The Supreme Court Was Wrong About Taxes
Along with some good decisions, Supreme Court justices made some mistakes in the term just ended. One mistake involved taxes—and it is likely to bedevil the court in future cases. Moore v. United States posed the question of whether Congress could tax corporate...
The Supreme Court Bump Stock Case: Defeat for the “Deep State”
Justice Clarence Thomas’ opinion for the Supreme Court in Garland v. Cargill—the “bump stock firearms” case—may be more important for what it does not say than for what it does. On its face, Cargill granted a statutory victory to gun owners. Below that, however, it...
American Founder Jonathan Smith’s Inspiring Speech
When the second and third teams are impressive, you know the first team must be really good. Americans studying the Constitution tend to focus on the first team—James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and so forth. But doing so doesn’t give you a full view of...