Regulation
Government regulations typically restrict people’s behaviors and choices– causing economic damage, especially to society’s vulnerable who can least afford to comply. Locke works to deregulate and support innovation and growth.
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Jeff Moore reports for Carolina Journal Online on a state court opinion that exposes the “cutthroat world” of North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law. Ray Nothstine’s CJ Opinion asks whether social justice…
Latest CON Court Ruling Exposes Underbelly of Outdated N.C. Health Regulation
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed the state’s decision to award InSight Health Corp. a certificate of need for a mobile PET/CT scanner. It’s…
Lamenting Lockdowns’ Negative Impact
Christopher Bedford of the Federalist tackles new evidence of the negative consequences tied to government lockdowns. In 2020, nearly every American in the world had to endure a month or…
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Jeff Moore reports for Carolina Journal Online on the debate over N.C. power sources. John Hood’s CJ Opinion explains why the state blows it on history. Raheem Williams asks why…
“Lockdowns … probably delayed the evolution of the virus into a milder form.”
That’s a key line from a Twitter thread by “rational optimist” Matt Ridley. Here’s the whole thread: Earlier in the year the same was said about the alpha (Kent) variant,…
How Much Are Cooper’s Orders to Blame for Non-Covid Excess Deaths in North Carolina?
Research continues to find serious, deadly effects of lockdowns and severe government restrictions over Covid-19, such as Gov. Cooper's, while failing to find evidence of their purported benefits. From March…
Experts Share Concerns about Fed’s Role
National Review Online highlights a letter from more than 40 economics experts. It raises concerns about an apparent change in the Federal Reserve’s role. The Fed is among the nation’s…
Supporting Innovation: Locke’s Jordan Roberts Explains Why a ‘Regulatory Sandbox’ Is Smart Policy
Yes, the name is sorta funny — a ‘regulatory sandbox.’ But in an age of rapid innovation, it’s the type of forward thinking that aims to support entrepreneurial efforts while…
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Dallas Woodhouse reports for Carolina Journal Online that a spike in state tax collections could open the door to historic tax relief. John Hood’s CJ Opinion explains why government shouldn’t…
New Carolina Journal Online Features
David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online on disturbing recent comments from the judge in North Carolina’s Leandro school-funding lawsuit. A new CJ Opinion explains why a legal setback doesn’t…
California Ruling Gives Supreme Court Good Reason to Address Gun Rights
Mark Overstreet explains in a Federalist column how a recent court ruling from California could have an impact on Second Amendment law. Last week, in Miller v. Bonta, U.S. District…
1619 Project Inspires Attack on Second Amendment
David Harsanyi of National Review Online exposes a misguided attempt to rewrite the history of American gun rights. Left-wing academic Carol Anderson’s new book, The Second: Race and Guns in…