The Failure of Rent Control Rent control as a policy has failed. It is a primary cause of the urban housing shortage. The New York Times in December ran an editorial praising New York State’s recently-enacted tenant protection laws: “Evictions are Down. Thank New...

The U.S. Constitution and The Rule of Law America was founded on and has flourished by observing the Rule of Law, the foundation of democracy embedded in the Constitution and largely explained in the Federalist Papers. The Rule of Law means that all Americans, whether...

The Free Speech Cycle The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (together with the Fourteenth Amendment) provides that neither Congress nor the States can pass a law that abridges Americans’ right to speak freely. It therefore guarantees a broad – and thoroughly American – freedom...

The Legal Precedent of Impeachment Over the more than 230 years of U.S. history, Articles of Impeachment have been filed by the House of Representatives against three American Presidents: Andrew Johnson in 1868; Richard Nixon in 1974; and William Clinton in 1998. The charges...