Articles by: Charlie Yockey '19

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Should the Confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh be Delayed Until the 116th Congress?

September 28, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

In recent weeks, the confirmation hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court have dominated the news cycle. At the center of the debate over his confirmation is the question of whether the Senate should delay the proceedings until after the 2018 midterm electionsRead More

Should the United States Deregulate Its Banks? – Argument for Deregulation

Should the United States Deregulate Its Banks? – Argument for Deregulation

May 11, 2018 at 11:50 pm Comments are Disabled

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, lawmakers scrambled to ensure that the mistakes of history would not be easily repeated. The result was a 22,000-page set of regulations called Dodd-Frank, which heavily increased regulatory oversight on the banking system. Eight years later, it is time to roll backRead More

Demonstrators advocate for gun rights at a rally in Salt Lake City, UT.

The Great Debate: Should the U.S. repeal the Second Amendment?

March 30, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Few issues in America today are as divisive as gun control. In the wake of tragedies such as the Parkland shooting, in which 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz killed fourteen former classmates and three adults at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in southeast Florida, many have called for stricter legislation surrounding firearms,Read More