July 2, 2008
The ADA Restoration Act: Defining Disability Down
By Andrew M. Grossman and James Sherk
(Legal Memorandum #27)
The ADA Restoration Act would water down the definition of disability, potentially allowing the bulk of American workers to claim disability status and the protections ...

June 16, 2008
Revisiting the Explosive Growth of Federal Crimes
By John S. Baker, Jr.
(Legal Memorandum #26)
Congress has enacted 452 new crimes over the eight-year period between 2000 and 2007—a rate of about 57 new crimes per year—for a total of ...

May 20, 2008
California Court's Judicial Activism Threatens the Institution of Marriage
By Jennifer A. Marshall, Daniel Patrick Moloney, Ph.D. and Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1932)
On May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court overturned California voters' 61 percent majority, expressed in 2000's Proposition 22, in favor of affirming marriage as ...

May 16, 2008
No-Match Immigration Enforcement: Time for Action
By Charles D. Stimson and Andrew M. Grossman
(Legal Memorandum #25)
The next Administration is unlikely to take workplace immigration enforcement seriously. Now is the time to put employers on notice that they cannot bury their ...

May 15, 2008
'Sunshine' Should Not Trump Privacy in Civil Litigation
By Andrew M. Grossman
(Legal Memorandum #24)
The Sunshine in Litigation Act would limit judges' discretion to approve and enforce litigants' confidentiality agreements. In many cases, discovery would grind to a halt ...

April 16, 2008
Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: 100,000 Stolen Votes in Chicago
By Hans A. von Spakovsky
(Legal Memorandum #23)
Chicago’s decades-long voting-fraud experience involved techniques that have come to light in recent elections in Philadelphia, Wisconsin, and Tennessee, among other locations, and point toward ...

April 4, 2008
Keep Track of Crack Cocaine Facts
By Charles D. Stimson and Andrew M. Grossman
(WebMemo #1882)
The Department of Justice should collect and regularly publish facts on the effect of new guidelines granting retroactive application of lower prison sentences.

March 14, 2008
The Urge to Over-Legislate: Criminal Law and Public Opinion in the United Kingdom
By Judge Inigo Bing
(Heritage Lecture #1064)
In the 10 years in which Tony Blair was Prime Minister in Britain a total of 3,023 new offenses were legislated--roughly two new crimes created ...

March 14, 2008
The Second Amendment Comes Before the Supreme Court: The Issues and the Arguments
By Nelson Lund, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1851)
D.C.'s effort to disarm the residents of that city is unconstitutional.

March 14, 2008
National Security Letters: Three Important Facts
By Charles D. Stimson and Andrew M. Grossman
(WebMemo #1853)
National security letters are an indispensable tool in national security investigations.

March 12, 2008
FISA Modernization Is Not About "Warrantless Wiretapping"
By Andrew M. Grossman
(WebMemo #1847)
Making permanent the authorities of the now-expired Protect America Act has only an incidental relation to Americans' communications.

March 10, 2008
Stolen Identities, Stolen Votes: A Case Study in Voter Impersonation
By Hans A. von Spakovsky
(Legal Memorandum #22)
Contrary to claims made by prominent newspapers and attorneys, in-person voting fraud is a real problem. It is also widespread, as documented in reports and ...

March 3, 2008
Senate CPSC Bill: A Boon for Trial Lawyers at the Expense of Product Safety
By Andrew Grossman
(WebMemo #1831)
Congress should avoid policies that raise the cost of doing business, increase legal uncertainty and risk, and threaten jobs.

March 3, 2008
Consumer Product Safety Bill May Need a Recall
By James Gattuso
(WebMemo #1832)
The House and Senate bills could end up increasing bureaucracy and litigation rather than consumer safety.

February 14, 2008
Human Trafficking Reauthorization Would Undermine Existing Anti-Trafficking Efforts and Constitutional Federalism
By Brian W. Walsh and Andrew M. Grossman
(Legal Memorandum #21)
The current version of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act would undermine accountability by inviting officials at all levels of government to "pass ...

January 31, 2008
Congress Must Stop Playing Politics with FISA and National Security
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Robert Alt, and Andrew M. Grossman
(WebMemo #1791)
Congress's 15-day extension of the Protect America Act puts intelligence-gatherers in an impossible situation.

January 28, 2008
ADA Restoration Act: Undermining the Employer-Employee Relationship
By James Sherk and Andrew M. Grossman
(WebMemo #1785)
Congress should consider the impact that this legislation would have across the economy and on so many employers and diligent workers.

January 25, 2008
The Intelligence Community Needs Clear - and Permanent - FISA Reform
By Robert Alt, Todd Gaziano, and Brian W. Walsh
(WebMemo #1782)
Congress should take the steps necessary to avoid hobbling America’s wartime intelligence-gathering abilities.

January 18, 2008
The Federal Government’s Brief in the D.C. Gun Ban Case: A Glass That Is More Than Half Full
By Todd Gaziano and Andrew M. Grossman
(WebMemo #1775)
The Solicitor General got the big question right: Americans do have a right to keep and bear arms.

October 19, 2007
The Decline and Fall of the Right to Property: Government as Universal Landlord
By Edward J. Erler, Ph.D.
(First Principles #15)
The Supreme Court's decision in Kelo v. City of New London indicates that the right to property must now be considered only a conditional right; ...

October 16, 2007
Modernize FISA, But Don't Hobble American Intelligence Operations
By Brian W. Walsh and Todd Gaziano
(WebMemo #1666)
Congress should not impose unconstitutional restrictions on the ability of the executive branch to carry out one of its primary, constitutionally mandated functions: protecting Americans ...

September 17, 2007
The Gang  Abatement and Prevention Act: A Counterproductive and Unconstitutional Intrusion into State and Local Responsibilities
By Erica Little and Brian W. Walsh
(WebMemo #1619)
The best way to combat gang crime is to adhere to the principles of federalism by respecting the allocation of responsibilities among national, state, and ...

September 11, 2007
New Analysis Shows Voter Identification Laws Do Not Reduce Turnout
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Keri Weber Sikich
(Center for Data Analysis Report #07-04)
Controlling for factors that influence voter turnout, voter identification laws largely do not have the claimed negative impact on voter turnout based on state-to-state comparisons. ...

July 26, 2007
The Constitution and Voting Representation for the District of Columbia
By Nathaniel Ward
(WebMemo #1569)
A Senate bill that would grant the District of Columbia a full representative in Congress is a highly problematic and unconstitutional solution to the very ...

July 13, 2007
Dispelling Misconceptions: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Procedures Exceed the Requirements of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Law, and Customary International Law
By Steven Groves and Brian W. Walsh
(WebMemo #1556)
Contrary to the claims of the Bush Administration's critics, the detainees held at Guantanamo actually receive the most systematic and extensive procedural protections afforded to ...

July 9, 2007
The President's Broad Power to Pardon and Commute
By James Pfiffner, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1543)
Whatever the merits of President Bush's decision to commute Mr. Libby’s sentence, there is little doubt that it was a permissible act under the Constitution. ...

July 5, 2007
The War on Terrorism: Habeas Corpus On and Off the Battlefield
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1535)
Extending habeas corpus rights to unlawful enemy combatants would impede military operations, undermine the laws of war, and unnecessarily burden an already fair legal process. ...

June 6, 2007
Executive Summary: Gang Crime: Effective and Constitutional Policies to Stop Violent Gangs
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Erica Little
(Executive Summary #LM20)
To address gang-related crime appropriately, the national government should adhere to federalist principles and limit itself to tasks that are within its constitutionally designed sphere ...

June 6, 2007
Gang Crime: Effective and Constitutional Policies to Stop Violent Gangs
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Erica Little
(Legal Memorandum #20)
To address gang-related crime appropriately, the national government should adhere to federalist principles and limit itself to tasks that are within its constitutionally designed sphere ...

June 5, 2007
Federalizing "Gang Crime" Remains Counterproductive and Dangerous
By Erica Little and Brian W. Walsh
(WebMemo #1486)
If Congress is serious about addressing gang crime, it should consider policies that build upon, rather than undermine, federalism.

May 23, 2007
Back to Muzak? Congress and the Un-Fairness Doctrine
By James Gattuso
(WebMemo #1472)
Members of Congress must resist efforts to resurrect the unconstitutional and unnecessary federal power to regulate "fairness" in broadcasting.

May 15, 2007
A New Gag Rule: How the Executive Branch Reform Act Violates Civil Liberty
By Brian W. Walsh, Matthew Spalding, and Andrew M. Grossman
(WebMemo #1456)
The Executive Branch Reform Act would pose grave threats to individual Americans’ rights to free speech and to petition the government, threaten the constitutional separation ...

May 2, 2007
The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act
By The Heritage Foundation
(WebMemo )
Resources on The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act

March 22, 2007
The Constitution and the District of Columbia
By Lee A. Casey
(WebMemo #1404)
Statehood is the clear preference of District of Columbia voting-rights advocates, but the proposal would require a constitutional amendment.

February 6, 2007
Congress's Iraq Resolutions: Without Resolve or Constitutional Purpose
By Todd Gaziano, Steven Groves, and Brian Walsh
(WebMemo #1347)
The proposed Iraq resolutions are an abuse of Congress's authority and an unreasonable interference with the President's exclusive authority to make strategic military decisions during ...

November 6, 2006
What We Have Here Is Failure to Cooperate: The Thompson Memorandum and Federal Prosecution of White-Collar Crime
By Brian M. Walsh
(Legal Memorandum #19)
A federal court in Manhattan ruled that Justice Department policies and practices for investigating alleged white-collar crime are unconstitutional.

November 6, 2006
What We Have Here Is Failure to Cooperate: The Thompson Memorandum and Federal Prosecution of White-Collar Crime
By Brian M. Walsh
(Executive Summary #LM19)
A federal court in Manhattan ruled that Justice Department policies and practices for investigating alleged white-collar crime are unconstitutional. These policies and practices are undermining ...

September 22, 2006
Federalizing "Gang Crime" Is Counterproductive and Dangerous
By Erica Little and Brian W. Walsh
(WebMemo #1221)
Proposed legislation would undermine federalism and retard law enforcement.

September 18, 2006
Congress Should Compromise on Military Commissions
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1216)
Establishing military commissions to try terrorists should not be a battleground for debating the president's ability to interpret the Geneva Conventions.

September 15, 2006
An Immoral Law: Congress Should Not Criminalize “Price Gouging” of Gasoline
By Todd Gaziano
(WebMemo #1214)
Imposing criminal liability for raising prices in a competitive market is ludicrous.

September 12, 2006
The Thompson Memorandum's Effect On The Right To Counsel In Corporate Investigations
By Edwin Meese III
(Testimony )
Thank you for inviting my views on the United States Department of Justice’s policies and procedures for investigating suspected financial crimes by business organizations, including ...

August 15, 2006
Rethinking Vicarious Criminal Liability: Corporate Culpability for White-Collar Crime
By John Hasnas
(WebMemo #1195)
Corporations that are not culpable for their employees' crimes should not be criminally liable for them either.

July 10, 2006
The Voting Rights Act Reauthorization
By The Heritage Foundation
(WebMemo )
Resources on the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization

June 8, 2006
Abusing Hawaiian History: Hawaiians Knew Their History in 1959
By Erica Little and Todd Gaziano
(WebMemo #1117)
Hawaiian history rejects the idea of race-based rule

June 6, 2006
The 'Native Hawaiian' Bill: An Unconstitutional Approach in Furtherance of a Terrible Idea
By Edwin Meese III and Todd Gaziano
(WebMemo #1114)
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to begin debate as early as June 7, 2006, on the misleadingly named "Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005" ...

March 30, 2006
From Feudalism to Consent: Rethinking Birthright Citizenship
By John C. Eastman, Ph.D
(Legal Memorandum #18)
The view that mere birth on U.S. soil is sufficient to obtain U.S. citizenship is incompatible with the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and ...

March 3, 2006
From Constitutional Interpretation to Judicial Activism: The Transformation of Judicial Review in America
By Christopher Wolfe, Ph.D.
(First Principles #2)
To understand contemporary political debates regarding judicial power, one must understand the theory and history of judicial review. Judicial review is no longer the limited ...

December 21, 2005
Domestic Surveillance: Dual Priorities, National Security and Civil Liberties, Must Be Met
By James Jay Carafano, Todd Gaziano, and Alane Kochems
(WebMemo #950)
Wars cannot be won by sacrificing national security or fundamental civil liberties.

December 15, 2005
The Defense Base Act and Contractor Liability: Give Federal Courts Exclusive Jurisdiction
By Alane Kochems
(WebMemo #942)
Congress should address liability issues that have been dogging military contractors with employees working in foreign theaters.

December 1, 2005
Birthright Citizenship and the Constitution
By Edward Erler
(WebMemo #925)
Before the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, citizens of the states were automatically considered citizens of the United States. In 1857, the Dred Scott v. ...

December 1, 2005
Congress and the Naturalization of Immigrants
By Joseph Bessette
(WebMemo #926)
Few powers are more fundamental to sovereignty than the control over immigration and the vesting of citizenship in aliens (naturalization). According to the Declaration of ...

September 16, 2005
The Takings Clause
By Douglas W. Kmiec
(WebMemo #843)
Its original meaning.

July 20, 2005
Same-Sex "Marriage" in Canada: A Guide for American Legislators
By Bradley C. S. Watson
(Backgrounder #1870)
Canada shares several important characteristics with the United States: a complex federal system, activist courts, and evolving public opinion on questions related to homosexuality. One ...

July 19, 2005
Advice and Consent: What the Constitution Says
By John McGinnis
(WebMemo #800)
Between various presidential nominations now bottled up in the U.S. Senate, and now the intense focus on a nomination to the United States Supreme Court, ...

July 14, 2005
Chertoff Takes Charge
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., and Paul Rosenzweig
(WebMemo #795)
Congress should support Secretary Chertoff's plan to reform DHS.

July 11, 2005
Lessons from London: Implications for the Patriot Act
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Paul Rosenzweig, and Alane Kochems
(WebMemo #791)
Congress should renew the provisions of the Patriot Act set to sunset at the end of the year.

June 30, 2005
Immigration Removal Procedures Implemented in the Aftermath of the September 11th Attacks
By Paul Rosenzweig
(Testimony )
The Federal government has very wide Constitutional authority to deal with matters of immigration.  And it also has a Constitutional obligation to insure national security.  ...

June 29, 2005
Improving Pre-Screening of Aviation Passengers Against Terrorist and Other Watch Lists
By Paul Rosenzweig
(Testimony )
One common critique offered by skeptics of new initiatives to combat terrorism is the concern that advances in information technology will unreasonably erode the privacy ...

June 27, 2005
Congress Should Lift OPEC's Immunity
By Ariel Cohen and William L.T. Schirano
(WebMemo #777)
A first step towards a free market in oil production.

June 2, 2005
Alternatives to Amnesty: Proposals for Fair and Effective Immigration Reform
By Edwin Meese III, James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Matthew Spalding, Ph.D., and Paul Rosenzweig
(Backgrounder #1858)
Congress and the President must reduce the number of individuals unlawfully present in the United States through a comprehensive solution that fosters national security, a ...

April 11, 2005
Judicial Usurpation and the Constitution: Historical and Contemporary Issues
By Robert P. George
(Heritage Lecture #871)
Decisions in which the courts usurp the authority of the people are not merely incorrect; they are themselves unconstitutional. If we do not have a ...

February 15, 2005
Sentencing in a Post-Booker World - It's Deja Vu All Over Again
By Paul Rosenzweig
(Testimony )
Since 1987, Federal defendants have been sentenced under a determinate sentencing system intended to enhance uniformity and consistency by accounting for the so-called "real offense" ...

February 11, 2005
True Faith and Allegiance
By The Honorable John Ashcroft
(Heritage Lecture #865)
How best to nurture and defend liberty is the unending challenge of any self-governing people. September 11, 2001, reminded us that our love of freedom ...

February 11, 2005
Federal Prosecution Policy and the Attorney-Client Privilege
By Paul Rosenzweig
(Testimony )
When confronted with a conundrum of the sort presented by the Department of Justice's policy on attorney-client privilege waiver, it is useful, in my view, ...

November 17, 2004
Sentencing In A Post-Booker And Fanfan World
By Paul Rosenzweig
(Testimony )
At the risk of sounding somewhat overly dramatic, we are, to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, engaged in a great civil debate to decide whether the current ...

November 1, 2004
The Electoral College: Enlightened Democracy
By Tara Ross
(Legal Memorandum #15)
America's election systems have operated smoothly for more than 200 years because the Electoral College accomplishes its intended purposes. America's presidential election process preserves federalism, ...

November 1, 2004
Executive Summary: The Electoral College: Enlightened Democracy
By Tara Ross
(Executive Summary #15)
America's election systems have operated smoothly for more than 200 years because the Electoral College accomplishes its intended purposes. America's presidential election process preserves federalism, ...

October 4, 2004
The Sociological Origins of "White-Collar Crime"
By John S. Baker, Jr.
(Legal Memorandum #14)
Many federal offenses prosecuted under the label of "white-collar crime" are regulatory, rather than true crimes, requiring no proof of criminal intent. Under this conception ...

September 16, 2004
Preventive Detention and Actionable Intelligence
By Paul Rosenzweig and James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
(Legal Memorandum #13)
Much good and accurate intelligence information on terrorists and their activities is not suitable for use in our existing criminal justice system. America needs to ...

June 21, 2004
Biometric Technologies: Security, Legal, and Policy Implications
By Paul Rosenzweig, Alane Kochems, and Ari Schwartz
(Legal Memorandum #12)
Advanced technology is a competitive advantage for the United States, and it must be used if the country is to win its war on terrorism. ...

May 26, 2004
Technologies That Can Protect Privacy as Information Is Shared to Combat Terrorism
By James X. Dempsey and Paul Rosenzweig
(Legal Memorandum #11)
Government access to and use of personal information raises concerns about the protection of privacy and due process as information technology is used to combat ...

May 17, 2004
A Defining Moment: Marriage, the Courts, and the Constitution
By Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1759)
The most responsible step Congress can take to preserve marriage is to send a constitutional amendment that protects the institution of marriage to the states ...

May 5, 2004
Aiding Terrorists - An Examination of the Material Support Statute
By Paul Rosenzweig
(Testimony )
.  I have said often since September 11 that the civil liberty/national security question is the single most significant domestic legal issue facing America today, ...

May 5, 2004
Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties in Wartime
By The Honorable Frank J. Williams
(Heritage Lecture #834)
During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln declared martial law and authorized military tribunals to try terrorists because they could act quickly, gather intelligence through interrogation, ...

April 13, 2004
E-Passports: A Strategy for Long-Term Success
By Ha Nguyen, Paul Rosenzweig, and James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
(Executive Memorandum #921)
Congress should consolidate all visa activities within the Department of Homeland Security and should also extend the deadline for e-passport implementation.  To protect privacy, biometric ...

March 19, 2004
Anti-Terrorism Efforts, Civil Liberty
By Paul Rosenzweig
(Testimony )
The challenge of maintaining the balance between security and constitutionally protected freedoms inherent in responding to the threat of terror, in the particular context of ...

March 17, 2004
The Transportation Security Adiminstration's CAPPS II
By Paul Rosenzweig
(Testimony )
The civil liberty/national security question is the single most significant domestic legal issue facing America today, bar none.  And, as is reflected in my testimony ...

November 19, 2003
In Defense of Marriage
By Matthew Spalding, Ph.D. and Joseph Loconte
(WebMemo #373)
Marriage is an "an evolving paradigm."  So says Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court, in a 4-3 decision that has vast implications for the growing national debate ...

November 12, 2003
Sentencing Authority and the Separation of Powers: "Who Decides Sentences at the Front End?"
By Paul Rosenzweig
(Testimony )
Sentencing Authority and the Separation of Powers: "Who Decides Sentences at the Front End?"

October 27, 2003
Better Intelligence Sharing for Visa Issuance and Monitoring: An Imperative for Homeland Security
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., and Ha Nguyen
(Backgrounder #1699)
Since September 11, 2001, keeping visas out of the hands of terrorists has been a top priority for the Administration and Congress. Congress needs a ...

April 17, 2003
The Over-Criminalization of Social and Economic Conduct
By Paul Rosenzweig
(Legal Memorandum #7)
The law has now gone far from that model of liability for an act and, in effect, begun to impose criminal liability for the acts ...

April 17, 2003
The Over-Criminalization of Social and Economic Conduct
By Paul Rosenzweig
(Executive Summary #LM 7)
The Over-Criminalization of Social and Economic Conduct

October 10, 2002
A Diminished Judiciary: The Causes and Effects of the Sustained High Vacancy Rates in the Federal Courts
By Todd F. Gaziano
(Testimony )
Ten Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are holding judicial nominees hostage in an attempt to hold vacancies open for liberal judicial activists. The long-term ...

June 27, 2002
Pledge of Allegiance Ruling Will Not Stand
By The Heritage Foundation
(WebMemo #121)
Newdow v. U.S. Congress will not stand. It is in direct opposition to written documents of America's founding, and provides further evidence of unelected judges ...

April 30, 2002
The State of the Judicial Confirmation Process
By The Honorable Mitch McConnell
(Heritage Lecture #740)
There exists an all-out effort to defeat Judge Charles Pickering. This effort, though, is just the most high-profile example of a plan which some on ...

April 25, 2002
The 'Presidential Records Act Amendment of 2002' and other procedures for invocation of executive privilege
By Todd F. Gaziano
(Testimony )
With the preceding framework in mind, there are several provisions of H.R. 4187 that appear to be flatly unconstitutional and others that raise serious constitutional ...

February 7, 2002
Civil Rights and Wrongs: A New Agenda for a New Era
By Peter N. Kirsanow
(Heritage Lecture #731)
Three ways in which King's message is profoundly conservative and relevant today.

November 5, 2001
Bringing Al-Qaeda to Justice: The Constitutionality of Trying Al-Qaeda Terrorists in the Military Justice System
By David B. Rivkin, Jr., Lee A. Casey, and Darin R Bartram
(Legal Memorandum #3)
The accompanying legal memorandum explores the question of whether it is constitutional to try members of the al-Qaeda terrorist network, who may have been involved ...

November 5, 2001
Bringing Al-Qaeda to Justice: The Constitutionality of Trying Al-Qaeda Terrorists in the Military Justice System
By David B. Rivkin, Jr., Lee A. Casey, and Darin R Bartram
(Executive Summary #3)
LM3ES: Bringing Al-Qaeda to Justice: The Constitutionality of Trying Al-Qaeda Terrorists in the Military Justice System

February 21, 2001
The Use and Abuse of Executive Orders and Other Presidential Directives
By Todd F. Gaziano
(Legal Memorandum #2)
The Use and Abuse of Executive Orders and Other Presidential Directives

February 21, 2001
The Use and Abuse of Executive Orders and Other Presidential Directives
By Todd F. Gaziano
(Executive Summary #2)
LM2ES: The Use and Abuse of Executive Orders and Other Presidential Directives

February 12, 2001
Top Ten Myths About Campaign Finance Reform
By Todd F. Gaziano
(Legal Memorandum #5)
Top Ten Myths About Campaign Finance Reform

December 5, 2000
The Number of Electors Necessary for the Election of a President
By Edwin Meese III, Todd F. Gaziano, and Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
(Legal Memorandum #1)
The argument that it takes only a simple majority of electors voting to elect the President, as opposed to a majority of the whole number, ...

December 5, 2000
The Number of Electors Necessary for the Election of a President
By Edwin Meese III, Todd F. Gaziano, and Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
(Executive Summary #1)
The argument that it takes only a simple majority of electors voting to elect the President, as opposed to a majority of the whole number, ...

July 30, 1999
Federal Litigation Against the Tobacco Industry: Elevating Politics Over Law
By Todd F. Gaziano
(Executive Summary #1315)
BG1315ES: Federal Litigation Against the Tobacco Industry: Elevating Politics Over Law

July 30, 1999
Federal Litigation Against the Tobacco Industry: Elevating Politics Over Law
By Todd F. Gaziano
(Backgrounder #1315)
Regardless of the merits of the legislative options, this litigation approach is wrong and would undermine the rule of law.

July 22, 1999
Time for Congress to Hold the Legal Services Corporation Accountable
By Virginia L. Thomas and Ryan H. Rogers
(Executive Summary #1312)
BG1312ES: Time for Congress to Hold the Legal Services Corporation Accountable

July 22, 1999
Time for Congress to Hold the Legal Services Corporation Accountable
By Virginia L. Thomas and Ryan H. Rogers
(Backgrounder #1312)
The LSC is a federally funded agency with 269 grantee offices around the country that have provided over $6 billion of free legal aid to ...

January 9, 1998
Support and Defend: How Congress Can Save the Constitution from the Supreme Court
By Matthew J. Franck
(Heritage Lecture #604)
Congress must take its rightful role in interpreting and upholding the constitution

March 18, 1997
Courting Disaster: Judicial Despotism in the Age of Russell Clark
By Senator John Ascroft
(Heritage Lecture #580)
The courts fail to check federal power

May 17, 1996
The Legal Services Corporation: New Funding, New Loopholes, Old Games
By Boehm, Kenneth F.
(Backgrounder Update #276)

January 29, 1996
Ending Judicial Dictatorship
By Patrick J. Buchanan
(Heritage Lecture #553)
Judges impose a tyranny of the minority

October 19, 1995
Why the Legal Services Corporation Must be Abolished
By Kenneth F. Boehm and Peter T. Flaherty
(Backgrounder #1057)
Unjust to society, unjust to the poor

October 11, 1994
Reining in Federal Judges: The Crime Bill's Unexpected Gift to The States
By Smith , Wesley ; Seay , Douglas
(FYI #40)

November 12, 1993
Justice Unbalanced: Congress and Prosecutorial Discretion
By Civiletti, Benjamin R.
(Heritage Lecture #472)

July 29, 1993
Human Rights Treaty Poses Dangers for America
By Andrew J. Cowin
(Executive Memorandum #361)
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights establishes the rights to housing, food, a fair wage, paid vacations, health care, and other expensive ...

May 20, 1993
A Case for Principled Judicial Activism
By James L. Huffman
(Heritage Lecture #456)
Restraint should not mean failure to act to protect the constitution

April 10, 1993
Conservatism and the Rehnquist Court
By David F. Forte
(Heritage Lecture #438)
Renquist court evaluated in terms of federalism, separation of powers, and protection of rights

March 15, 1993
Courts, Cases, and Conservatives in the 1990s
By Hill, Jerald L.
(Heritage Lecture #439)

February 12, 1992
A Jurisprudence of Natural Rights: How an Earlier Generation of Judges Did It
By Arkes, Hadley
(Heritage Lecture #364)

November 15, 1991
Reform the Judicial Nomination Process Now: Five Proposals for a Return to Senatorial Comity
By Devine, Donald J.
(Heritage Lecture #351)

September 10, 1991
The Quest for Justice: Natural Rights and the Future of Public Interest Law
By William H. Mellor, III and Clint Bolick
(Heritage Lecture #342)
Founders introduce the Institute for Justice

September 28, 1990
The Textile Import Restriction Bill Deserves a Bush Veto
By Johnson, Bryan T.
(Executive Memorandum #284)

September 28, 1989
The Supreme Court and Civil Rights: A Challenge for George Bush
By Bolick, Clint
(Backgrounder #728)

June 14, 1989
No More Justice Delayed: Time To Divide the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
By Suarez, Aquiles F.
(Backgrounder #711)

September 23, 1988
Without Reforms, The Legal Services Corporation Bill Deserves a Veto
By Hoppe, David
(Executive Memorandum #214)

March 16, 1988
Reagan's Wise Veto of the "Grove City" Bill
By Jones, Gordon S.
(Executive Memorandum #190)

August 14, 1987
A Common Lawyer Looks at Administrative Law
By Arnold, Honorable Morris S.
(Heritage Lecture #121)

February 19, 1987
A World Court Decision Allows the United Nations to Impose Laws on the U.S.
By Dewey, Thomas E. L.
(Backgrounder Update #37)

January 22, 1987
The Liability Insurance Crisis: What Next
By Gattuso, James L.
(Backgrounder Update #35)

September 17, 1986
The Legal Services Corporation: Turning Back the Clock
By Gattuso, James L.
(Backgrounder Update #22)

June 30, 1986
The American Consumer Pays Dearly for the Liability Insurance Crisis
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #519)

May 21, 1986
A Sick Tort System Endangers U.S. Health Care
By Ferrara, Peter J.
(Backgrounder #511)

May 14, 1986
The Liability Insurance Crisis
By Gattuso, James L.
(Backgrounder Update #10)

March 27, 1986
The Liability Insurance Crisis: What Washington Can Do To Help
By Gattuso, James L. ; B Buttarazz, John E.
(Backgrounder #498)

March 19, 1986
New Ways to Provide Legal Services to the Poor
By Gattuso, James L.
(Backgrounder #496)

May 15, 1985
An Rx for the Product Liability Epidemic
By Copulos, Milton R.
(Backgrounder #434)

July 21, 1982
"The ""Exclusionary Rule"": Time for Reform"
By Dunn, Robert B.
(Backgrounder #198)

June 25, 1980
Congress and the Supreme Court : Court Jurisdiction and School Prayer
By Ascik, Thomas R.
(Backgrounder #123)

September 2, 1977
The. First Amendment and Freedom of Speech in America
By Francis, Samuel T.
(Backgrounder #35)