This Is What A Proper Supreme Court Looks Like
With blockbuster decisions ending this Supreme Court Term, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews review the New York gun case, the Dobbs abortion decision, and the EPA case, and conclude that all three decisions reflect the proper role of the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Makes the Right Call on New York's Handgun Law (Audio: Podcast)
New York’s ban on handguns outside the home was always a violation of the Second Amendment, but it took this long for the right case to get to the right court. IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss the fact that SCOTUS made it very clear that not only was the New York law unconstitutional, but that the court also made it clear that there is abundant room for reasonable regulations and restrictions on access to firearms.
Biden's Futility on Gas Prices (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews and President Tom Giovanetti can’t get over the futility of the Biden administration’s rhetoric and proposals on high gas prices. The policies and rhetoric are incoherent and contradictory. So it goes for this administration.
Thoughts on the January 6th Investigation and Hearings (Audio: Podcast)
Should conservatives be dismissive about the findings of the January 6th Commission? Granted, the hearings aren’t really hearings, and the committee is composed entirely of critics, and there are no adversarial witnesses, but is there still value in learning the findings of the Commission? IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Director of Development Addie Crimmins share their thoughts.
Social Security's Finances Aren't Very Secure (Audio: Podcast)
The Social Security Trust Fund trustees are out with their latest annual assessment of the program's financial status, which remains gloomy. IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews and Mark Litow, a former principal of the actuarial firm Milliman, Inc., discuss why the Social Security program faces such financial challenges and what to do about them.
If You Like Inflation, You'll Love Obamacare Premiums (Audio: Podcast)
Millions of people in the Obamacare health insurance exchanges face significantly higher premiums for 2023. And they will be hit with that increase right before the mid-term elections in November, which makes Democrats very nervous. IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews and Mark Litow, a former principal of the actuarial firm Milliman, Inc., discuss where Obamacare went wrong and why the program largely failed to meets its main goals.
IPI Policy Basics: Self-Government and the Superiority of the Legislative Branch (Audio: Podcast)
Solo this time, IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains that the very idea of self-government means rules agreed to through compromise and consensus-building, rather than being imposed on an unwilling people. If there is no consensus, there should be no rule. And because rules imposed by the Judicial Branch or the Executive Branch violate this principle, the Legislative Branch is the superior branch of government, as intended by the Founders. But sadly, today this is not how things function, and it’s part of the reason for the dysfunction and dissatisfaction with our American government.
What Will Be the Result of GOP Gains of Hispanic Votes? (Audio: Interview)
IPI Resident Scholar Merrill Matthews joins the Rod Arquette Show to discuss his piece in The Hill about how much of the Hispanic vote the GOP would need to garner to gain political dominance.
What Share of the Hispanic Vote Would Give the GOP Political Dominance? (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews suggests that the recent pattern of Hispanic voters increasingly voting Republican could actually give Republicans a structural political advantage, which is the opposite of the decades-long assumptions by Democrats. With IPI President Tom Giovanetti.
IPI Policy Basics: The Private Space Revolution (Audio: Podcast)
One thing the Obama administration got right was shifting NASA’s space program toward reliance on private space launch providers, which has led to an environment of much more rapid innovation, lower costs to taxpayers, and the emergence of multiple competing providers. IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews discuss how the private space revolution is yet another example of how the private sector does things better, faster, and cheaper.
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