Imagine starting a company in California. Years later, that company becomes worth billions. Your shares make you a billionaire, even though most of that money […]
Category: Laws
Targeted vs. Blanket Tariffs: Why the Difference Matters
When a president announces tariffs, one of the first questions worth asking is simple: What exactly is being taxed? That matters because targeted tariffs and […]
White House Ballroom Case
The East Wing is gone, a 90,000-square-foot ballroom is going up, and the Supreme Court still has not decided whether the project is legal. That […]
Dennis v. United States: When Fear Tested Free Speech
In 1951, the United States was deep in the Cold War. The Soviet Union had become a nuclear power, communism was spreading internationally, and the […]
Norman v. Xytex (2020)
Choosing a sperm donor is an incredibly personal decision. Families may look at health history, education, family background and other information before making a choice. […]
Kelo v. City of New London (2005)
Imagine owning your home, paying your taxes, and having no plans to move. Then your city tells you it wants your property. Not because it […]
Texas v Johnson (1989)
Is burning the American flag protected speech? That question reached the U.S. Supreme Court in Texas v. Johnson, a 1989 case that became one of […]
Apple v. Pepper (2019)
Can Apple take a cut of every App Store sale but say Apple customers can’t sue them over what they pay? No, no they can’t. […]
Thomas Jefferson
Every president leaves office and makes decisions we’re still living with today. Thomas Jefferson certainly did. He wrote the words “all men are created equal,” […]
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was the first president to come into office with ambitious plans to modernize America. But most of those plans never happened. America’s […]