Norbert Michel and Christian Kruse Regulatory compliance costs smaller community banks roughly double what it costs the largest institutions—the smallest banks spend 11–15.5% of...
Peter Van Doren On April 1, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about President Trump’s executive order excluding from birthright citizenship the US-born children of...
Scott Lincicome On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a landmark 6–3 ruling in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, namely that the International Emergency Economic...
Neal McCluskey Late last Friday afternoon, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned an injunction against a Louisiana law requiring that...
Dominik Lett The R Street Institute asked several leading budget experts the following question: “What is the most important federal budget process reform that...
Romina Boccia The R Street Institute asked several leading budget experts the following question: “What is the most important federal budget process reform that...
Mike Fox In the centuries before the Enlightenment, the law had a literal way of crushing the accused. European courts used judicially sanctioned torture...
Jeffrey Miron At the core of many public policy decisions is the question of centralization. Libertarians prefer leaving policy to local governments while acknowledging...