Seton Motley

Seton A. Motley is a consultant and the founder and president of Less Government. He is a Conservative - because human nature says so. Please feel free to follow him: Twitter and Facebook.  And the far less censorious MeWe and  Gab. It's his kind of stalking. For media appearances and/or speaking engagements: press@LessGovernment.org.

SCOTUS’ Thomas Again the Lone Voice of Reason in a Government Overreach Case

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been seated a long time. Since 1991 – thirty-five years and counting. That entire time? He has been almost inarguably its most stringently Constitutional and conservative member.

I remember a lawyer friend about two decades ago comparing-and-contrasting Thomas and then-Court-mate and conservative icon – the late Antonin Scalia.

My friend pointed out that when Thomas and Scalia disagreed on a case? Thomas was correct – and Scalia incorrect.

It’s Hard for Good Policy to Get Noticed in DC

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As I’m sure most of you have noticed? Our federal government is a titanic, monstrous mess.

In all of human history, there has almost certainly never been an entity this dysfunctional and disorganized.

And the fact we have allowed something this messed up – to get this huge? May be the most grievous error in human history.

Hedge Fund Electric: $5 Billion in 2025 Profits. 18% in 2026-2027 Rate Hikes

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“Privatize the profit – socialize the costs?” You betcha.

Utility companies are their own personalized legal black hole. Private companies own them – but get all sorts of government cronyism to aid and abet their profit making and taking.

It’s a quintessential example of the Diet Fascism that now dominates the US.

Someone Should Sue to Break Up Big Tech’s DC Lobby Monopoly

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“‘The message is clear,’ New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, whose investigation resulted in a jury finding on Tuesday that Meta must pay $375 million for failing to protect kids from child predators, told POLITICO in an interview. ‘It’s time to change the way these companies do business.’