Published on June 22, 2012 – Michigan Capitol Confidential
Published on June 6, 2012 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on April 9, 2012 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on March 28, 2012 – Michigan Capitol Confidential
Published on Sept. 5, 2011 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on Aug. 23, 2011
Published on June 28, 2011 – Michigan Capitol Confidential
Published on April 4, 2011 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on March 11, 2011
Published on Aug. 9, 2010 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on Jan. 28, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential
Published on Jan. 28, 2010 – Michigan Capitol Confidential
Published on Jan. 15, 2010
Published on Sept. 18, 2009
Published on Sept. 16, 2009
Published on June 17, 2009 – Property Rights Network Refuge
Published on April 30, 2009 – News Release
Published on March 30, 2009
Published on March 19, 2009 – News Release
Published on March 9, 2009 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on Feb. 20, 2009 – Property Rights Network Refuge
A merit-pay program for Michigan's public schools would reward teachers based on student achievement, rather than longevity and advanced degrees.
… morePublished on Nov. 3, 2008 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on Oct. 17, 2008
Published on Oct. 10, 2008 – Michigan Education Report
Published on Oct. 7, 2008
In practice, this ruling will make it more difficult to achieve policy change through executive fiat because the courts will engage in a meaningful review to determine whether the agency action was permitted by the Legislature’s statute.
… morePublished on Oct. 6, 2008 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on Aug. 26, 2008
Published on May 7, 2008 – News Release
We should not happily accept the erosion of one of the pillars of our society — the right to own property, which necessarily includes the power to exclude.
… morePublished on Feb. 4, 2008 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on Jan. 10, 2008
Ironically, the Michigan Supreme Court is being criticized for a “political” result when that result comes from applying the long-recognized standing doctrine that is meant to keep the courts from engaging in political activity.
… morePublished on Nov. 5, 2007 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Sadly, however, the Legislature has ignored judicial recommendations that would promote meaningful long-term change.
… morePublished on Oct. 1, 2007 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
In order to prevent misuse of nonmembers’ money, right-to-work laws or an end to compulsory unionism is needed. Paycheck protection laws are better than nothing, but they certainly are not optimal public policy.
… morePublished on Aug. 6, 2007 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on July 5, 2007 – Michigan Privatization Report
The arguments both for and against the OFIS rulings indicate that these decisions involve a genuine policy debate — something that should, under the Michigan Constitution, be decided in the Legislature.
… morePublished on Jan. 1, 2007 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Regulatory takings occur when the government enacts a regulation or law that diminishes the value of the property but does not take ownership.
… morePublished on Dec. 4, 2006 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on Oct. 30, 2006
Published on Aug. 10, 2006
While federal reform efforts have stalled, Michigan residents are well placed to prevent the government from cynically confiscating the property where they live, work and worship.
… morePublished on July 3, 2006 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
America’s Founders created a system of government designed to protect property rights. The Founders were influenced by the 17th century philosopher John Locke, who held that everyone who labored had a natural right to property. Property rights, he wrote, reward effort and reduce conflict. Preserving “lives, liberties, and estates” is “the great and chief end” of government.
… morePublished on June 28, 2006 – Special Items
Agencies and commissions have become so used to having free reign that they broadly construe their mission even where the Legislature only gives a particular agency or commission a limited task.
… morePublished on June 5, 2006 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Congress has effectively entered into land-use regulation, a domain traditionally left to state and local government. Worse, Congress delegated its authority to the Army Corps of
Engineers, whose employees, whatever their expertise, never face the crucible of an election.
… morePublished on Jan. 3, 2006 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on Dec. 15, 2005 – Michigan Education Report
Published on Dec. 1, 2005
Published on Oct. 27, 2005
Published on Sept. 14, 2005
Published on Sept. 12, 2005
The court’s ruling now exposes Great Lakes waterfront landowners to new risks and intrusions. Do the landowners have a duty to make the area beneath the high-water mark safe for walkers or wheelchair users? Can people fish all day below the high-water mark?
… morePublished on Sept. 7, 2005 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Published on Aug. 22, 2005
![[Photo of Patrick J. Wright]](/media/images/people/Wright150x200.jpg)
