Due to price-fixing by the state, title insurance in Texas costs $2,663 for a $300,000 home, the fifth highest cost in the nation; $703 above the median price of states with lower prices. 84% of the cost goes for expenses and profit.
The federal machine gun ban rests on a dangerous constitutional theory
If possession alone counts as interstate commerce, Congress can regulate almost anything. Think back to fourth-grade American history. We learned why the Articles of Confederation failed and why the Constitution replaced them. One major problem was that states struggled to trade with one another and often tried to protect local interests by taxing or restricting...