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The federal budget process is broken, and has been for quite a while. Kurt Couchman, a senior fellow for fiscal policy at Americans for Prosperity, writes in The Hill that if Congress wants to fix the system, it should look to the states for a model. The failure of the budget process is bipartisan. “No […]
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 […]
Arlington, Va. – On Thursday, President Biden announced that he’d reached an agreement with Senate negotiators on an infrastructure package. The president also emphasized that the so-called deal would not get his signature without a commitment that a multi-trillion dollar package of wasteful spending and partisan priorities pass through reconciliation. Americans for Prosperity Chief Government […]
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 […]
ARLINGTON, VA—Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in one of the biggest student speech cases in the last half century. In Mahanoy School District v. B.L., the justices ruled 8-1 that public schools can’t monitor and punish students for most speech that takes place off school grounds and outside of school functions. “Public schools should be champions […]
“A cleaner environment, which we all want, and affordable, reliable energy, which we all need, are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, they are mutually reinforcing.” Chris Hudson, vice president of government affairs at Americans for Prosperity, brings home that point in a new op-ed in the Washington Examiner that calls on Congress to reject […]
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 […]
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 […]
