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This article was coauthored by Michael Pepson. The Fifth Amendment Takings Clause appears straightforward—protecting individuals against unconstrained governmental deprivation of private property. Under the Fifth Amendment, any taking of private property must be for “public use” and “just compensation” must be paid for any property taken. But that facial simplicity can be deceiving. The case […]
What happens when the federal government blatantly violates a court order and takes the property of citizens who are not under criminal suspicion? Why should innocent property owners have to prove their innocence in order to get their property back from the government? These are a few of the questions that have come into play […]
President Joe Biden’s “infrastructure” proposal, proponents assure us, will revitalize our economy and build the critical infrastructure Americans need. The package – worth up to $4 trillion, with very little devoted to actual infrastructure — will be paid for by one of the largest tax increases in American history. Not to worry, say supporters. They […]
One of the biggest student free speech cases in the last half century started with a high school cheerleader and a profanity-laced Snapchat. The implications of that terse, ephemeral message extend well beyond the original hundred-plus friends with whom the freshman student shared her post. In a decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 […]
Arizona is recovering quickly from the COVID-19 pandemic. More Arizonans are getting vaccinated each day, businesses are rebounding, and more people are finding work. As a result, tax revenues are expected to grow over the next year, culminating in a budget surplus of nearly $4 billion in fiscal year 2022. That’s great news for Arizona […]
Today the Senate will vote on S. 2093, the “For The People Act” (formerly S.1). The legislation’s backers pitch it as protecting voting rights, but it undermines free speech. Were it already law, S.2093 would have stifled the robust debate that’s happening right now about the bill itself. Nearly a third of it isn’t about […]
Mackinac Center Senior Fellow Vincent Vernuccio was about to go on national television when the 2018 Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME came down. He quickly texted a group of labor experts, including Austen Bannan, Americans for Prosperity’s senior employment policy analyst. “Does this mean what I think it means?” Vernuccio asked. In the […]
Americans for Prosperity today released key findings of a national survey on health care measuring voters’ attitudes on: Single payer health care, what supporters call “Medicare for All.” A government-run health care plan to compete with private plans on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, what supporters call the “public option.” A personal option, a set […]
Most Americans — 66 percent — report that the cost of their prescription drugs has risen since 2017. High drug costs are a big concern in the United States. Thankfully, there are many solutions lawmakers could implement that would control drug price inflation. Drug price controls are not one of those solutions. Unfortunately, the House-passed […]
