“Today's Supreme Court is the most influential branch of America’s government … and also its most active.” – The Lonely Realist America’s Congress is riven by partisan squabbling rendering it unable to fulfill its legislative obligations. America’s Presidents consequently have resorted to executive orders issued without...
“Could a decision by the Fifth Circuit radically shrink government?” – The Lonely Realist Yes. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans recently decided Jarkesy v. SEC, holding that the power and authority granted by Congress to the SEC is, essentially, unConstitutional. Your reaction should...
“Legislation used to be about making better laws. Law-making today too-often is partisan theater.” –The Lonely Realist You’ve no doubt read about Florida’s law, HB 1557, titled “Parental Rights in Education” and labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. It’s a new partisan battleground because, according to...
“If you want more of something, subsidize it. If you want less, tax it.” –Ronald Reagan “And if you want less efficient markets, over-regulate them.” –The Lonely Realist There are good regulations and bad regulations. In a nation that has flourished under the Rule of Law, clarification-by-regulation...
“One regulator to rule them all; One regulator to find them; One regular to bring them all; And with enuf freakin red-tape bind them.” – The Lonely Realist The SEC in late January proposed regulations that would impose new and costly burdens on managers of private...