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AFP Foundation launches FOIA investigation into Disinformation Governance Board
Concerned about the federal government’s newly announced Disinformation Governance Board? So are we. And we’re going to get to the bottom of it. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently introduced the new body. It purports to safeguard “the United States against threats to its security, including threats exacerbated by disinformation.” What does the board…
Read MoreWhy AFPF is suing USCIS for the results of its Known Employer Initiative
By Sam Peak and Kevin Schmidt Because U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services cannot process visas, requests for work authorizations, and other petitions in a timely manner, our immigration system is dealing with crushing backlogs and delays. This is causing U.S. employers to lose critical employees amid a labor crisis — and costing thousands of people…
Read MoreKennedy v. Bremerton School District shows why a high school football coach’s prayer may be important for academic freedom
Government employs a veritable army of teachers, professors, graduate students, undergraduate work-study students, as well as coaches, teachers’ aides, tutors, and administrators. To what degree can government, as an employer, punish the people it hires for their own personal expression? That’s a live question. The First Amendment protects citizens from the government. The government doesn’t…
Read MoreDon’t Be Fooled: West Virginia v. EPA Is About Who Decides Important Policy Questions Under the Constitution
More evidence the VA is improperly delaying or denying community care to eligible veterans
Americans for Prosperity Foundation has obtained new documents in its ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs. These documents provide even more evidence that the VA is failing to comply with the community care standards created by the VA MISSION Act, which was meant to give veterans more access to…
Read MoreAn opportunity to restore judicial review of constitutional claims against agencies
Chevron Deference Meets Madison’s ‘Very Definition of Tyranny’
Can calling an artist a “monopoly of one” displace the First Amendment?
Public accommodations laws “help ensure a free and open economy.” Traditionally, public accommodations laws have been applied to, well, public accommodations, such as hotels, or “what the old common law promised to any member of the public wanting a meal at the inn, that accepting the usual terms of service, they will not be turned…
Read MoreNew investigation reveals true cost of certificate of need laws to patients
Certificate-of-need laws result in higher health care costs, reduced access to important medical services, and worse patient outcomes, according to a new report from Americans for Prosperity Foundation. In Virginia, South Carolina, Michigan, and Iowa, the four states in which the effects of CON restrictions are covered in Permission to care: How certificate of need laws harm patients and stifle…
Read MoreNew investigation reveals true cost of certificate of need laws to patients
Certificate-of-need laws result in higher health care costs, reduced access to important medical services, and worse patient outcomes, according to a new report from Americans for Prosperity Foundation. In Virginia, South Carolina, Michigan, and Iowa, the four states in which the effects of CON restrictions are covered in Permission to care: How certificate of need laws harm patients and stifle…
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