Policy Tip Sheets

New European Union ESG Law Will Eliminate Economic Freedom, Individual Liberty, and U.S. Sovereignty

(To read the full Policy Tip Sheet, click here.) Key Takeaways: The European Union’s new ESG law—the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)—is designed to transform business practices across the entire world, including in the United States. The CSDDD mandates that large businesses impose ESG standards on companies operating within their “chain of activities,” regardless […]

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Revising Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code to Protect Americans’ Property Rights

  Click here to view/download the full Tip Sheet.    Important provisions in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) contain highly problematic elements that undermine Americans’ individual rights and threaten the stability of the U.S. economy. This Tip Sheet will provide a brief description of those troubling areas of the UCC and propose a

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Election-Related Deepfakes: Understanding the Threat and Exploring Potential Solutions

(To view the full Policy Tip Sheet, click here) Election-related deepfakes involving audio, photo, and video manipulations have become a significant concern in the digital age. Deepfakes use artificial intelligence (AI) to create convincing but false representations of individuals, making them appear to say or do things they never said or did. These manipulations pose

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Expanding School Choice Benefits All Students

(To view the full Policy Tip Sheet, click here) Over the past decade and particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of American families have become dissatisfied with government-run public schools and desire robust school choice options. During the pandemic, most public schools, at the behest of teacher unions, decided to close their doors

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The Uniform Law Commission’s Public-Health Emergency Authority Act: A Severe Threat to Democratic Institutions and Individual Liberty

(To read the full Policy Tip Sheet, click here.) Key Takeaways: The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) has drafted a model bill—the Public-Health Emergency Authority Act (PHEAA)—that would both formally institutionalize the executive emergency powers wielded by state governors during the COVID-19 pandemic while also significantly strengthening them. Considering the ULC’s established degradations of individual rights

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Revising the Uniform Commercial Code to Protect Americans’ Property Rights and Impede a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency

  Click here to view and/or download the full Tip Sheet.     Important provisions in the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) contain highly problematic elements that undermine Americans’ individual rights and threaten the stability of the U.S. economy. This Tip Sheet will provide a brief description of those troubling areas of the UCC and propose

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Central Bank Digital Currency: A Basic Primer

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have only recently become a widely discussed topic among influential figures in academia, media, and public policy institutions. However, initiatives to implement CBDCs around the globe have existed for years, especially in countries with autocratic governments, such as China and Russia. As of September 2023, 131 countries have explored CBDCs.[1]

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UCC and central bank digital currencies

Central Bank Digital Currencies and the Uniform Commercial Code

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have only recently become a widely discussed topic among influential figures in academia, media, and public policy institutions. However, initiatives to implement CBDCs around the globe have existed for years, especially in countries with autocratic governments, such as China and Russia. As of September 2023, 131 countries have said they

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Do States Have the Legal Authority to Stop ESG in Banking?

Do States Have the Legal Authority to Stop ESG in Banking?

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics are a popular kind of social credit scoring, one that poses a significant threat to individual liberty and free-market economies, both in America and abroad.[1] ESG is regularly used by corporations and investors as a tool to impose values and environmental policies on other businesses, governments, families, and individuals.

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Renters’ Second Amendment Rights Are in Danger. Here’s How to Protect Them

Since the Great Recession, the total number and percentage of U.S. renters has hit an all-time high.[1] Moreover, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates several times since the start of 2022, making owning a home, considered by many to be “the American dream,” unattainable for millions. Due to these and other extenuating circumstances, more

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