The Supremes and DACA Dreamin’ Headlines trumpeted a defeat for the Trump Administration on Thursday after the Supreme Court ruled that it cannot immediately end the Obama Administration’s DACA program preventing the deportation of 700,000 so-called Dreamers. The President promptly tweeted an angry response: “These horrible...
National Health Insurance in America Today’s TLR is not about Obamacare … so relax. It’s also not an analysis of the various national health insurance proposals or about the problems facing America’s health care system or the costliness of medical coverage. There are multiple sources for...
The Federalism Wars: The Covid-19 Battle America’s Constitution divides sovereignty between the Federal government and State governments. It creates a power-sharing system – a federation with both centralized and fractionalized powers. Like any joint undertaking, success requires a fine balance, a give-and-take. It isn’t quite “All...
Draining the Swamp “Draining the swamp” refers to the practice of draining swampland to reduce alligator and mosquito populations …, in short, to eradicate man-eaters and blood-suckers. But that’s not what “draining the swamp” refers to in 21st Century America. Today, “the swamp” refers to Washington,...
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...
