British Prime Minister Theresa May says that Western democracies should go on offense, doing more than just trying to detect and disrupt terrorist attacks. But is that a realistic aspiration?
Congress’ shrinking role on climate change and war
Presidents weren’t intended to be able to make binding international commitments unilaterally or engage in combat without congressional authorization.
Trump’s budget shouldn’t be DOA
Trump’s budget includes serious and specific recommendations to restructure the federal government along conservative lines. Congressional Republicans shouldn’t ignore it.
Ducey, Trump and First Amendment confusions
The First Amendment protects the right to write or say what you want. That’s it.
State AGs shakedown Target
Private companies have sufficient incentive to protect data without being hustled by lawyer-politicians.
Horne decision illustrates the need for administrative law reform
Big consequences should only occur after a truly independent adjudication. Arizona law doesn’t provide that.
The surest way to boost teacher pay
House Speaker J.D. Mesnard was right to withdraw his bill requiring schools to use half of their inflation funding for teacher salary increases, and shouldn’t revive it. But he does raise an important question: Why isn’t there more upward pressure on teacher compensation at the school level?
Trump’s Middle East policy of “principled realism” is neither.
Trump’s approach to the Middle East is neither principled nor realistic. And it’s doomed to failure.
In the midst of a witch hunt, Trump acts like a witch
Trump is mostly right about Russian investigation, but keeps making matters worse.
How the court might dispose of a turkey of a case
How the Arizona Supreme Court might decide the case between the state and Tucson over guns and state shared revenues.