1971—In Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, Justice William Brennan’s majority opinion holds that a plaintiff may seek damages from federal officials for searches and seizures that allegedly…
The Democratic Socialists of America is weaponizing the headlines about Cuba's collapse, using shady tactics to expand its network — and raise gobs of...
For years, America’s leading retailers have benefited from a little-known program that helps to resolve meritless patent disputes, called Inter Partes Review. Congress created the IPR process in 2012 to give businesses an efficient, expert, and cost-effective way to address weak patents that should never have been granted in the first place. Entities in the […]
When the United States was in the grips of the Great Depression, not only were people lacking in jobs and food, but also access to natural resources. Just two months after assuming office, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Tennessee Valley Authority Act. The government-owned corporation currently supplies electric power to seven states. In its early years, […]
Congress may soon inadvertently wreck Puerto Rico’s economy. Lawmakers are considering imposing European-style price controls on prescription drugs. That would cause American biotech companies to lose billions in revenue and inevitably force them to slash research and development budgets, cancel plans to build new factories, and lay off workers. One recent study estimates that the […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) recently told a forum in Albany, “I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in our state,” adding that for wealthy New Yorkers still in the state, “maybe the first step should be go down to Palm Beach and see who you can […]
For years, radical socialist politicians insisted that corporate America needed more regulation, higher taxes and a greater role in advancing political causes. CEOs eagerly...
New Yorkers instinctively avoid raving street-corner lunatics. They don’t know if the psycho might suddenly come at them with a knife, so they cross...
