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D.C. Circuit Disregards Supreme Court Precedent, Incentivizing Unethical Attorney Conduct and Endangering Employee Rights

August 30, 2014October 7, 2014 The AU Legislation and Policy Brief

By: Jeff Elkin In 1981, the Supreme Court held in Upjohn Co. v. U.S. that a communication between a corporation’s lawyer and its employees would be protected by the corporation’s […]

Corporate Personhood After Hobby Lobby

August 23, 2014October 5, 2014 The AU Legislation and Policy Brief

By: Nor Powanda The Supreme Court issued 144 opinions this term and the Justices ruled unanimously in 65% of the 72 cases, the highest such percentage since the 1940s. But […]

Pot and Guns: The GOP Stance in One Bill

August 18, 2014October 7, 2014 The AU Legislation and Policy Brief

By: Philip Stevens Previously on Legislation and Policy, I addressed several reasons conservatives could support the full legalization of marijuana while retaining the core values of conservatism. I laid out […]

Renewing Trade Promotion Authority for the Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreements

July 28, 2014October 8, 2014 The AU Legislation and Policy Brief

  By: Daniel Guillermo Schneider In November 2009 President Obama announced, as part of the administration’s “Pivot to Asia”, that the United States would be participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership […]

Make Them Pay: American Principles and the Buffet Rule

July 3, 2014October 7, 2014 The AU Legislation and Policy Brief

By: Sonia Shaikh The law of increasing poverty is the foundation for several bills introduced by the Democratic Party. Incited by Marx’s warning that certain events will form the decline […]

The Veteran Affairs Scandal: In the Waiting Room for Urgent Care

June 10, 2014October 8, 2014 The AU Legislation and Policy Brief

The Fourth of July reminds the nation that our freedom comes at a cost to the members of our armed services; the guardians of our liberty. This Independence Day, not […]

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