The Federal Government Once Tried To Restrict Prediction Markets. Now It's Suing States To Save Them.

In a bid to “reaffirm its exclusive jurisdiction” over prediction markets such as Kalshi, the Commodity Futures Trading ...

Trump's Iran War Continues to Violate the Constitution - and Now Also the War Powers Act of 1973

In my March 5 Dispatch article on the Iran War and the Constitution, I explained why Donald Trump's initiation ...

The Major Questions Doctrine Constrains Presidential Power Over Elections

NA Donald Trump has been trying to "nationalize" (his term, not mine) control over elections, claiming sweeping presidential ...

A Journalism Tax Is a New Front in Australia's War on American Tech

A new bill would compel Meta, Google, and TikTok to pay for Australian journalism. The Australian government, which has ...

5th Circuit Panel Blocks 2023 Mifepristone Telemedicine Approval

And just a few moments ago, the Fifth Circuit panel granted a stay in Louisiana's challenge to the mifepristone telemedicine approval from 2023. What, you thought the case was over after Alliance for ...

Trump Had 60 Days To End the Iran War. Instead, He's Just Pretending It's Over.

Legally, Trump must either cease operations or ask Congress for approval. He did neither, and Congress just went on recess.

Gov. Newsom's Defamation Lawsuit Against Fox News Over "Gavin Lied About Trump's Call" Claim Can Go Forward

An excerpt from Delaware Superior Court Judge Sean Lugg's 42-page opinion yesterday in Newsom v. Fox News Network, LLC: ...

Workers Voted on Decertifying Unions 1,600 Times in the Past Decade. Teamsters Are the Most Common Target.

Unionization efforts at Starbucks and Amazon get front-page media coverage. But dozens of workplaces discard their unions ...

DHS Funded

Congress has passed a spending bill that ends the monthslong shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). On ...

California Lawmakers Are Ignoring History by Boosting Pension Benefits as the State's Economy Teeters

After California made this same mistake in 1999, it took 12 years to dig out of the hole. Taxpayers footed the bill.

Victims of Communism Day - 2026

NOTE: This post largely reprints last year's Victims of Communism Day post, with some modifications. Today is May ...
Opinion

Zimmerman on "The President and the Universities"

Professor Jonathan Zimmerman of the University of Pennsylvania has a worthwhile essay on the state of higher education in Liberties (a relatively new journal that is routinely fil ...