If Moderates Are Electable, Why Are Ideologues Winning?
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The full paper is available here. by Professor Idean Salehyan Professor of Political Science, University of North Texas Senior Fellow, Niskanen Center Executive Summary The Trump administration has repeatedly cut refugee resettlement numbers, and there have been proposals to admit no refugees at all in fiscal year 2020. Doing so undermines…
Read MorePlease join the Niskanen Center for an event on Capitol Hill–“Patents: Private Property or Economic Regulation?”— on Thursday, September 19th at 12:00pm in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, SVC 214. The event will present a paper by former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement on the topic, and include a panel…
Read MoreOn September 10th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a groundbreaking decision (In re PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC), holding that pipeline companies do not have the power to use eminent domain to seize state-owned property in order to build natural gas pipelines. The court held that…
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