The affordability crisis began with one of the biggest lies of them all: American consumers won’t pay the tariffs.

Caesarism is possible when the legislative branch, whether in ancient Rome or modern America, abandons its duty to provide a check on the executive. Left unchecked, a popular elected executive can marginalize all other branches of government, with the support of the people.

Across 6,933 terrestrial BEAD projects, ACLP identified 86,402 distinct permits needed before construction can begin — more than half of projects need more than 10 permits, one in seven requires more than 20.

Conservative leaders urge Commerce Secretary Lutnick to advance the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to improve the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) practices for instituting inter partes review (IPR) challenges (Docket No. PTO-P-2025-0025)

Data centers are terrific assets to a community or region. But this pace of construction won’t last forever. Eventually the buildout will crest, capital will become more selective, technology will become more efficient, and the gold rush will dwindle. And if you missed out, you missed out, and you’ll probably regret it.

Congress spent decades transferring legislative and judicial powers to supposedly independent agencies. That was a violation of the nondelegation doctrine, but that’s another topic. Now, after the administrative state has accrued enormous powers, the court has given the president total control.

The constitutional answer is not to deny that the president controls the executive branch. The answer must be for Congress to reclaim the powers it should never have delegated.