Half a Loaf Reagan Would Have Taken
Is the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the vehicle for dealing with the federal debt limit and avoiding a fiscally irresponsible default by...
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James Edwards
- Apr 25
- 3 min
World IP Day Points to IP’s Role in Competitiveness
World Intellectual Property Day for 2023 is April 26. The forms of private property rights most closely connected with innovation deserve...
James Edwards
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Congress, Supreme Court One-Two Punch for WOTUS, Admin State
In the latest round of Administrative State ping-pong, Congress has taken the first step toward disapproving an Obama-Biden-era EPA rule...
James Edwards
- Feb 21
- 3 min
SERA Smiles on Users, Frowns on Innovators
A fiendish scheme to advantage implementers over innovators is floating on K Street. The “Standard Essential Royalty Act” would give a...
James Edwards
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
Property Rights on Midterm Ballot
Whether you realize it or not, property rights are on the ballot in the midterm elections. Taxes, redistribution of wealth, private...
James Edwards
- Sep 22, 2022
- 2 min
Property Rights on SCOTUS Docket
On the first Monday this October, the opening day of the U.S. Supreme Court’s next session, the high court will hear oral argument in...
James Edwards
- Aug 5, 2022
- 3 min
"Build Back Manchin" Is Inflationary Tax-and-Spend
From a property rights perspective, the Democrats’ budget reconciliation bill that Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer brokered turns out...
James Edwards
- Apr 15, 2022
- 2 min
CPR Joins Amicus Brief in WOTUS Case
In 2007, Idaho couple Michael and Chantell Sackett prepared to build a house in an existing subdivision. They broke ground and began...
James Edwards
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
BBB’s Dead; Socialist Price Controls Still Breathe
One thing that remains on the table for many in Congress and the White House is certain to damage some treasures of America’s health...
James Edwards
- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
The Grinches Stealing America’s Christmas
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are behaving a lot like the unrepentant Grinch Who Stole Christmas —...
James Edwards
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
Wait for a CBO Reality Check on Budget Reconciliation
Voting on the budget reconciliation bill without having a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, which House Democrats are...
James Edwards
- Nov 2, 2021
- 3 min
Failed Math of “Build Back Broker”
If you thought budget reconciliation — a falsely advertised $3.5 trillion but actually more like $5 trillion price tag...
James Edwards
- Oct 13, 2021
- 3 min
Lessons from Messing with Medicare
In 1989, a powerful Washington politician messed with Medicare. Grandma and Grandpa weren’t happy. The guy who was untouchable in the...
James Edwards
- Sep 29, 2021
- 3 min
Restore American Inventing? Or Gut American Invention?
Let’s get one thing straight: The “Restoring the America Invents Act” will further weaken U.S. patent reliability and certainty. This as...
James Edwards
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
Our Founders’ Inventive Constitutional Brilliance
“The Congress shall have power . . . to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and...
James Edwards
- Jun 14, 2021
- 3 min
5G: Made Possible by Property Rights
With ads for 5G services and new 5G-enabled smartphones and other devices on the rise, it’s worth considering the role property rights...
Tom DeWeese
- May 29, 2021
- 3 min
Why Property Rights Matter, Part 4: How to Fight Back
How do we effectively fight to restore private property and our freedom of movement in America? Most think that just getting a president...
James Edwards
- May 14, 2021
- 3 min
11 Million U.S. Patents . . . and China’s Rising
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recently awarded the 11 millionth U.S. patent. It went to inventors of a medical device for...
Tom DeWeese
- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
Why Property Rights Matter, Part 3: The Growing Attack on Property Rights
The increasing encroachment of government regulations, pontificating politicians and the enforcement of “social justice” schemes has led...
Tom DeWeese
- Apr 6, 2021
- 3 min
Why Property Rights Matter, Part 2: The Lost Definition of Private Property Rights
In the 1990s, an all-out assault on property rights was well underway, led by a radical environmental movement, resulting in massive...
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