"If Trump has the power to nullify a sentence after it has been imposed, he also has the far less significant power to inveigh against the severity of a sentence in advance."
Our first President understood that armed citizens are essential to American freedom
A fun case about cross-enforcement of the Fourth Amendment now before the Ninth Circuit.
A supposedly "offensive" quote from Michael Bloomberg -- but that just shows how easily some people are offended.
The D.C. Circuit makes short work of the Medicaid work rules.
Canine due process, feline endangerment, and civil contempt.
It may be better only in so far as it is much more likely to get invalidated by the courts.
"The Eighth Amendment’s history and original understanding are of vital importance to this case."
The state’s new rules requiring information-sharing with defense lawyers are not to blame here.
Fireburn, puppycide, and the DOJ beggars belief.
The Supreme Court had denied cert in the texting suicide case
"Don’t Impeach Trump for Acting Like a Politician "
The Judicial Conference Doesn't Want Judges to Be Members.
The opinion, though, is not binding precedent, so the question whether anti-libel injunctions are unconstitutional prior restraints remains not fully settled.
The Supreme Court now has before it a case in which some very important copyright principles are at stake.
In the second of two posts on Tyler Cowen's idea, I assess whether state capacity libertarianism is the right path for libertarians to follow.
If you're looking for an accurate (let alone fair-minded) assessment of judicial records, Slate's not the place for you.
An unvaccinated firefighter, HIV-positive airmen, and a racist lawyer.
A federal appeals court rejects an expansive reading of the federal arson law.
Is "state capacity libertarianism" really where "smart" libertarians are headed? I am skeptical.
