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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
“Why Wouldn’t People Like ’Em?”
Let Freedom Ring—Though It Doesn’t Fully Flourish In California
California’s brightest minds obviously didn’t have a seat at the table in the early days of July 1776, when the Founding Fathers (how long before that term’s deemed politically incorrect?) were putting the final touches on that generation’s “Brexit.”
One wonders what the Founders would make of today’s Golden State, which didn’t join the union until seventy-four years and two months after those fateful moments in Philadelphia.
Only In California: Housing Deregulation Increases Housing Regulations
This would be a head-scratcher anywhere but in California. Two years ago, state lawmakers passed legislation to expedite housing approval by exempting some projects from environmental lawsuits and zoning appeals. This legislation can cut the approval process by a decade or more and reduce costs enormously. So why is hardly anyone using it?
The Intriguing Economics Of College Athletes Licensing Their Images
Last week, California governor Gavin Newsom signed into law California’s Fair Pay to Play Act, which will allow California college athletes to sign commercial deals for the use of their identities and likenesses. The law, which will also allow student athletes to hire agents to negotiate on their behalf, will take effect in 2023. This could be the law that upsets the NCAA’s long-standing cozy apple cart that has successfully funneled almost all collegiate athletic revenue to universities, and the economics of this law are fascinating.
Kobe Bryant May End Up In California’s Hall Of Fame—A Hall That’s Sorely In Need Of Re-Examination
Not that there’s a positive to come from a tragedy that takes the lives of nine adults and adolescents, but so far the deaths of basketball great Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and their seven helicopter copassengers and pilot hasn’t prompted an overreaction on the part of California state or local government.
Assuming Julia Louis-Dreyfus Doesn’t Want The Job, Kamala Harris Likely Does
To the adage “it’s good to be king,” don’t forget the queen—in this case, California senator Kamala Harris, who may be the current ruling monarch of Democratic possibilities.
As July 4th Approaches, Does California Freedom Have A Hollow Ring?
As circumstance would have it, for the second consecutive year this column precedes America’s Fourth of July weekend. As such, it seems like the proper moment to discuss California and liberty.
The Iger Sanction?
California’s gubernatorial recall election hasn’t yet materialized—much less been certified or scheduled for a vote—and we already have a casualty: Chamath Palihapitiya, a Silicon Valley billionaire who has sunk $100,000 into the effort to force a referendum on California governor Gavin Newson and who reportedly has flirted with the idea of throwing his hat in the ring, only to inform a podcast audience last week that his heart (and his business sense) just wasn’t in it.
By Placing Profits Over Principles, The NBA Shows What It's Really Made Of
Last week, Daryl Morey, the general manager of the NBA’s Houston Rockets, tweeted “Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong” in support of Hong Kong citizen protests against mainland China. These seemingly harmless seven words created a political firestorm within the world’s premier basketball league that shows that the NBA’s highly publicized and proud commitment to social justice, freedom, and equality is largely abandoned when such principles affect their bottom line.
Looking Over The Horizon: Could Newsom Ever Face A Veto Override?
It’s been a week since Thanksgiving, yet somewhere in California, Governor-elect Gavin Newsom may still be voicing gratitude for his good fortune election-wise.
Eureka: Sacramento Spotlight: Comprehensive Good Governance Reform Part 1 – Unicameral Legislature
California’s State Legislature is now on interim recess until January. In its absence, the “Sacramento Spotlight” will shine on something different: not bills, but good governance reform.
Campaign What-Ifs
Some of the roads not taken during this year’s wild primary season. By Bill Whalen.
SLASHING THROUGH THE REGULATION THICKET
Steve Hayward on cities that are slashing through the regulation thicket Merrill Matthews Jr. on bringing freedom of choice to public housing The State of the States
Laboratories of Democracy
Conservative hopes for upcoming governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia
Simon Says
If Bill Simon wants to win the California governor’s race this November, he can start by reading this. By Hoover fellow Bill Whalen.
FEMA After Katrina
Redefining responsiveness
Laboratories of Democracy
Bellwethers of realignment: Bernadette Malone on key races in state legislatures
What Happened to Arnold?
Can Arnold Schwarzenegger recover from his special-election train wreck? What the Governator must do to get back on track. By Bill Whalen.
Laboratories of Democracy
Bernadette Malone on neglected conservative gains
Purple Voters in the Golden State
California’s Republican Party has drifted off the centrist track. But its voters haven’t. By Morris P. Fiorina and Samuel J. Abrams.