ICPA Would Modernize Internet Laws, Solve Microsoft’s Dispute
Breaking news flashed across the country when the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari for United States v Microsoft on October 16th. The court’s pending decision will resolve…
Regulatory Agencies Exploit Unintended Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Regulatory agencies have entered the space of copyright law and have tipped the balance of the intellectual property system. Now, it is somehow unclear that agency regulations designed to protect…
Supreme Court Decision Underscores Growing Concern Over Regulatory Overreach
Given the harassment and everyday burdens that federal bureaucrats subject small businesses and families to, it seems obvious that decisions could be challenged by the basic process of judicial review.
Tell Your Representative: Support the Loudermilk Letter Encouraging Senate’s Stand on SCOTUS Nominees
With Justice Scalia’s death leaving a gaping hole in our nation’s highest court, Senate Republicans have only one clear choice. In the midst of a highly charged presidential election, far…
Court Increases Questioning of the Jiggery Pokery that is Chevron Deference
Chevron deference has been used by the Supreme Court since 1984. Since that time, federal agencies have been able to capture more and more power over the American people.
Supreme Court Takes Case Challenging Public-Sector Union Fees
On their last day in session this term, the Supreme Court justices agreed to hear the case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. The plaintiffs are challenging the public-sector “agency…
Supreme Court Takes an Active Legislative Role
The Supreme Court has taken an active role in redefining, rather than simply interpreting, our country’s laws. Two clear examples of this can be seen in the two ObamaCare opinions…
Supreme Court States the Obvious: The EPA is Unreasonable
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled the EPA was unreasonable when it did not consider costs when it decided to regulate mercury emissions from power plants. The…
King v. Burwell: Words Have No Meaning if Inconvenient
Some words apparently have no meaning, even when written in plain English, according to a majority of Supreme Court justices. Today the Court reached its long awaited decision in…
Horne v. Dep’t of Ag: Raisins are Property Too
Ten years after the Supreme Court decided Kelo v. City of New London, almost to the day, the Court, in Horne v. Department of Agriculture, protected property rights in…