Campaign Finance Laws Institutionalize Corruption
Powerful political allies get a pass, while dissenters are crushed with massive fines. This isn’t a flaw in the system—it’s the point.
Powerful political allies get a pass, while dissenters are crushed with massive fines. This isn’t a flaw in the system—it’s the point.
"[W]hatever harm she claims, it is not imminent, irreparable harm. Her damages, if any, are monetary damages."
The appeals court concluded that the restriction impinges on the right to arms and is not consistent with the historical tradition of firearm regulation.
Strict abortion bans do not seem to be seriously stopping abortions.
On this anniversary, I have posted two new articles related to one of the Supreme Court's most controversial decisions.
"[P]ublic condemnations, op-eds, and official complaints ... through proxies are independent constitutional violations" if the officials "engaged in conduct that was motivated by the plaintiff's protected speech and had the requisite chilling effect on First Amendment activity."
So holds the Ohio Supreme Court.
We’ve made government so powerful that people will fight rather than surrender control to the enemy.
A federal judge didn't buy the Trump administration's claims about why it was keeping Khalil in an federal immigration detention center.
Although the appeals court said the president probably complied with the law he invoked to justify his California deployment, it emphasized that such decisions are subject to judicial review.
The court appears unmoved by the claim that an earlier ruling sent the "wrong message ... that people of color (all the plaintiffs are Latino) do not have a chance to get their day in this Honorable Court."
Militarized riot approach sets the nation on a dangerous course.
Flock Safety’s 40,000 cameras present in over 5,000 communities across the U.S. are being used to detain undocumented immigrants, many of whom have no criminal history.
A bill awaiting the governor's signature represents a stark reversal from a 2019 law aimed at promoting "uninhibited debate."
Trump intends to win in L.A., but to do so, he needs an adversary willing to step into the ring he has devised. Two weeks in, L.A. residents remain unwilling to do so.
Mario Guevara built a following covering immigration arrests around Atlanta. Press freedom groups say police frivolously arrested him while he was covering a "No Kings" protest.
The cost of Trump's immigration crackdown keeps going up.
Compendium of links to my writings about the holiday celebrating the abolition of slavery.
So the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously held Tuesday; the decision allows civil liability as well as criminal punishment, once the government official demands that the newspaper (or anyone else) stop publishing this information.
Plus: The Supreme Court upholds a state ban on transgender care for minors.
With the culture war blazing, not even the Supreme Court could agree on the medical facts of the case.
The government's lawyer told a 9th Circuit panel the president's deployments are "unreviewable," so he need not even pretend to comply with the statute on which he is relying.
Psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman joins Nick Gillespie to discuss toxic identity politics, the rise of grievance-based thinking, and why true self-actualization requires moving beyond victimhood.
This one claims that the Trump Administration's deregulatory efforts violate the Fifth Amendment.
Long restricted by federal law, suppressors are poised to be freed by litigation or legislation.
Cops should not be free to forgo the modicum of care required to make sure they’re in the right place.
The Antisemitism Awareness Act threatens the First Amendment by empowering federal bureaucrats to police political and religious expression.
Clay Risen's Red Scare book wrongly frames it as an exclusively conservative hysteria.
Now is the perfect time for the FCC to change its precedent to comply with the First Amendment.
The Fifth Circuit hands down a highly fact-specific decision in a Second Amendment challenge to a federal law.
"You need to learn the rules," an officer says. "You run your mouth at me. Now you're on your face."
U.S. involvement in the new Middle East conflict, political violence at home, and the No Kings protests
After Charlottesville city officials ignored residents’ demand for a painted crosswalk in a popular intersection, a pedestrian safety advocate made his own.
On its face, the law gives the president sweeping authority to deploy the military in response to domestic disorder.
In the shadow of immigration crackdowns and federal troops on the ground, shopkeepers and customers are scared away, leaving businesses devastated.
Plus: Suspect in Minnesota shootings arrested, Iran and Israel still fighting, Ross Ulbricht speaks, and more...
The coalition’s national press coordinator says, “We’re all dedicated to championing the cause of nonviolence—not just because it’s moral, but because it’s more effective.”
When cops don't look like cops, they run a greater risk their target will fight back.
U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz highlights the chilling impact of Marco Rubio's dubious rationale for deporting students whose views offend him.
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