In America, the law—not unelected bureaucrats—is king

As support swelled for America’s independence from England, an open question puzzled some hesitant colonists: Who will lead the new country? Thomas Paine had an answer: “In America, the law is king.”

What followed was a legal tradition built on the revolutionary idea that all government power comes from the people. Today, however, as John Kerkhoff explains, the foundation is showing cracks.

The Hill: Efficiency is not a reason to keep the SEC’s unconstitutional in-house courts

Accountant Michelle Cochran has spent more than six years mired in a trial within the Securities and Exchange Commission. That is, the agency that went after Michelle for alleged regulatory violations is also trying her case.

Will Yeatman and Jennifer Schulp tell us why the in-house courts of the SEC are not just at odds with the separation of powers—they also don’t serve their alleged purpose of efficient justice.

Landlords of Alameda County: No good deed goes unpunished

In Alameda County, California, a pandemic-era eviction ban has been in place for almost three years, even though COVID no longer poses the same threat it once did.

As a result, “mom and pop” landlords have found themselves losing their livelihoods and dealing with problematic, and sometimes violent, tenants with no way to get rid of them, and with little sympathy or support from their local government.

In part one of the series, Landlords of Alameda County, Brittany Hunter introduces us to John Williams. The government’s unlawful eviction ban has stuck him with a tenant who refuses to pay rent or leave, putting his dream of opening a flower shop in Savannah, Georgia, on hold for three years.

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