“Reclaim America from Constitutionalism”: Law Professors Now Call to “Pack the States” Rather than “Pack the Court”
Below is my column on the increasing condemnations of “constitutionalism” as the root of our problems as a nation. The...
The Collision of Administrative Law and Civil Liberties
A month ago, I was speaking with an associate at a DC law firm. I told him that I work...
Revising the Bank Secrecy Act to Protect Privacy and Deter Criminals
The evidence suggests that the Bank Secrecy Act framework has proven a minor inconvenience for criminals but a major burden...
NCLA Celebrates Five Years of Protecting Civil Liberties Against the Administrative State
Who Was Frederic Bastiat?
The Bastiat Society is a global network and outreach program of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) committed to...
Systemic Risk Regulation and the Myths of the 2008 Financial Crisis
The conventional story about the 2008 financial crisis is that, after the so-called “shadow banks” made too many risky bets,...
Why’s Washington Spending So Much Money? Blame a Faulty Understanding of ‘Rights’
The Founders believed rights entailed restrictions on government power. The dominant progressive view imagines rights as granted by government. ...
Money and the Constitution
Ratified between 1771 and 1781, the Articles of Confederation remained in force until they were superseded by the Constitution in...
