Legislation
How politicians and cops tried to dodge responsibility in 2025
On his way out the door last January, President Joe Biden issued broad, preemptive pardons for several relatives and political allies. Those stay-out-jail cards set an alarming precedent that could undermine the…
The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act is every bit as bad as you would expect. Maybe worse.
Sometimes you can tell a bill will be really bad just from its title. So it goes with The Republic Unifying Meritocratic Performance Advancing Machine Intelligence by Eliminating Regulatory Interstate Chaos Across American…
Political fights over cash bail are back
The long national debate over cash bail reignited in summer 2025 after the White House issued an executive order in August threatening to pull federal funding from jurisdictions that allow cashless bail. The order channeled …
MAHA movement mandates labels on seed oils and other food ingredients
Burdensome food labeling mandates were once the province of Democrats, who pushed for calorie count requirements on restaurant menus and insisted packaged food must feature warnings about genetically modified ingredients and…
Will Spanberger back Virginia Democrats’ right-to-work repeal?
Given its proximity to Washington, D.C., Virginia has long had a reputation for its off-year elections swinging to whatever political party does not control the White House. After four years of Republican Gov. Glenn…
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
Can you judge the heat of a moral panic by the number of bills purporting to solve it? At the height of human trafficking hysteria in the 2010s, every week seemed to bring some new measure meant to help the government tackle…
California law allowing rideshare drivers to unionize could harm gig workers
In October, California lawmakers passed a bill allowing rideshare drivers to unionize. Under the law, a unionization election can be triggered when just 10 percent of the state's rideshare drivers submit forms expressing…
Progressive lawmakers want to ban dynamic pricing at restaurants
Gig companies like Uber and Lyft have popularized the economic concept of dynamic pricing (also known as "surge pricing"), making it a common phenomenon in our modern economy. Now, some restaurants are also…
Illinois’ ban on AI therapists like Ash and friend is misguided
Artificial intelligence is evolving fast. Large language models such as ChatGPT and Gemini can write papers and code, make quirky art, and attempt deep research and complex problem-solving. Now, AI is venturing into a more…
Help Legislators Legislate Again
Congress needs to get back into the business of regular and routine legislating. Chris Walker and I explored some ways Congress could facilitate that endeavor in "Delegation and Time." This morning, I have a brief…
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