Crime
2018 National Crime Victimization Survey Declares the Age of Declining Violence Over
But with one huge exception—a massive spike in reported sexual assaults—the 2018 survey found only statistically insignificant increases.
DACA, Major Questions, Gundy, and the Non-Delegation Doctrine
President Trump's Tweet Demonstrates Why He Can Rescind His Predecessor's Immigration Policy
Our Own Nick Rosenkranz Running for Yale Trustee "to Protect Free Speech, Intellectual Diversity"
Vote early (but not often).
Justice Ginsburg Speaks Sensibly about Judicial Confirmations
The Notorious RBG counsels against ideological litmus tests for judicial nominees.
English School Mandates Trousers for All Students
The rationales: avoiding short skirts, and making things easier for transgender students.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
TSA screeners, background checks, and mandatory bar dues.
Is Rejecting Someone Because of His "Jewish Blood" Race Discrimination Under Title VII? National Origin Discrimination?
A surprisingly unsettled question.
Does the Fifth Circuit Permit En Banc Review of "Interim" Rulings?
Judge Don Willett Says No, Citing "Nonpublic 'Internal Court Policies'"
Electoral Interference in Taiwan
Episode 276 of the Cyberlaw Podcast: An interview with Alex Stamos
Amicus brief on lawsuits against gun manufacturers invokes NY Times v. Sullivan
Courts should stop abusive lawsuits against the First and Second Amendments
New York Cops Protest Pantaleo's Firing by Hassling Fewer People. Crime Is Still Going Down.
The police union's attempt to punish the city for dismissing Daniel Pantaleo is instead showing the problem of overpolicing,
My Contribution to the Inquiry Symposium on Jason Brennan's Book "Against Democracy"
The article is now available on SSRN.
Bloomberg Law's False and Misleading Report about Leif Olson
Reporter Ben Penn failed to detect obvious sarcasm, and made a blatantly false statement about Leif Olson's career
"Litigating Citizenship" Accepted for Publication in the Vanderbilt Law Review
What procedures are constitutionally required when the government seeks to take away citizenship?
So Much Wrongness in Just One Matthew Dowd Tweet
ABC News Chief Political Analyst Matthew Dowd's Tweet on Trump and antisemitism provides a case study in bad Twitter analysis
Frank Brownell Museum of the Southwest
A small and superb firearms museum in northern New Mexico
Alabama's 'Three Strikes' Law Sent Alvin Kennard to Prison for 36 Years. He Stole $50.
The man will finally be released from prison.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Counterfeit energy drinks, nunchucks that weren’t, and the dark web
Rapper Meek Mill's 12-Year Probation Nightmare Finally Comes to an End
Mill's legal problems are now over, but he remains involved in efforts to push for important probation reforms.
My Upcoming Speaking Engagements [Updated]
My upcoming public speaking engagements over the next several months - almost all of which are free and open to the public.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Crazy pills, a toy gun, and an anomalous elector.
Another Court Invalidates 2015 WOTUS Rule
As we await the Trump Administration to finalize a new definition of "waters of the United States," federal courts continue to reject the Obama Administration's effort
North Carolina Court Deepens Split on Private Searches of Digital Evidence
An important Fourth Amendment issue that may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
States May Not Cancel Votes of "Faithless" Presidential Electors
So a Tenth Circuit panel held yesterday.
The Fifth Circuit Divides on Qualified Immunity, and Originalism
Judges Ho and Oldham: "Originalism for plaintiffs, but not for police officers, is not principled judging. Originalism for me, but not for thee, is not originalism at all."
My Review of an Important New Book on the Supreme Court's Impact on American Federalism
The book by political scientist Michael Dichio argues that the Court has done more to promote centralization than protect states, and is the most thorough analysis to date, of this longstanding issue..
Lawsuit Against Rappers for Attack by Their Employees in Sneaker Store
The defendants are "Stunna 4 Vegas" and "Dababy"-run company Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment, LLC.
