The Honorable Robert Henneke is General Counsel at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Before joining the Foundation, Robert served as the twice-elected Kerr County Attorney where he brought conservative values to county government. Robert began his legal career serving as an Assistant Attorney General in the General Litigation division under the leadership of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.
A change in tone is not a change in tactics — and President Joe Biden’s recent approval of the Willow project, which will allow ConocoPhillips to drill for oil and gas on lands in Alaska leased from the federal government, isn’t a deviation from his openly declared goal. During his campaign, Biden said, “I guarantee you...
A newly published federal rule could soon make felons of hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Americans and violate the U.S. Constitution. The Biden administration claims adding a pistol brace to an otherwise legal pistol suddenly transforms it into an unlawful “short-barreled rifle.” A poorly argued DMN editorial claims the ATF’s pistol brace rule “is common sense.” But...
When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the nation’s Freedom of Information Act into law in 1966, he set a standard that all agencies should be held to—though his and later administrations would struggle to live up to it. “A democracy works best when the people have all the information that the security of the Nation...
Before the Uvalde school attacker perpetrated obvious felonies such as capital murder and aggravated assault — before he even pulled the trigger — he had already committed numerous crimes. Among them was bringing a firearm on school premises, making a menacing public display of the weapon, and trespassing on school property. Some people think there...
The city of Austin will soon start sending out $1,000 checks—with no strings attached—to approximately 85 Austin families, in the state’s first experiment in “universal basic income” (UBI). But the Texas Constitution prohibits cities from giving gifts—and that’s why this program is likely unconstitutional. The program is aimed at people who are being priced out of...
As a Texan, watching Florida excel in defending families, faith and freedom is a little like watching a cross-town rival team advance to the state championship. That rivalry is set aside; we’re all on the same side now. Texas has done its part, of course—in the last legislative session, the Lone Star State improved election...
When the Houston Chronicle reported on the Biden administration’s plans for offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico last fall, it illustrated the piece with an old photo of construction of the Deepwater Wind project off Block Island. An old photo—because now, less than six years later, Deepwater Wind, with a grand total of five...
British airlines, our own airline pilots, Republican lawmakers and anyone with common sense knows mask mandates on planes are worthless—so why do the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuse to “follow the science”? Last week, the Transportation Security Administration became essentially the last holdout in extending a mask mandate on airplanes and in airports (along with...
Developers are selling us impossible promises about offshore wind farms. “This reliable renewable energy resource is a game-changer for the New England grid,” says an advocacy group called New England for Offshore Wind. “It is our best chance to address the climate crisis, meet our future energy needs, and grow our economy simultaneously.” But people are...
She tried her best — both to comply with the sharp demands from the flight attendant that she mask her 2-year-old daughter and to console the upset toddler. Another passenger recorded the harsh words of the flight attendant to the young single mother: “If (the toddler) can’t wear a mask, then she shouldn’t travel with you.” She...
GE’s new Haliade-X offshore wind turbine is enormous—each blade is longer than a football field. It’s nearly three football fields in height. Its imprint on the seabed is likewise gigantic, and not merely because of the concrete base that anchors it. Miles and miles of transmission lines must be buried then covered over in debris....
Let’s cut to the chase—President Joe Biden agrees with the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The CDC’s evictions moratorium is unlawful and unconstitutional. That didn’t stop him from extending it, however. “Amid pressure from congressional liberals including Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), who demonstrated by sleeping outside of the U.S. Capitol for four nights, the Biden administration...