In The Center Square, The Buckeye Institute reminds federal lawmakers of the failed experiment in government-imposed artificial limits on bank credit. As the idea of capping credit card interest rates resurfaces, Buckeye writes, “Americans need access to credit for buying homes and cars, taking vacations, starting businesses, and weathering family emergencies. Federal price controls on consumer credit lines will deny or limit that access for too many – and legislators proposing them should know better.”

At RealClearPolicy, Andrew M. Grossman, a senior legal fellow at The Buckeye Institute, and Robert Alt, the president and CEO of The Buckeye Institute, outline what is at stake in Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury—one of Buckeye’s two cases seeking to overturn the federal ban on home distilling. Buckeye filed its petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to hear the case, which raises important questions about the limits of federal power.

On Cleveland.com, The Buckeye Institute urges debate on fixing chronically underperforming schools, writing, “Ohio’s students and families deserve schools where children will learn and thrive, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to providing this environment. Converting to charter schools won’t always be the right option to address academic underperformance, but it might be in some cases, and it should be considered.”

As America celebrates its 250th birthday and the signing of the Declaration of Independence, David C. Tryon, the director of litigation at The Buckeye Institute, asks if the Declaration is aspirational or jurisprudential. Tryon writes in Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly, “America was founded on a mission statement ‘that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.’”

In The Columbus Dispatch, The Buckeye Institute applauds Ohio’s crackdown on Medicaid fraud, writing that, “Oversight, accountability, strategic enforcement audits and the political will to find and punish Medicaid scammers and crooks are what’s needed. Verifying services before payment, holding managed care plans more accountable and prosecuting hucksters will help policymakers restore faith in a beleaguered, scandalized program. Ohio taxpayers and patients are counting on it.”

In Crain’s Cleveland Business, The Buckeye Institute offers solutions that Ohioans expect—and should demand—from their electricity providers, regulators, and policymakers, writing, “Ohio policymakers now need to pursue reforms that will reduce transmission costs by encouraging competition, streamlining the permitting process and making the energy grid more transparent for consumers and regulators. Good reforms lead to good results. And those results should include affordable, abundant energy for every Ohio home and business.”

At The Center Square and The Gazette, Rea S. Hederman Jr., vice president of policy at The Buckeye Institute, and John Hendrickson, policy director for Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation, look at Iowa’s successful tax reforms adopted under Gov. Kim Reynolds. “It is imperative that the flat tax is protected through conservative budgeting and that policymakers continue to look for avenues to further lower the rate. Lower taxes produce prosperity over time, and Iowa is benefiting from Gov. Reynolds’s strong reforms.”

When Jimmy Carter legalized home brewing in the 1970s, it unleashed a wave of American innovation that changed the craft beer market forever. Now, there is an opportunity to do the same thing with distilled spirits. Robert Alt, president and CEO of The Buckeye Institute, joined Matt Kibbe on Kibbe on Liberty to discuss Buckeye’s cases—Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury and McNutt v. U.S. Department of Justice—to end the federal ban on home distilling. 

In The Washington Post, Jarrett Dieterle of the Manhattan Institute looks at The Buckeye Institute’s cases—Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury and McNutt v. U.S. Department of Justice—challenging the federal ban on home distilling. Dieterle writes, “Two recent federal circuit court decisions have teed up a likely Supreme Court fight over the ban that could shape the boundaries of government power.”

Robert Alt, president and CEO of The Buckeye Institute, joins Hans von Spakovsky on Court is Adjourned, where they discuss The Buckeye Institute cases—Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury and McNutt v. U.S. Department of Justice—to overturn the federal ban on home distilling.