Body Camera Footage Shows Florida Cops Laughing About Using Rubber Bullets on Anti-Police Brutality Protesters
Scenes from anti-brutality protests are renewing the debate around the controversial use of rubber bullets.
Criminal Justice
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Excessive radon, Armageddon, and a hopeless romantic.
Overtime July begins with Emanations and Penumbras from the Shadow Docket
The Court quietly ruled on Abortion, Free Exercise, the Mueller Report, Voting Rights, and the Suspension Clause.
Golden State Killer's Capture Complicates Documentary I'll Be Gone in the Dark
What happens when a decades-long mystery gets solved while you’re explaining it?
New Charges and Audit Results Reveal Widespread Laxness and Corruption in the Houston Narcotics Division That Killed an Innocent Couple
Contrary to what Police Chief Art Acevedo seems to think, his department has a systemic problem.
Somerville (Mass.) Allows Multi-Member Domestic Partnerships
Partners (who needn't be romantically involved with each other) can benefit from each other's health insurance—but siblings living together can't.
The Ten Phases of Blue June
Phase 1 began with South Bay v. Newsom on May 29. Now, we go into Phase 10: Overtime.
Stare Decisis is an Old Latin Phrase that Means "Let the Decisions of the Warren Court Stand"
Halfway Stare Decisis, like Halfway Textualism, Allows the Court to be Ruled by the Dead Hand of William Brennan.
Chief Justice Roberts Rewrote Morrison v. Olson
Roberts's fidelity to stare decisis does not include following precedents as written. And we all know it.
Would Derek Chauvin Receive Qualified Immunity for Killing George Floyd?
The answer speaks volumes about the extent to which that doctrine protects police officers from liability for outrageous conduct.
Justice Kagan on Hamilton in Federalist No. 77
Hamilton said that Senate must consent when a new President "displaces," that is substitutes an old officer with a new officer.
Police Departments Asked Live PD To Cut Footage That Made Cops Look Bad
Perhaps this show was not the window into law enforcement transparency it claimed to be.
Touching Your Phone While Driving Is Now Illegal in Idaho, Illinois, and Indiana
Plus: More (bad, weird, and occasionally good) new state laws that start taking effect today.
Want to Reform the Criminal Justice System? End the Drug War.
Drug prohibition increases conflict between citizens and the police.
The Roberts Court Slowly Inters Justice Kennedy's Ephemeral "Jurisprudence of Doubt"
Blue June buries Boumediene, Whole Woman's Health, and Trinity Lutheran Footnote 3.
A Rosy End to Blue June
Is Espinoza enough to make conservatives look past the Chief's never-ending chess match?
Inmate Coronavirus Infections Skyrocket in California
A third of prisoners at San Quentin have gotten COVID-19, most in just the last two weeks.
Defendant "Not Likely to Emerge From … His [5-Year] Sentence … with a Thoughtful and Pacific Approach to His Fellow Man"
A new three-strikes sentencing opinion from a California court.
These Women Received a Death Sentence for Being Sick In Prison
A Reason investigation has identified three deaths from alleged medical neglect at FCI Aliceville, a federal women's prison. Current and former inmates say it's routine, but the Bureau of Prisons won't talk about it.
The Chief Justices Battle over the Removal Power
Roberts and Kagan present two very different conceptions of the separation of powers.
Blue June Glooms On
The Chief feints left on abortion, tiptoes to the right on the CFPB, and Thomas is still waiting for Godot
A SWAT Team Blew Up This Family's House While Chasing a Shoplifter. The Supreme Court Won't Hear the Case.
And no, it wasn't the shoplifter's home.
Supreme Court Won't Stop Pending Federal Executions
The federal government hasn’t executed a prisoner since 2003. We may see three killed in July.
Mask Mandates and Broccoli Mandates
The opposition to mask-mandates harkens back to the Obamacare challenge.
Justice Brennan rejected the "literal" meaning of Title VII in United Steel Workers v. Weber
This landmark Title VII case relied on the "familiar rule" from Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States.
The 9th Circuit Erred Again: Youngstown does not support the existence of an "equitable ultra vires cause of action"
The steel mill owners had a concrete, property interest that was impaired by the government's actions. The plaintiffs did not rely on a generalized allegation of ultra vires action by the Secretary of Commerce.
Is the Criminal Justice System Racist? A Soho Forum Debate
The Washington Post's Radley Balko vs. the Manhattan Institute's Rafael Mangual on whether "there is overwhelming evidence that the criminal justice system is racist."
Tucker Carlson Might Want To End Qualified Immunity If He Actually Knew What It Was
The Fox News host says reforming qualified immunity would "end law enforcement." That's not even close to being true.
Radley Balko and Rafael Mangual Debate Systemic Racism
The Washington Post's Radley Balko vs. The Manhattan Institute's Rafael Mangual on whether or not "there is overwhelming evidence that the criminal justice system is racist."
Rand Paul Tries (Again!) To Make It Harder for Police To Take Your Stuff
Federal civil asset forfeiture bill reintroduced as police reform efforts hit a partisan wall.
This Week in Policing Reform: Utah Outlaws Kneeling on Suspects' Necks, Memphis P.D. Ends No-Knock Raids
There's a lot going on. Here's a rundown of significant police reform news from around the country.
New on NRO: "Justice Gorsuch's Half-Way Textualism Surprises and Disappoints in the Title VII Cases"
Randy Barnett and I explain where Justice Gorsuch went wrong in Bostock
Designing Institutions that Promote Foot Voting and Minimize Potential Downsides
Fifth and final post in a series based on my new book "Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom"
