The federal government’s dominance in the housing finance market—both before and throughout the GSE conservatorships—has stifled private competition and worsened Americans’ financial condition, but it has done virtually nothing to increase the homeownership rate.

Executive orders and other presidential directives that conflict with the principles of individual liberty, free markets, limited government, peace, and the American Constitution should be revoked or amended by the next president.

Congress has broadly delegated its constitutional tariff powers to the president, and there is a real risk that the legislative and judicial branches would be unwilling or unable to check a future president’s abuse of US trade law as currently written.