United States Court System

The Republican candidate for Arizona secretary of state who challenged the 2022 election results in court was ordered on May 22 to pay over $48,000 in fees related to litigation. Mark Finchem, a former Arizona state lawmaker, was ordered to pay the fees by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Melissa Julian, the order stated. Julian ordered Finchem to pay about...

Commentary I don’t know when the debt ceiling will be raised, but it will be raised. Every time federal spending bumps up against the debt ceiling, we witness the same drama, a drama so predictable that you could almost call it a ritual: Republicans, citing a need for fiscal restraint, demand some cuts to federal spending; Democrats resist the proposed...

Commentary Over the past decade or so, America has undertaken a radical experiment with criminal justice reform. The consequences have been devastating. The number of people arrested in America each year has fallen sharply over the past two decades. Public prosecutors now prosecute significantly fewer cases. Those that are convicted can generally expect shorter sentences. The combined effect of all...

Marje/iStock/Getty Images Plus A new Department of Energy (DOE) rule requiring mobile homes to be made more energy-efficient in order to reduce carbon emissions not only will have no effect on carbon emissions, but also will drive up the cost of such housing, making it unaffordable for many low-income households. The DOE’s rule — all 97 pages of it —...

President Joe Biden says he believes he can raise the debt ceiling unilaterally under the 14th Amendment even without GOP support. “I’m looking at the 14th Amendment as to whether or not we have the authority —I think we have the authority,” Biden said during a May 21 press conference at the Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Hiroshima, Japan....

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday signed a sweeping gun control bill into law, including universal background checks and a “red flag” measure that lets law enforcement intervene if someone is deemed at high risk of injuring themselves or others with a firearm. The gun control measures were folded into a broader public safety bill, SF 2909, which also includes...

Commentary The battle over the operation of the multi-national Enbridge Line 5 pipeline appears to have no end. American anti-energy activists—invigorated by their victory in shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada—have set their sights on Line 5 and won’t quit until the line is shut down one way or another. Cross-border pipelines could soon be a thing of...

By Nathan Descheemaeker, 5/13/23 In response to the youths bringing climate change litigation in the case of Held v. The State of Montana, it is necessary to bring the flip side of the coin regarding the youth in the State of Montana and the issues they will face in their future. I’m not talking about fires, drought, or severe weather...

John Whitehead “There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.” — Ludwig von Mises Once again, the police state is up to its old tricks, stoking tensions over whether or not the government is forced to shut down, even partially, due to a default on the national debt. Yet while these...

Oil prices rose during early Monday trading after a long streak of weekly declines, with the overall market sentiment expected to remain lukewarm due to worries about the state of the American economy. Brent crude oil prices were trading at $75.42 per barrel on Monday, as of 10:44 a.m. EST, up from its opening of $74.22. West Texas Intermediate (WTI)...

The U.S. Supreme Court is moving closer to deciding if it will issue an opinion in a high-profile case in which Republicans want the court to recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, which they say the U.S. Constitution requires. Many legal observers had speculated that the case was dead after a state supreme...