The Heritage Foundation hosted a panel on “North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) militaries, today and tomorrow: what kind of partners can America expect in Europe?”. Sally McNamara, senior policy analyst of European affairs at the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, said that there has been an on-going debate about ‘America’s unilateralism’ compared to ‘Europe’s unwillingness to fight the war on terror.’ McNamara expressed that the discussion was not meant to point fingers but to look at Europe’s military capabilities. (more…)

The Heritage Foundation hosted a panel discussion this morning taking a look at the recent Supreme Courts term. Featured were Seth Waxman, the former Solicitor General of the United States under former President Clinton, Ronald Rotunda a constitutional treatise author, and Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz. No one case dominated discussion but the issue of preemption and its reference to treatises were dominated by Waxman who believes the issue is “predicated on the supremacy clause.” (more…)

Daniel Stout the Director for the Nuclear Fuel Recycling Center with the Department of Energy made the case for nuclear energy in the coming years this morning at the Heritage Foundation. Currently, coal accounts for roughly 50 percent of the energy production in the United States with nuclear energy accounting for far less with 20 percent. Stout said, “If you are to address global climate change you have to account for nuclear energy.” (more…)