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Why Left and Right oppose an offshore wind farm

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...

March 23, 2022
Health Care

The CDC’s mask mandate for airplane passengers is a never-ending illegal power grab

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...

March 7, 2022
Energy & Environment

Windfarm plans for Atlantic coast hit fishermen hard and threaten U.S. food supply

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....

December 20, 2021
Property Rights

Biden Agrees: Evictions Moratorium Illegal, Unconstitutional

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...

August 12, 2021
Property Rights

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul’s Rent

The looming “eviction crisis” represents a dismal failure of government at nearly every level. The Centers for Disease Controls set renters and landlords alike up for failure when it imposed an unconstitutional eviction moratorium as a way to slow the spread of COVID-19 that has now been declared unlawful by federal courts in Texas, Ohio,...

April 7, 2021
Property Rights

Government Power Grab Thwarted By ‘Unconstitutional’ Eviction Moratorium

As Americans reflect on the past year of how much power the federal government has taken for itself in the name of COVID-19, one of the most far-reaching power grabs came directly from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the form of a nationwide eviction moratorium order. Under the order, private property owners are...

March 23, 2021
Taxes & Spending

Texas stands ready to fight overreach by Biden administration

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently sued the Biden administration over immigration policies. It’s the first lawsuit from Texas, and it surely won’t be the last. But Paxton won’t be alone. The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for the American Future, where I am lead counsel, will also challenge unconstitutional federal government overreach through the courts. Three areas...

February 1, 2021
Health Care

Ending Obamacare Won’t Eliminate Insurance

When Senate Democrats aren’t making thinly veiled criticisms of Judge Amy Coney Barrett‘s deeply held religious beliefs, their strategy to make Americans scared of the Supreme Court nominee is to focus on health care. Specifically, they argue Judge Barrett would be a deciding vote to declare the fatally flawed Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional—which, they say,...

October 16, 2020
K-12 Education

Paxton offers needed school guidance

As the beginning of the school year approaches, Texas parents want two things — clarity and choice. We want to know what schools will be offering in the fall, and we want a say in what our children will be doing. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s new legal guidance on school reopening is helping provide...

August 3, 2020
Criminal Justice

Texans are paying to keep officers subject to discipline

Are you concerned about cops with a history of misconduct on the police force? Chances are you are paying to keep them on. It’s increasingly clear that a small percentage of police officers who have committed misconduct remain on the force when they should have been pushed out long ago. Derek Chauvin, the officer charged...

June 28, 2020
Election Integrity

Texas Supreme Court Reminds Cities There Is No Pandemic Exception to the Constitution

Four Justices on the Texas Supreme Court just fired a shot across the bow of government officials continuing draconian COVID-19 restrictions in Texas. In a concurring opinion, Justices Blacklock, Guzman, Boyd, and Devine reminded everyone that the “Constitution is not suspended when the government declares a state of disaster.” “As more becomes known about the...

May 20, 2020
Family

Why should Texas father have to share custody of daughter with mother’s ex-boyfriend?

Next week, the Supreme Court of Texas will hear the case of a father seeking to vindicate his fundamental rights from being forced to share custody of his daughter with her mother’s former boyfriend. This case, known as In Re C.J.C., has profound implications for all Texas families. It centers on a provision of Texas custody law that...

April 16, 2020
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