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Selective Support for Democracy

In response to a federal appeals court’s decision Friday striking down the District of Columbia’s gun ban, the head of the Brady Center to Prevent…

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Washington, D.C. Gun Ban Shot Down

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has just declared Washington, D.C.’s gun ban unconstitutional under the federal Constitution’s Second Amendment,…

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All pain, no gain?

The issue of global warming has attracted much attention over the past decade. CEI analysts such as Marlo Lewis have argued that regulations aimed at…

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Lead Paint Travesty

On February 26, a Rhode Island court ruled that the paint industry is liable for a statewide "public nuisance" because long ago, paint companies sold…

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Taxation Without Representation?

In a Washington Post column, George Will questions the constitutionality of a recent vote in the House of Representatives to give delegates from Washington, D.C. and territories,…

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Forbidden Words

Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes observed in Towne v. Eisner (1918) that “a word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a…

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Tobacco Scam

In 1998, the big tobacco companies entered into a $250 billion settlement with trial lawyers and the attorneys general of 46 states. Big Tobacco agreed…

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Two Victories for Taxpayers

Yesterday, taxpayers celebrated two big victories at the ballot box. Nevada voters removed a controversial state supreme court justice, Nancy Becker, who joined in the…

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More Katrina Waste

Yesterday, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin issued an executive order commanding businesses seeking federally-funded disaster relief administered by the City of New…