The Feds Need the States to Do Almost Everything
During the run-up to the 2013 federal government shutdown, the National Governors Association made a startling admission: the federal government depends on the states to do pretty much everything it does. As the government was threatening to “shut down,”...
Expanding Federal Power in the Name of Liberty?
The Supreme Court has become the biggest battleground in American politics. Every SCOTUS nomination inevitably devolves into a tooth-and-nail partisan fight. Supreme Court politics worm their way into every presidential election. Ilya Shapiro serves as Cato Institute...
Joe Biden Still Hasn’t Gotten Around to Limiting Police Militarization
Just weeks into his presidency, several news agencies reported that Joe Biden was planning on reinstating Obama-era limits on a federal police militarization program. It never happened. Months later, local police continue to receive military surplus equipment under...