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Low-Energy Fridays: What’s the Defense Production Act, and why do we care?
The Trump administration, like the preceding Biden administration, is making liberal use of a little-known Cold War law ...
R Street Institute1dOpinion
Getting Patents Right: Pitfalls and Promises in the New Congress
Last November’s election ushered in a new administration, a new Congress, and a new political agenda. One of the Trump ...
R Street Institute2dOpinion
RSI scholars on Trump tariffs’ impact on energy, insurance, U.S. agriculture, consumer prices, and more
In response to breaking news and sweeping new tariffs by the Trump administration, the R Street Institute is highlighting how ...
R Street Institute2dOpinion
News Isn’t Gone, It’s Just Changing
Much has been made about the collapse of local news and its impact on society. Now, new survey data show that it may be just ...
R Street Institute4dOpinion
Why Marvel’s Recidivism Rate Is Lower than DC’s
In the debate over crime and punishment, policymakers often turn to academic literature, history, and data, overlooking an ...
R Street Institute4dOpinion
Can We Fix Our Primaries? A Look at 2025’s Reform Efforts
As the 2025 legislative sessions draw to a close in a number of states, it is an opportune time to assess the state of ...
R Street Institute4dOpinion
R Street Institute Opposes Male Oral Contraceptive Pills
BREAKING: Following Dobbs v. Jackson, the United States saw a 10 percent increase in interest for new male contraceptives, ...
R Street Institute5dOpinion
Vote your conscience, pay the price: Georgia politics devolves into blood-sport
Elections have consequences, according to an old adage that is plainly aimed at urging people to vote for certain political ...
R Street Institute4dOpinion
A New Frontier in Our Work: Keeping People Safer From Ham
Here at R Street, we’re always looking for pragmatic policy solutions that increase people’s freedoms to improve their lives.
R Street Institute5dOpinion
Constitution’s enemies misuse 1798 law to gut due process
SACRAMENTO—The Trump administration has for the fourth time in history invoked the war-time Alien Enemies Act of 1798 even ...
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R Street Institute3dOpinion
Addiction treatment advocates turn to an unlikely ally: DOGE
A coalition of advocacy groups including a leading addiction medicine society and a center-right think tank is pressing the Trump administration with an unlikely request: Use the U.S. DOGE Service to ...
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R Street Institute2dOpinion
Lawfare Daily: Adam Thierer on the AI Regulatory Landscape
Adam Thierer, Senior Fellow for the Technology & Innovation team at R Street, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the UT Austin School of Law and a Contributing Editor at Lawfare, ...