Civil Liberties
Gwyneth Paltrow's Gemstone-Encrusted Alpaca Wool Diaper Is…a Tax Protest?
"If treating diapers like a luxury makes you mad, so should taxing them like a luxury," said Paltrow.
Senate Democrats Try and Fail To Codify Roe v. Wade Abortion Protection
Plus: Texas' social media law goes back into effect, inflation worries voters, and more...
I Stopped To Watch Kids Playing at Recess. Security Was Called.
"I really think I'm allowed to stay here," I explained, in vain.
The New York Times Uses a CDC Report on Homicides As an Excuse To Attack Private Gun Ownership
The paper blames a "gun-buying spree" during the pandemic for the 2020 jump in murders.
ICE Operates a Sweeping 'Dragnet Surveillance System,' New Report Finds
ICE has spent $2.8 billion since 2008 developing surveillance and facial-recognition capabilities, mostly in secrecy and without real oversight.
"South Africa the Model? A Comparative Analysis of Hate Speech Jurisprudence …
of South Africa and the European Court of Human Rights."
Elon Musk Has Good Reasons for Wanting To Reverse Twitter's Trump Ban
Plus: A democratic socialist running for office is caught up in a MeToo witch hunt, inflation woes continue, and more...
Public Opinion About Abortion Is Complex and Sometimes Confused
Americans cannot be neatly divided into two sides, and they do not necessarily understand the implications of Roe v. Wade.
Divorce Agreement Provision Requiring "Great Care Prior to Introducing" Child to Their Lovers
held to be vague and therefore unenforceable.
There Is a Reason Why Roe v. Wade's Defenders Focus on Its Results Rather Than Its Logic
The abortion precedent has faced withering criticism, including damning appraisals by pro-choice legal scholars, for half a century.
Can States Ban Residents From Getting Abortions in Other States, if Roe v. Wade is Overturned?
The answer is probably "no." But the federal government could more easily ban such transactions.
Study: Europe's Aggressive Privacy Regulations Are Killing App Innovation
Consumers lose out when compliance costs prevent services from ever entering the market.
Elon Musk Is a Wild Card. Good.
Comparing Elon Musk and Barack Obama underscores why entrepreneurs, not politicians, are the more effective agents of social change.
Sen. Warren's Asking Amazon to Stop Carrying Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s COVID Book Likely Not Unconstitutional
So a federal judge held yesterday.
Sanctions Against Lawyer for Filing Unfounded Libel Lawsuit
Not even under an anti-SLAPP statute—rather, under a statute allowing sanctions for "frivolous conduct in filing civil claims."
IRS Stole Money and Hid the Details for Years
As law enforcement agencies patrol for profit, the secrecy surrounding cash seizures must stop.
The Decline and Fall of the Oath Keepers
How Stewart Rhodes went from denouncing authoritarianism to urging an authoritarian crackdown
Alito, Abortion, and Autonomy
Plus: ruminations on public health, misinformation, and media literacy
Netflix Gets Discovery of Grand Jury Materials in Challenge to Prosecution Over Cuties
"Netflix alleges that Tyler County’s District Attorney, Lucas Babin, is 'abusing his office' through a 'singular and bad-faith effort' to maliciously prosecute Netflix in violation of the United States Constitution and in retaliation against Netflix for exercising its First Amendment rights."
Illinois Appeals Court Rules Chicago Slapped Drivers With Illegally High Fines for Years
A plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit says he had to declare bankruptcy after Chicago dumped $20,000 of ticket debts on him.
Marco Rubio Wants To Fight Abortion and Trans Battles in the Tax Code
Tax loopholes for corporations end up making it easier for politicians like Rubio to meddle in private decision making.
Is Abortion a Constitutional Right? Josh Blackman on Alito's Draft
The constitutional scholar on abortion, Sam Alito, and the future of federalism
Pro-Choice Activists Protest Outside Homes of John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh
Plus: Elon Musk's plans for Twitter, officials want to tax NFTs, and more...
What the Leaked Abortion Opinion Gets Wrong About the Founding Era
Understanding state regulatory powers at the time of the founding.
Is Kamala Harris Serious About Privacy Rights?
Stop government interference in reproduction, medical decisions, gun ownership, drug use, and more.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Not Disqualified from Federal Office
So Georgia Administrative Law Judge Charles R. Beaudrot ruled yesterday.
Further Thoughts on the Dobbs Leak
There is much, much less in the leaked draft than meets the eye
Some More on Expert Witnesses in Libel Lawsuits
Former Congressman Alan Grayson, now running for the Senate in Florida, is producing some interesting caselaw.
Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Trump for His Use of the Terms "Chinese Virus" and "Kung Flu"
"No matter how deplorable the plaintiff finds the defendant's remarks, the First Amendment precludes civil liability for the remarks in order to protect the right to free and robust debate on matters of public concern, which the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus plainly is."
Residential Picketing in Virginia (Outside a Justice's Home or Otherwise)
A state law bans it -- but that law is very likely unconstitutional (though a different version of such a ban would have been constitutional).
Samuel Alito Thinks It's Obviously Absurd To Suggest That Drug Prohibition Violates the Constitution
The justice overlooks the long American tradition of pharmacological freedom and the dubious constitutional basis for federal bans.
Gov. Polis Wants You…To Be in Charge of Your Own Life
The libertarianish Colorado Democrat is devolving decision-making to parents and trying to lower the income tax to zero.
When Ted Kennedy Was Pro-Life and Ronald Reagan Was Expanding Abortion Access
The forgotten abortion politics of the pre-Roe era
Ending Roe Threatens More Than Abortion Rights
Plus: Lawsuit against Twitter can move forward, antitrust bills targeting Big Tech falter, and more...
Pro-Life Libertarians Can Cautiously Cheer the End of Roe
For libertarians who see unborn babies as innocent rights-bearing individuals, reducing the number of lives ended by abortion brings us closer to our credo.
Military Drafts Loom Over Europe Thanks to Russia
International tensions empower politicians seeking to force the unwilling into government service.
Reversing Roe v. Wade Wouldn't be the First Time the Supreme Court Gutted Precedents that Protect Individual Rights - Far From it
That fact doesn't necessarily justify overruling Roe. Depending on how it's viewed, the history of such reversals may even counsel against further such moves.
