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James Edwards
Jun 6, 20223 min read
Biden’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 Edwards
Apr 15, 20222 min read
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
Dec 10, 20213 min read
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
Aug 12, 20214 min read
Unhappy 10th Birthday, AIA
Ten years ago, Congress enacted a highly destructive law undoing important elements of the wildly successful, property rights-based,...
Tom DeWeese
Apr 28, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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...
James Edwards
Mar 23, 20213 min read
Bayh-Dole and March-In
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is completing something begun in 2018 under its Return on Investment Initiative. The...
James Edwards
Oct 3, 20202 min read
Study: Weak Patents Drive Away VCs
Among its intense assaults on private property rights, the Obama-Biden administration abused regulatory powers to weaken our industrial...
Josh Malone, inventor
Sep 11, 20203 min read
The Maladministrative State and Property Theft
This summer, U.S. Attorney General William Barr gave a very direct speech at the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum. Mr. Barr aimed to...
James Edwards
Mar 16, 20202 min read
OMB's Due Process Reform
March 16 marks the close of a public comment period for the latest commendable initiative by Russ Vought’s Office of Management and...
James Edwards
Feb 22, 20202 min read
NEPA Regulatory Procedural Relief
Regulatory review delayed is property rights denied. Regulatory takings, both de facto (e.g., Obama’s Waters of the United States...
James Edwards
Dec 16, 20192 min read
Snatching Private Property Is Expropriation
What if the government “snatch[ed] their patents” from American companies? That’s how Sen. Kamala Harris told voters she’d lower drug...
James Edwards
Sep 18, 20192 min read
America’s WOTUS Nightmare Is Over
Borrowing from President Gerald Ford, the long national WOTUS nightmare is finally over. The Trump administration has repealed this...
James Edwards
Aug 13, 20194 min read
Leftist Threats to Property Rights
A free economy is a terrible thing to waste. That and the high standard of living, the time- and labor-saving advances, the dynamic...
James Edwards
May 15, 20192 min read
An Antitrust Threat to Innovation
Legislation titled the “Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act” should be wonderful and help patients. But you can’t judge a bill by...
James Edwards
Apr 15, 20192 min read
Navigating “Waters” in Regulation
Don’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....
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