Defining Ideas by topic: Rule of Law

August 14, 2012
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The Obamacare Quagmire

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
The law will hurt the very people it's supposed to help.
July 31, 2012
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Richard Posner Gets It Wrong

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Are there really too many patents in America?
July 24, 2012
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Will Banning Guns Prevent Another Aurora?

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Once more, America gropes for a magic bullet.
July 19, 2012
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Obama: Counterterrorist-in-Chief

by Jack Goldsmith (member of the Task Force on National Security and Law)
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Image credit: Dave McLean
The greatest surprise of his presidency is that he is as tough on the Bad Guys as Bush was.
July 17, 2012
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How Unions Violate Free Speech

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
There's a better way to regulate campaign contributions.
July 10, 2012
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The Supreme Court’s Other Bogus Ruling

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Does lying serve a useful social purpose? Is it a protected form of speech?
June 29, 2012
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What Was Roberts Thinking?

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
The Chief Justice was neither an umpire nor a statesman. Only a lawyer.
June 19, 2012
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Psychology vs. Public Policy

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Why do moral intuitions break down in complex social institutions?
June 11, 2012
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Intellectual Laziness on the Supreme Court

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
It’s time to scrap the irrational “rational basis test.”
June 7, 2012
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Obamacare vs. Federalism

by James Huffman (member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
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Image credit: Barbara Kelley
Does liberty depend on the grace and generosity of government power?