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P. Gardner Goldsmith | March 22, 2024
The “border battles” between the government of Texas, the Biden Administration, and the various levels of the federal court system this week have…
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P. Gardner Goldsmith | December 10, 2023
    Albert Einstein often receives credit for observing, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” And…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | May 7, 2023
It’s been a long time since collectivists unjustly attempted to portray the idea of federalism and “state rights” as synonymous with racism in…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | June 30, 2022
In a perfect example of legal hedging, the members of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) today ruled 6-3 in favor of plaintiffs in “West…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | May 30, 2021
Here’s a mouthful: On May 27 a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals decided two-to-one to grant an injunctive halt on Joe…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | April 28, 2020
  Among his many important and timeless observations, one of 19th Century economist and political philosopher Frederic Bastiat’s best is, “The…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | March 13, 2020
In a move most leftist “news” media sites appear to have overlooked during the recent “Coronavirus Emergency Funding” battle between President Trump…
P. Gardner Goldsmith | October 2, 2018
The Supreme Court of the United States opened its spectacular new session by hearing a case so absurd, many people might wonder why it’s a matter for…