Asset forfeiture laws give police officers an incentive to bust people with property to seize. But, writes Scott Shackford, few have taken this practice as far as the police of Sunrise, Florida, who posed as cocaine suppliers to lure targets into town.
The New York Times columnist misconstrues the issues at stake in the challenge to New York's restrictions on houses of worship.
We're expected to suffer discomfort, economic pain, and emotional distress or else pay fines or serve jail time. Government officials, meanwhile, take offense when called out for violating the standards they created.
The mayor is traveling to Mississippi to spend the holiday with his wife and daughter.
Requiring meatpackers to pandemic-proof their facilities will have unintended consequences.
"He is an icon of hate speech and transphobia."