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Nothing good, thats for sure. The United States is a constitutional republic that everyone in the three branches of government swears an oath to uphold. And, for better or worse, its the Supreme Courts job to decide what laws are consistent with that Constitution.
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Phillip Magness (Catalyst)
Sensing his time is limited, Venezuelas President Maduro has turned to a Soviet-style playbook of violent repression as his strategy for remaining in office. In the eyes of the New York Times, though, Venezuelas problems come, not from this Marxist dictator but the capitalism he never implemented?
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Michael C. Munger (AIER)
Worried about the role cell-phone addiction plays in rewiring the minds and habits of your children and young adults? You should be. But, thankfully, Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, has answers.
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Scott Semet (The Beacon)
Sanctions have become very fashionable in the United States, which currently imposes them on over 15,000 individuals and entities, three times more than anyone else, in 20 countries with 2.5 billion people31% of all humans, in other words, on the planet. But sanctions dont workever. So why do we continue imposing them?
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Volume 27, Issue 32: August 6, 2024
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Bending before the Storm
The U.S. Supreme Court in Economic Crisis, 1935-1937
The U.S. Supreme Court in Economic Crisis, 1935-1937
The Independent Review, Summer 2004
Phillip Magness (Catalyst)
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Michael C. Munger (AIER)
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BOOK REVIEW: Hollowed Out
A Warning about Americas Next Generation
A Warning about Americas Next Generation
The Independent Review, Summer 2022
Scott Semet (The Beacon)
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