The U.S. spends more than $1 trillion on national security annually, but a lack of transparency prevents us from knowing if these programs are actually working.
Aggrandizing the violent acts of a handful of marginalized individuals as existential threats to western civilization will only drain our resources and encourage more violence.
If the Supreme Court strikes down Florida’s modest regulation on judicial campaign conduct, it will threaten the integrity of the state’s judiciary and further erode the public trust in the courts.
The lack of transparency surrounding the government’s use of private military contractors abroad costs American taxpayers and threatens our national security.
The recent militarization of domestic intelligence operations not only skirts the rule of law, but risks alienating the very people they are trying to protect by treating them like enemy combatants.