2000—Liberal judicial activists eagerly seize opportunities to expand unsound or dubious precedents. In 1971, the Supreme Court had ruled in Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents that...
Spain is rapidly becoming a serious hazard for international investors. Instead of upholding property rights, the country’s political climate now drives its institutional decay, threatening to compromise a fragile legal system. This danger was on full display on Sept. 23, when Madrid police executed the lawful eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal — an enforcement action […]
A teacher still has a classroom. An office worker still receives a paycheck. A merchant still opens his shop. Yet all three can lose their place in Iran’s middle class without becoming unemployed. Their earnings no longer buy the life their work once supported. That is the political significance of Iran’s economic crisis. Inflation is […]