Freeing People Who Don’t Belong in Prison Is Praiseworthy, No Matter Trump’s Motives
The president’s last batch of clemency actions includes commutations for dozens of nonviolent drug offenders.
Read MoreBiden’s Mask Mandate Retreat Is a Hopeful Sign
The president acknowledges that there are limits to executive power, even during a public health emergency.
Read MoreHow COVID-Tracking Phone Apps Failed
Episode 345 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
Read MoreAn Example of Why I No Longer Trust the New York Times
I used to trust the Times to generally have the basic facts right; not anymore.
Read MoreIn requiem: the Democracy of the “United States of America.”
With the end of the second decade of the 21st Century, democracy has died, and is replaced by a mobocracy which may swiftly transform into a tyranny. However oblivious and unwilling the observer, it is clearer than ever that government … Continue reading
Read MoreWill Joe Biden Destroy Trump’s Legacy of Deregulation?
Trump did more than any recent president to pare back regulatory red tape, but the incoming Biden administration is eager to add more.
Read MoreInauguration Eve Notes From D.C.’s Green Zone
“Inauguration Day makes me grumpy.”
Read MoreCall for Papers: State Judicial Deference Research Roundtable
Pacific Legal Foundation’s Center for the Separation of Powers and George Mason University’s Liberty & Law Center at the Antonin Scalia Law School seek papers for a State Judicial Deference Research Roundtable, to be held in late August or early September 2021, in Arlington, VA, or virtually. [For full details, click this link] Possible topics…
Read MoreD.C. Circuit (Sadly) Affirms District Court in Hoda Muthana Case
Judge Rao writes an opinion rejecting all claims in equity, among other things
Read MoreThe Florida Man Turned Kurdish Militiaman Turned Anti-Trump Vigilante
He fought ISIS and volunteered as a medic for BLM. Now he’s been arrested for threats against pro-Trump rioters.
Read MoreBiden Administration Still Looking for SG, Justice Kruger Twice Declined The Job
Will Sri Srinivasan fall into the Ken Starr SG Trap?
Read MoreHave Zoom, Won’t Need to Travel
I’ve done several Zoom talks on various subjects over the last several weeks (most recently to a Jewish high school in Atlanta), and much enjoyed them. They are less engaging, of course, than an in-person talk, but there’s no travel time and no travel cost, so I’m much more open to such invitations than I…
Read MoreDon’t Let the Capitol Riot Reignite the War on Terror
Government grows in response to a crisis.
Read MoreOur Post-9/11 Response Deprived Us of Liberty and Didn’t Stop Terrorism. Let’s Not Venerate or Expand It.
We don’t need new tools or agencies to track alleged domestic terrorists.
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