The next president will appoint at least one and perhaps as many as three Supreme Court justices, who in turn will have a decisive impact on the Court’s jurisprudence for decades. But last night’s presidential debate revealed that neither of the major-party candidates understands what Supreme Court justices are supposed to do. Moderator Chris Wallace […]
Donald Trump’s penchant for brusque remarks came in handy during the second presidential debate, eight days ago. When the discussion turned to the president’s health law, the GOP candidate’s message was clear: “Obamacare is a disaster. You know it. We all know it.” Only Hillary’s own spouse put it better, when he called Obamacare “the craziest […]
Until the last few minutes of last night’s debate, Donald Trump had been the only candidate to talk about trade policy during the debates. At the first presidential debate, [Hillary] Clinton studiously avoided the topic even as Trump used Clinton’s past support for NAFTA and her flip-flop on the TPP to blame her for all […]
One of the central premises of the “new liberal economics,” as described by the Hillary Clinton campaign, is the notion that monopoly power is growing and must be stopped by applying more antitrust law. While it is true that many indicators of market concentration are up, it’s less clear that antitrust law is an effective […]
The writer Michael Kinsley once said that “a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth—some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” So it was when Bill Clinton pointed out earlier this week that Obamacare’s drastic premium hikes were “crazy.” But the aspiring First Gentleman neglected to mention that Hillary Clinton’s 2008 reform plan […]