Top AZ Justice in Dallas: Why Stakes are So High for Supreme Court Nominations
At the Institute for Policy Innovation’s Hatton W. Sumners Distinguished Lecture Series lunch on October 22, Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick will address the crux of what’s at play regarding this high-stakes Supreme Court nomination.
What the Innocence Project Can Teach Us About Sexual Assault Allegations
The Innocence Project, which was founded in 1992, has demonstrated through DNA testing that there are numerous cases of men sent to jail because they were wrongly convicted of sexual assault.
New Publication: How Health Insurance Failed America
In a new publication, IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews examines how politicians forced health insurers to abandon standard actuarial principles and have tried to turn health insurance into a social justice tool to achieve their vision of “fairness.”
Giovanetti Defends Eminent Domain for Private Companies, Urges Lawmakers to Maintain Neutrality
IPI's Tom Giovanetti testified before the Texas House Land and Resource Management Committee to address the state’s eminent domain statutes. He defended the rights of private companies to have the power of eminent domain for public use projects, and called on policymakers to remain neutral in how eminent domain is applied to private industries.
In Pictures: Trump's Market-Driven vs Obama's Shackled Economy
In Trend Tracker: A Snapshot of the Trump Economy, released today by the Institute for Policy Innovation, 10 graphs presenting economic data, consumer confidence and public opinion paint an irrefutable picture of the economic improvements made by the current administration’s market-oriented agenda.
Brown's Dream of Banning Fossil Fuels is a 21st Century Pipe Dream
Gov. Jerry Brown is foisting very high prices on Californians by pushing an all-renewable-energy dream, even as he tries to hide the state’s reliance on fossil fuels.
How Progressive Politics is Creeping into the Corporate Boardroom
Leftists are pressuring businesses to adopt progressive policies through organized shareholder activism.
A Modest Proposal for Solving the U.S.-China Trade Standoff
President Xi Jinping should propose the same deal Trump has offered to other U.S. trading partners.
Production on the Rise
Referring to a possible cutoff of Mideast oil, Merrill Matthews, resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dallas, Texas, said the good news is that the United States has the resources and the ability to fill the gap, and rising crude oil prices could serve as the catalyst to do so.
Climate Change Isn't Causing California Wildfires - Blame Lies with Bad Forest Management
For decades the U.S. Forest Service allowed logging companies to enter forests and clear out dead, stressed and diseased trees and underbrush – all of which are kindling for wildfires. But a steady decline has left forests filled with dead and diseased trees.