If there’s one economic principle that Democrats, Republicans, and libertarians agree on, it’s that competition is generally good and government-supported private monopoly power is reliably bad. That principle is the driving ...

The litigation battle has begun. While the legal arguments are technical, the basic issue is straightforward: Can the federal government force people to buy a product — in this instance, ...

What ever happened to the sanctity of private contracts? Consider the bill now pending in Congress that would essentially wipe out existing mortgages — allowing their terms to be rewritten ...

In a blockbuster opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Senior Judge Laurence H. Silberman, joined by Judge Thomas B. Griffith, ruled that “the ...

The House of Representatives, this week, has passed the D.C. Personal Protection Act (H.R. 3193), which would overturn a 28-year ban on handguns in the nation’s capital. The Senate version ...

Here we go again. First it was the health police in Santa Monica, Los Angeles and Malibu. Then the buttheads in Los Angeles County. Now it’s the ...

In a dramatic, almost wacky turn of events, the Senate overwhelmingly rejected S. 1805, a bill earlier this month that would have immunized firearm manufacturers and dealers against many forms ...

Congress and the president were quick to read the political tealeaves when 51 million Americans took a stand against telemarketing. With lightning speed, President Bush signed a bill authorizing the ...

When the Constitution says that no state may “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws,” ...