James Edwards5 days ago2 minJust Rhetoric on InflationThere he goes again. President Biden’s launched yet another round of blame-shifting for his 40-year-high inflation. And he’s pushing...
James EdwardsJun 63 minBiden’s Contributions to Rising Inflation“. . . [T]he idea we’re going to be able . . . to click a switch, bring down the cost of gasoline, is not likely in the near term, nor is...
James EdwardsApr 152 minCPR Joins Amicus Brief in WOTUS CaseIn 2007, Idaho couple Michael and Chantell Sackett prepared to build a house in an existing subdivision. They broke ground and began...
James EdwardsDec 10, 20213 minThe Grinches Stealing America’s ChristmasSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are behaving a lot like the unrepentant Grinch Who Stole Christmas —...
James EdwardsAug 12, 20214 minUnhappy 10th Birthday, AIATen years ago, Congress enacted a highly destructive law undoing important elements of the wildly successful, property rights-based,...
Tom DeWeeseApr 28, 20213 minWhy Property Rights Matter, Part 3: The Growing Attack on Property RightsThe increasing encroachment of government regulations, pontificating politicians and the enforcement of “social justice” schemes has led...
Tom DeWeeseApr 6, 20213 minWhy Property Rights Matter, Part 2: The Lost Definition of Private Property RightsIn the 1990s, an all-out assault on property rights was well underway, led by a radical environmental movement, resulting in massive...
James EdwardsMar 23, 20213 minBayh-Dole and March-InThe National Institute of Standards and Technology is completing something begun in 2018 under its Return on Investment Initiative. The...
James EdwardsOct 3, 20202 minStudy: Weak Patents Drive Away VCsAmong its intense assaults on private property rights, the Obama-Biden administration abused regulatory powers to weaken our industrial...
Josh Malone, inventorSep 11, 20203 minThe Maladministrative State and Property TheftThis summer, U.S. Attorney General William Barr gave a very direct speech at the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum. Mr. Barr aimed to...
James EdwardsMar 16, 20202 minOMB's Due Process ReformMarch 16 marks the close of a public comment period for the latest commendable initiative by Russ Vought’s Office of Management and...
James EdwardsFeb 22, 20202 minNEPA Regulatory Procedural ReliefRegulatory review delayed is property rights denied. Regulatory takings, both de facto (e.g., Obama’s Waters of the United States...
James EdwardsDec 16, 20192 minSnatching Private Property Is ExpropriationWhat if the government “snatch[ed] their patents” from American companies? That’s how Sen. Kamala Harris told voters she’d lower drug...
James EdwardsSep 18, 20192 minAmerica’s WOTUS Nightmare Is OverBorrowing from President Gerald Ford, the long national WOTUS nightmare is finally over. The Trump administration has repealed this...
James EdwardsAug 13, 20194 minLeftist Threats to Property RightsA free economy is a terrible thing to waste. That and the high standard of living, the time- and labor-saving advances, the dynamic...
James EdwardsMay 15, 20192 minAn Antitrust Threat to InnovationLegislation titled the “Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act” should be wonderful and help patients. But you can’t judge a bill by...
James EdwardsApr 15, 20192 minNavigating “Waters” in RegulationDon’t look now, but we’re about to see a step toward common sense by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers....