George Washington and the Emoluments Clauses
The Practices of our First President Suggest That President Trump is not violating the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses
The Practices of our First President Suggest That President Trump is not violating the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses
Episode 283 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
At least two judges favor Justice Thomas's approach to severability
Justices Thomas and Gorusch write that an executive-branch policy is not "'Law' for purposes of the Supremacy Clause."
And pro hac vice fees should be waived for counsel representing amici pro bono
Efforts to take Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund off the Supreme Court's docket hit a snag.
The question was, "Why is Jesus a common name in some Spanish-language cultures, but not other Christian cultures"?
Golf swingers, a gangrenous finger, and the ancient concept of "frolic."
Omitting all "partners at corporate law firms" excludes most judges from Hillary Clinton's hypothetical shortlist
that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things."
A tool for viewpoint discrimination has an anti-LGBT history, too
A spate of bad lawyering, a spate of congressional subpoenas, and finding love in prison.
"This judge joins the chorus of those telling this attorney [Richard P. Liebowitz] to clean up his act."
Beto O'Rourke channels the past.
An interesting Mississippi Supreme Court opinion.
... even if the statute of limitations has run? A new Texas case, Crews v. Galvan, says yes.
Long term change in incarceration rates will be hard without prosecutorial buy-in.
An intriguing new book from Dean Reuter, Colm Lowery, and Keith Chester
The financial savings of prison and jail reduction may be less than expected.
My new book with Randy Barnett had been sold out since its release date!
Short Answer: Essentially nothing
At oral argument yesterday, Judge Richard Posner took heat from all sides
Are we prepared to be more lenient with violent criminals?
A comparison with other states finds "no statistically significant long-term effects" on violent or property crime rates.
Predict all of the biggest cases at the Supreme Court
Measuring the size of the problem and the solution.
Episode 282 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
The 2018 Uniform Crime Report contained bad news for pessimists but good news for everybody else.