Politics

Dallas--The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) is pleased that the Supreme Court has correctly decided that President Trump improperly used the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose harmful, capricious, sometimes malicious and often incoherent tariffs on goods purchased by American businesses and consumers. And we await the comedy of a response from the Trump administration.

A government bitcoin “reserve” is really government chasing fads and making highly speculative bets with taxpayer dollars. And gambling with taxpayer dollars is not a legitimate function of government.

The EU could reinstate its 25% retaliatory tariff on bourbon today, or at any point in the future. And when the EU tariffs American bourbon, we don’t pay more for bourbon—they do. But we sell less of it to them. In other words, we’re both harmed.

The proposed acquisition of Kenvue by Kimberly-Clark, headquartered in Irving, is a useful reminder of how markets and economic freedom work to benefit consumers.

Now is the time for the “Art of the Deal” Trump to step up to the plate. It will probably require sidelining advisor Stephen Miller, but you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggheads.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a zombie federal agency. Congress should put a stake through its heart, but until then, the CFPB continues to pose a threat, especially since everyone thinks it is already dead.

Conservatism is a posture of the soul: a recognition that we are heirs to a noble inheritance of culture, of institutions, and of morality and ethics.

How about we repeal the 17^thAmendment along with the filibuster?

Those of us who believe that markets deliver the best combination of choice and value to consumers should welcome a potential combination of Paramount Skydance with Warner Bros.

Wednesday, November 5, the Supreme Court will hear one of the most important cases involving limited government in our lifetimes. Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump is about whether a president has authority under the Constitution or statute to impose tariffs in the way the Trump administration has.