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The Practical Limits of Federal Power: State Resistance to Implementing Federal Law (Part I)

Literally since the first days of the Trump presidency, state and local governments across the nation have strongly resisted implementing certain federal laws, especially in the area of immigration enforcement. Such resistance is a harbinger of a long-term conflict between federal and state governments over what laws will apply when state and local grant recipients…

Immigration Reform: Moving people out of the shadow

The very people who know about the life of an illegal immigrant in the United States are the very people who should be demanding that the wall be built ASAP. The “wall” as President Trump refers to it, represents the starting point of an opportunity to provide real change for those trapped in a life…

Let’s do follow the climate money!

The climate crisis industry incessantly claims that fossil fuel emissions are causing unprecedented temperature, climate and weather changes that pose existential threats to human civilization and our planet. The only solution, Climate Crisis, Inc. insists, is to eliminate the oil, coal and natural gas that provide 80% of the energy that makes US and global…

The EU-Funded Wall That Nobody Wants to Talk About

This is not Donald Trump’s desired border wall between the USA and Mexico, nor is it Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s fence which stops the flow of migrants into Europe – this is a 764 kilometer wall between Turkey and Syria, funded by none other than the European Union. Turkey shares an 822 kilometer border…

Shutdown Strains Businesses Across the Country

The partial government shutdown has passed the one-month mark. While leaders in Washington struggle to reopen the government, workers and businesses bear the brunt. The shutdown reminds us that the federal government is an important institution for America’s free enterprise system. “The simple reality is individuals and businesses depend in many ways on the federal…