The opioid problem is at a crisis level, but targeting pharmaceutical companies because of their deep pockets may enrich a few, but will fail to benefit many. Recently, personal injury lawyers have been chasing Texas counties to file lawsuits on a contingent fee basis against pharmaceutical manufacturers for the cost of dealing with opioid abuse. The...
Often attributed to Voltaire, Evelyn Beatrice Hall wrote the phrase, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” as an illustration of Voltaire’s beliefs. Under the bedrock principle within the United States Constitution, the First Amendment free speech protections have always been recognized as an...
Donald De La Haye, a former University of Central Florida student, was removed from the UCF football team and lost his scholarship because he posted popular YouTube videos. De La Haye was a model athlete and upstanding member of the UCF community. A marketing major, he also had a passion and talent for amateur filmmaking. Both...
During an October 2016 speech, President Trump made this pledge regarding the Affordable Care Act, “My first day in office, I am going to ask Congress to put a bill on my desk getting rid of this disastrous law and replacing it with reforms that expand choice, freedom, affordability.” While Congress failed to act, a twenty-state coalition led...
The Endangered Species Act is all over the news lately. The Washington Post breathlessly warned that Congressman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) “wants to ‘invalidate’ the Endangered Species Act” and that he’s “getting close.” In that same newspaper, a George Washington University biologist wrote last week, “We don’t need to save endangered species” because “extinction is part of evolution.” Here’s what we do...
As with any human endeavor, there will always be some bad actor out there that can provide fodder for anecdotal reports. But we don’t base public policy on anecdotes, we base it on facts — particularly when constitutional rights are at stake. In a recent op-ed in TribTalk, Vivé Griffith wrote an impassioned defense of...
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Whether it be by a strict enforcement of ethics rules or the end of slush fund payouts to private interest groups, the Department of Justice is cleaning up its act, and the timing couldn’t be better to restore America’s trust.
The best available science today shows that the species is not endangered: the warbler was either listed in error or has recovered since listing. The ESA’s purpose in terms of the golden-cheeked warbler has been accomplished, and Texas private property owners should not longer be burdened by further, unwarranted federal regulation.
Something was especially rotten in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the past administration, and the late Justice Scalia would have wholeheartedly agreed.
Trees are timber — a natural resource that belongs to private property owners in the same way as a backyard garden. It would be absurd to require a government permit to harvest your peppers and potatoes — yet many Texas cities strictly regulate trees on your land.