Crime
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.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
A fake university, safe and sanitary conditions, and old school equal protection.
Today Is the 95th Anniversary of Playwright Robert Bolt's Birth
His stage and screen plays are worth taking a look at.
James Alan Fox: There Is No Evidence of an 'Epidemic of Mass Shootings'
The nation's leading scholar of mass shootings explains how media coverage of horrific events such as El Paso and Dayton stoke unwarranted fear and anxiety.
Attorney General Barr Does Not Approve of Your Kinder, Gentler Elected District Attorneys
In a speech to police, Barr called for citizens to shut up and do what officers tell them to.
Can Excluding Someone from a Town Be a Proper Remedy in a Libel/Harassment Case?
Yes, said the New Hampshire Supreme Court; is that right?
Deprivation of Voting Rights as a Collateral Consequence of a Felony Conviction
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is right to be concerned about the excessive number of collateral consequences attending a felony conviction, but its implicit suggestion that the deprivation of voting rights is the one most urgently in need of reform is … well … quirky at best.
A New Law Would Criminalize Throwing Water on NYPD Officers
It's not politicians' fault that citizens don't respect them.
Attorney General Barr Orders the Federal Government To Start Executing Prisoners Again
After two decades of mercy, the Justice Department announces five men on federal death row will face lethal injections this winter.
Ted Cruz Wants Antifa Investigated by the FBI
This is a bad idea—and even the director of the FBI says so.
Child Sex Trafficking Prosecutions Down Under Trump
For the second year in a row, federal prosecutions for sex trafficking of children have dropped.
Are Young American Jews as Left-leaning as the Media Suggests?
Surprisingly, according to a recent survey Jews ages 18-30 are signifcantly more supportive of Donald Trump than are older Jews
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Juvenile mug shots, privacy for reality show stars, and aggressing a police car.
The Property-in-Property Problem in Fourth Amendment Law
A tale of two new cases on your constitutional rights when you leave your backpack with your drugs in someone else's car.
Corpus Linguistics in Court?
Two Sixth Circuit judges debate the issue, in an opinion filed today.
Malcolm Gladwell Took the LSAT. But What Did We Learn?
Thoughts on Gladwell's recent podcast on legal education.
Judge Blocks DOJ's Attempt to Switch Lawyers in the Census Citizenship Question Case
The DOJ's attempt to introduce an entirely new team of lawyers to work on the citizenship question case is rejected - correctly - by the SDNY.
