General Merrick Garland will reclassify it… Read More
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The Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday in the case of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which raises the issue of how states and… Read More
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Congress is currently considering legislation to counter the threats posed by TikTok, a Chinese social media app that spies on Americans and steals their data…. Read More
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Once upon a time, constitutional interpretation actually involved interpreting the text of the Constitution. It’s not a blank slate. Its words have actual meanings. While… Read More
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“They call it dope for a reason,” anti-drug campaigns used to say. These public service campaigns were referring to the people who use drugs, but… Read More
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Xylazine—a tranquilizer approved as a sedative for veterinary medical use but not for any use in humans—is currently worsening the opioid crisis. Known on the… Read More
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Michael and Chantell Sackett have waited for well over a decade to learn whether the federal government would allow them to build a home on… Read More
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Public safety must be a top consideration whenever someone is proposing or discussing changes to the nation’s criminal codes, whether federal, state, or local. Unfortunately,… Read More
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Let’s say that you are a pregnant woman and have a choice between receiving a medical opinion about a drug’s effect on your child in… Read More
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For nearly 100 million American workers waiting breathlessly for an answer, a Thursday Supreme Court decision delivered good news for many, although not all. In… Read More
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday in two cases on an emergency basis. Both cases involve lawsuits stemming from the Biden administration’s attempt to… Read More
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is about to require 80 million working Americans to get vaccinated. You may be among them. There’s just one… Read More
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Editor’s note: The following is satire. Consider the wild success that the Biden administration has enjoyed in its unilateral modification of the term “sex” in… Read More
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Who says that legislatures can’t pass statutes that benefit the public, rather than cronies or special-interest favorites? (Well, I do regularly, but elected officials actually… Read More
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A majority of the Senate last week decided that it can lawfully begin a trial on the House-approved article of impeachment, even though former President… Read More
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The 13th Amendment abolished the evil institution of slavery in 1865, but debate continues over the relationship between slavery and the Constitution in 1789 and… Read More
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In a case that became known as “Bridgegate,” a unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday held in Kelly v. United States that New Jersey state officials… Read More
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Scientists are working furiously to find a drug to treat the COVID-19 coronavirus. (See here, here, and here.) Currently, there’s no medical consensus as to… Read More
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When law enforcement officials break the law to get someone they think is bad, politicians and the media rail in high dudgeon—and rightly so. The… Read More
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A divided panel of judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on Wednesday declared part of Obamacare unconstitutional—but the case is… Read More
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Washington may be burning with talk of impeachment, but President Donald Trump is not fiddling. He’s continuing to deliver valuable results on regulatory reform. On… Read More
