The Withdrawal of the Obama-Era "Dear Colleague Letter" (which made transgender access to the bathrooms of students' self-perceived gender rather than their anatomical sex mandatory on schools) was the right thing under federal law. But now the arguments are being made under state law.
"Freedom of the press," as I've argued in earlier posts, was understood as protecting the freedom of all to use the printing press -- not just a freedom of the profession or industry that we might call "the press."
Rothschilds, "fake Jews," "termite[s]," Louis Farrakhan, and more.
More undocumented immigration meant less violent crime.
Rauch is one of my favorite writers -- plus I just turned 50, so I suppose I want to believe ....
Prompted by the apparent catching of the Golden State Killer.
The last thing left-leaning feminists want is a constitutional amendment that would jeopardize such things as preferential treatment for woman-owned businesses.
I just started to listening to this a few months ago (late adopter), I know, and I'm totally hooked.
Is Maine so multicultural now that it can't bring itself to criminalize female genital mutilation within its borders? If the line on cross-cultural tolerance shouldn't be drawn there, where should it be drawn?
It was a rotten durian, and "the waste will be dealt with by Environment Protection Authority officers."
The right approach, in my view.
A law-nerd discussion, posted up at Lawfare.
TL;DR summary: No, it's pointless -- as the data shows -- and it can make you look bad.
Felons retain their free speech rights. Some recent court decisions conclude that some felons regain their Second Amendment rights. But the right to vote is different, according to the constitutional text.
Grilling in the yard, radioactive waste in the yard, and police drive onto the wrong yard.
It's never a dull moment at the Commission on Civil Rights.
As a recent Indiana Supreme Court case amply demonstrates, the term "website" is not nearly precise enough for use in our criminal law, and judges and legislators need to stop pretending that it is.
There is no reason not to release same-day audio for all oral arguments at the Supreme Court.
The ADL defames Canary Mission.
A remarkable story from The Chronicle of Higher Education (Dan Bauman & Chris Quintana)
Restricting guns-or vans, knives, or planes-won't make the world safer. The Toronto van attack reminds us peril lies in people with bad intent, not with how they get it done.
If domestic courts are to be a forum for these sorts of suits, five justices conclude, Congress must first say so.
Having failed to thwart crime with gun bans, British officials now want to restrict what may be the most useful tool ever invented.
The German economy depends on strong national unions and complex licensing and certifications to discourage apprentices from leaving their apprenticeships prematurely. Americans may not be so keen on that.
Cases like Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (2014) show how important it is appoint good judges to the federal courts.
Around the world, governments are trying to kill paper money. It's a terrible idea.
For partly understandable reasons, I often get confused with Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute. Here is the definitive guide to how to tell the two libertarian Ilyas apart.
Eight years ago, the Volokh Conspiracy pointed out that the Chair of the Vermont State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights had made ridiculous, racially inflammatory statements. Today the Commission evidently decided that's just what Vermont needs and brought him back for a second stint as Chair.
Loafing about, fishing for a lighter, and standing on the porch.
National injunction upheld 2-1 in Chicago sanctuary city case
Apparently all carnivorans (not quite the same as carnivores) are either doggy or catty.
The Trump Administration loses its appeal in Chicago v. Sessions, but one judge dissents on the appropriateness of a nationwide injunction
Not an Onion headline (but maybe subconsciously influenced by one).
Capsule summary: "Vote the way we want you to, and maybe we'll have just a bit less contempt for you than we now do."
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