Everywhere a Student Happens to Be Standing Is a “Free Speech Zone”
Free speech on college campuses has become a significant issue. From the riots at Berkeley over Milo Yiannopoulos, to the use of harassment of Charles Murray at Middlebury College, there…
Lawsuit Threatens Congressional Tool for Fighting Overreaching Regulations
A radical environmentalist organization has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to strike down the Congressional Review Act, a 1996 law that allows Congress to cancel final rules published…
Free Market Flying is Still Grounded by Misinformation
In the wake of the United debacle, advocates for increased airline regulation are coming out of the woodwork. Never let a good crisis go to waste, right? They assert that…
House Financial Services Committee Begins Work on Dodd-Frank Reform
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on Wednesday on the Financial CHOICE Act, which was recently introduced by Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas). The bill would greatly reform…
Regulatory Action Center: End of April 2017 Update
Upcoming Event: RAC Training with West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey Saturday, May 20, 2017, 10 am – 12 pm, Hilton Garden Inn, Martinsburg, West Virginia This event will…
Section 702’s Expiration Date — Could it Bring Backdoor Searches to an End?
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISA) is set to expire on December of 2017, and the debate over Fourth Amendment protections vs. security will be revisited.
Nuclear Option on the Horizon in the Senate to Confirm Supreme Court Nominees
The Senate is expected to vote Thursday to limit debate on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve as the next associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Rep. Thomas Massie’s Audit The Fed Clears House Committee
Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) bill to audit the Federal Reserve was approved by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform yesterday. The Federal Transparency Act, H.R. 24, was…
Justice Clarence Thomas Takes On Civil Asset Forfeiture
In a recent statement on behalf of the US Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas critiqued civil asset forfeiture and the abuses it has seen over the past several…
Defund the Arts
On March 16, the Office of Management and Budget released the President’s proposal for a budget for the fiscal year of 2018. In summation, the President’s budget increased funding for…