Judge Rudofsky Will Be An Excellent Addition To the Eighth Circuit
I appreciate the trend of elevating District Court judges to the Circuit Court.
Month: August 2026
Trump's Assault on Judicial Review Undermines a Crucial Safeguard Against Tyranny
In one case after another, the president has tried to cut the courts out of the picture painted by the Framers.
Why Is the Kennedy Center Board Trying To Add Trump's Name to the Building—Again?
Must they keep chipping away at their dignity?
Open Thread
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Israeli Settler "Terrorists" Unjustly Expel West Bank Palestinians From Their Land
I am generally pro-Israel. But these actions amount to ethnic cleansing and gross violations of property rights.
Trump Promised Transparency. His Administration Keeps Finding New Ways to Hide Records.
"The most transparent president in history" keeps chipping away at laws like FOIA meant to keep the government honest.
New Jersey Revives the Fight To Reclassify Gig Workers as Employees
California notoriously fought to do the same, which led to a slew of exemptions and job declines.
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Contract Claim Over Private School Expulsions, Allegedly Caused by Parents' Organizing Against Ideological Curriculum Changes, Can Go Forward
"Beginning in the summer of 2020, the school began to change its curriculum to focus on politicized issues of race and gender identity. At some point, the Turpins learned that the school was teaching their sixth-grade child various polarizing concepts such as 'Republicans are white supremacists.'"
Colombia's New President Wants More U.S. Military Help Fighting Cartels
Abelardo de la Espriella campaigned on shooting down drug planes and boats in Colombia. Twenty-five years of U.S.-funded counternarcotics suggests it won't matter
The War on Free-Range Kids Makes The New York Times
For too long, the government has acted as if any child venturing out unsupervised is in danger—and has negligent parents.
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Hunting ICE, unremarkable arson, and lewdness at the Founding.
Virginia Man Argues His 'FTP&ATF' License Plate Is Free Speech. The Supreme Court Might Hear His Case.
A federal appeals court ruled that Curtis Whateley's anti-police vanity plate was private speech protected by the First Amendment. Virginia says it will seek review from the Supreme Court.
Ohio's Republican Governor Says Haitians 'Played a Major Role' in Springfield's 'Economic Comeback'
Gov. Mike DeWine's recent essay in The New York Times makes the case for a more open legal immigration policy.
Jeff Merkley Wants To Save Big Government From Donald Trump
The Oregon senator's "For Our Republic Act" would check many of the president's abuses while preserving the powerful federal state he commands.
The DSA's Agenda Could Cost More Than $200 Trillion—and You'll Be Picking Up the Tab
The Democratic Socialists of America promise free everything, but its agenda would require confiscation on a scale that would make European welfare states tremble.
Flock Safety's New Privacy Rules Do Little To Ease Concerns Over ALPR Surveillance
The company’s attempts to protect Americans’ privacy “will do nothing to protect innocent people from warrantless mass surveillance,” says an Institute for Justice attorney.
I Played a Game Simulating the Aftermath of the 2028 Election. Here's How It Went.
The Democratic nominee won five swing states by less than one percentage point. Then things got crazy.
The End of Oak Street Is a Nasty, Effective Exercise in Dino Terror
This lean, mean, late-summer romp is dino-mite.
"Fascist" Menachem Begin was a Champion of Individual Rights and the Rule of Law
And he certainly was no Fascist.
Trump Is Trying To Spin U.S. History
The real goal isn't to promote accuracy, but to encourage agitated conservatives to complain about historical references that make them uncomfortable.
Socialists Claim Public Libraries Are Examples of Their Policies. Don't Believe Them.
Libraries aren’t all that socialist, and they’re far from the total state the radicals really want.
Review: Is Exit 8 an Anti-Screens Metaphor or Something Deeper?
A Japanese thriller explores agency in a world that makes it too easy just to go along for the ride.
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En Banc Fifth Circuit Dismisses Alien Enemies Act Case as Moot
The ruling does not address whether Trump properly invoked the Act.
Woke 1.0, House of the Dragon, and the Absurd Politics of Surveillance
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi break down the absurd political fights about America’s surveillance state before jumping into House of the Dragon.
Surrogacy Contracts, Abortion, and Peonage
Some questions for liberals and conservative to think about.
How Karoline Leavitt Changed the White House Press Room
The new media seat was a good idea.
Fifth Circuit Allows 2021 Texas Election Integrity Law To Finally Go Into Effect
"In short, we have been playing an exhausting game of Whac-A-Mole to correct the district court’s mishandling of this case."
Trump Media Is Selling Early Access to the President's Truth Social Posts for $100,000 a Month
Press groups are suing Trump Media over the scheme, calling it “profoundly corrupt.”
Puerto Rico Stole Roberto Clemente's Trademark. The Supreme Court Should Make It Pay.
Property rights are no less worthy of protection just because intangible property is at stake.
Court Dismisses Government's Title VI Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard
The decision turns on the particulars of the scheme for federal enforcement of Title VI.
She Spent 7 Months in Legal Hell After Cops Used Flock Surveillance To Identify the Wrong Car
From wrongful arrests to officers stalking exes, license plate cameras keep exposing police failures.
