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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Readers might recall that, in 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, colloquially… Read More
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Whether and how to regulate marijuana use has been in the news again recently. Currently, federal laws classify marijuana as a “Schedule I” (unhelpful and… Read More
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It is common for agencies to issue a variety of document—generically termed “guidance documents”—to inform the public how the agency interprets the law. That is… Read More
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Washington, D.C., is filled to the brim with skilled politicians and bright people. What it has in short supply are people who possess those characteristics… Read More
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It might seem strange to see a headline stating that the U.S. attorney general has stopped the Justice Department from robbing the public, but that… Read More
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In Washington, there is a saying that regulators never met a rule they didn’t like. Federal agencies, commonly referred to these days as the “fourth… Read More
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Remember when the Environmental Protection Agency caused a discharge of 3 million gallons of toxic water into the Animas River, and no one was held accountable?… Read More
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The federal traffic-jam prosecution of two former officials in New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s administration begins this week. The officials reduced access for one week… Read More
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This week, the infamous “Bridgegate” scandal goes to trial, with former officials in New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s administration facing serious charges from the U.S…. Read More
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The Obama administration’s Department of Energy has churned out a list of energy efficiency regulations before the next administration. Just since June, the DOE has set… Read More
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For more than 15 years, John Sturgeon used a hovercraft to reach moose-hunting grounds in Alaska without any incident or objection. Then, one day in 2007,… Read More
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Antonin Gregory Scalia has died. For some, it is the painful loss of a husband or father. For those who knew him, it is the… Read More
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A district court judge in Mecosta County, Mich. has ordered a former pastor, Keith Eric Wood, to be arrested for felony obstruction of justice and… Read More
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On August 5, a crew from the Environmental Protection Agency caused a spill of 3 million gallons of water laden with mercury, arsenic, and other… Read More
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The Department of Justice has a practice that robs taxpayers of money that should be paid into the federal treasury. As part of the settlement… Read More
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With college football heating up, we’re all thinking the same thing. When will President Obama eliminate some teams from the Big Ten so that Ohio… Read More
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Last month, the EPA caused a spill of toxic waste into the Animas River in Colorado. That event demonstrates that even the federal agency responsible for regulating… Read More
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Today, by a 5-4 vote, the court in Glossip v. Gross upheld a lower court’s ruling that a particular combination of drugs may be used… Read More
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June 23 marks the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s highly controversial decision, Kelo v. City of New London. The Fifth Amendment Public Use Clause… Read More
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Rap music is not your grandmother’s show tunes. Its lyrics have been characterized as off-color, profane, violent and misogynistic. Recently, the Supreme Court was asked… Read More
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For more than a decade, the U.S. Justice Department has engaged in the dubious practice of giving away the public’s money when it settles a… Read More
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For the past decade, the U.S. Justice Department has engaged in the dubious practice of giving away the public’s money when it settles a case,… Read More
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On Monday, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., joined by 46 other Republican senators, published an “open letter” to Iran and its government officials taking the position… Read More
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If a police officer’s erroneous understanding of the law leads to him pulling someone over, does he violate the Fourth Amendment, which established “the right… Read More
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John Yates may have dreamed that one day he would wind up on the cover of Florida Sport Fishing magazine. Instead, he wound up in… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Francis Collins, chief of the National Institute of Health, recently blamed the lack of any cure for, or vaccine against, Ebola on budget cuts, stating,… Read More
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Recently, there has been a renewed interest in the question whether the Constitution protects individual economic activity without undue—some might say any—government regulation or interference…. Read More
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It is starting to seem as if the tide of Uber’s regulatory war may be turning. In Seattle, popular demand forced a city council that… Read More
Any angler will tell you: “If you want to catch fish, you have to go where the fish are.” The same is true when fishing… Read More
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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that Colorado legislators have standing to challenge the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill… Read More
