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Dr. Yang Jianli wants the U.S. Supreme Court to remember that the right to privacy in association is essential to freedom. Not just in the United States, but worldwide. “There are always some people who tend to use power to interfere with freedom,” he says. This is the thrust of an amicus curiae brief Dr. […]
Should Americans have to choose between staying safe or speaking up? This question is at the heart of Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, a case before the Supreme Court asking whether it’s constitutional for those in power to make blanket demands for lists of organizations’ supporters – and whether doing so supersedes people’s rights […]
Americans for Prosperity is working to reform the nation’s asset forfeiture laws, which often permit law enforcement to seize and forfeit private property from individuals without ever charging them with a crime. In almost all jurisdictions, when law enforcement does take ownership of a persons’ property, they get to keep most or all of the […]
Karen Anderson is the founder of Freelancers Against AB5, the California law that has cost hundreds of thousands of independent contractors their livelihoods. In the Orange County Register, she writes that, “with House passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, the nation veered one step closer to replicating the federal equivalent of California’s […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s remarks in his first address to the joint session of Congress, which marks his first 100 days in office: “President Biden’s remarks on key economic issues reflect a top-down, command-and-control approach to policy that will unfortunately only make […]
President Joe Biden’s address to Congress tonight will likely include multiple calls to increase government spending to support politically connected companies and industries, all justified by the need to maintain a competitive edge over China. But, as Dan Pearson writes in a commentary piece in National Review Online, “past efforts to improve the economy by […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity weighed in today on President Biden’s expected remarks on health care in his upcoming address to the nation. In his speech this evening, the president will reportedly not call for capping the price of prescription drugs as part of his American Families Act. However, the president will reportedly request another $200 billion to […]
The COVID-19 crisis has driven more than 3 million women out of the U.S. workforce. Among the hardest hit: mothers with young children. By making it harder to work as a freelancer or independent contractor, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would further harm women. Lauren Klafke started her small business, Willow Creek […]
April 28, 2021 Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to vote “NO” on S.J. Res.14, a resolution of disapproval for reforms related to the regulation of oil and gas under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act. This resolution would worsen energy poverty, […]
