Trump Administration
How Trump’s Quota Policy Transformed Immigration Judging
In new research, Elise Blasingame, Christina Boyd, Roberto Carlos, and Joseph Ornstein explore how the Trump administration used a quota policy for immigration judges working under the Department of Justice's purview to influence how they adjudicated cases. The authors find the policy successfully nudged more judges to rule against immigrant plaintiffs.
The DOJ’s “New Madison” Doctrine Disregards Both the Economics and the Law of Innovation
DOJ’s “New Madison” approach to antitrust and intellectual property law dictates that antitrust should stay out of disputes over patents, even when market power...
Of Antitrust and Patents: the Quiet Return of the Status Quo at the DOJ’s Antitrust Division
Without Senate-confirmed political leadership, the Department of Justice quietly reverts to an Obama-era policy that favors Big Tech.
The consistent theme running through Makan Delrahim’s...
To Ban Or Not to Ban TikTok: How Reciprocity on the Internet Could Backfire
Reciprocity can work on a chalkboard, in simple settings. In real-world settings such as trade, it has proven to be ineffective.
How does a free...
Special Interests Hide Behind Regulatory Myths
Three myths about federal regulation help prevent much of the public, and many experts, from realizing how many regulations serve to promote special interests.
Years...
Police Stops of Black Drivers Increase Following Trump Rallies, New Study Suggests
A new study looks into how Trump's 2016 presidential campaign affected police behavior toward Black Americans and finds that the probability that a Black...
How to Save 40 percent of the Payroll Protection Program’s Costs
Thanks to the loan program part of the CARES Act, small businesses can receive up to 2.5 times their monthly payroll, regardless of how much...
Election Timetabling Is Not the Role of Judges
As wrong as it is that the Wisconsin elections were held under patently unsafe conditions, it is not the place of the courts to...
How Covid-19 Infected Global Financial Markets: a Webinar
Princeton Professor Markus Brunnermeier and Torsten Slok, Chief Economist for Deutsche Bank Securities, discuss what happened during Wall Street's worst week since the 2008...
How to Save American Middle-Sized Businesses from the Coronavirus Supply-Chain Crisis
Congress passed an $8.3 billion spending bill to address the coronavirus epidemic, but the bill will not protect small companies. Republican Senator Marco Rubio put forward...
