Law & Government
What Will Democrats Do?
Plus: Hackers break into Binance, Harvard student journalists wreck a Trump administration official, and more...
California Voters Have a Chance To Address the State's Broken Environmental Regulations
The California Environmental Quality Act has led to long delays, enormous costs, and special interests that use the process to stop projects they dislike.
Trump's Latest Attempt To Salvage the Midterms: Bribe and Extort the Voters
As the election approaches, it is more clear than ever that the president values loyalty over all else.
Trump's Claims About Noncitizen Voting Are 'Not Credible,' a Federal Judge Says in a Scathing Decision
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter rejected the Justice Department's demand that California officials segregate ballots from 20,000 voters it describes as "likely noncitizens."
Jared Polis Warns Colorado's Progressive Tax Ballot Measure Could 'Cripple' the Economy
Voters in Colorado will decide a pair of ballot initiatives next week that could secure the state's low-tax reputation or shatter it.
When Mary Wollstonecraft Read John Locke
The pioneering feminist was a keen student of the classical liberal theorist.
Billionaires Have Already Paid Us Back. So Why Does California Want More?
People don't build great wealth first and redeem it later through good works. They build it by making the world better.
Trump's Mandatory Immigration Detention Policy Fails the Textualist Test
The administration argues that it must detain an illegal immigrant who has lived in the U.S. for 20 years while removal proceedings occur. Is that what the law says?
Abdul El-Sayed Is a Socialist in All but Name
The Michigan Senate candidate once dissed Obama as "fairly centrist, middle-of-the-road."
Antics in Alaska
Plus: Israeli election results, Warsh might favor raising borrowing costs, and more...
Social Security Is Like a Ponzi Scheme. How Do We Fix It?
Today, most of us get back much more than we paid in, and the program's costs exceed its income by billions of dollars.
A Democratic Senate?
Plus: Crime in Central Park, subprime mortgages for all, and more...
In D.C.'s Delegate Race, 2 Candidates Agree: No Federal Income Tax for District Residents
D.C. filers pay more in federal income tax per return than residents of any state, yet they have no representation in Congress.
Gorsuch and Sotomayor Unite in Another Civil Liberties Case
Plus: How a conservative Supreme Court justice ushered in “the birth of modern zoning.”
Ken Paxton Survived Indictment, Impeachment, and Scandal. Can He Survive a Senate Race?
The president says Paxton doesn’t dress, talk, or look the part. But the Texas Senate candidate has built a career on a different kind of showmanship.
Will a Data Center Backlash Help James Talarico Turn Texas Blue?
Texas voters are souring on their state's growth machine and the long-ruling GOP that's claimed credit for it.
Trump's Tariffs Are Politically Toxic
Voters hate the tariffs—and elected Republicans aren't even trying to defend the president's signature policy anymore.
Justice Department Targets Alaska Senate Election
The Trump administration says the state should not certify the election if the incumbent loses too narrowly.
Trump Exempts Some Canadian Products From Section 338 Tariffs—But His Illegal Trade War Continues
Courts should still strike down the Section 338 tariffs and import bans that remain in place.
Under Proposed Treasury Rule, Corporate Homebuyers Who Don't Track Their Receipts Face $1 Million Fines
The proposed regulations implement the restrictions on large investor purchases of single-family homes passed by Congress this year.
Even Under Mamdani, New York City's Ballot Questions Might Cut Red Tape and Public Review Hearings
Mamdani’s Commission on Government Efficiency put forward ballot proposals to cut red tape.
The Founders Warned Against Secret Arrests. ICE Is Testing That Principle.
A lawsuit filed by The Marshall Project argues that ICE must disclose the names of immigrant detainees because you can’t check a government that won’t say who it’s holding.
How Much Contempt Does Javier Milei Have for the State?
A notable quote from the Argentine leader's 2024 Economist interview
I Predict the GOP Will Lose Its Senate Majority (and Magically Regain It)
Republicans are looking doomed in Michigan, Ohio, and Texas...but there's always Pennsylvania.
A Religious Preschool Is Barred From a State's Universal Preschool Program. SCOTUS Will Decide What's Legal.
Plus: Kagan is still defending the Court from the “bum rap” that it is pro-Trump.
Grassroots Revolt Targets Unpopular Property Taxes
Annual tax bills make many homeowners feel more like eternal renters.
Trump's 50% Tariffs on Canadian Goods Illegally Rely on a Superseded Statute, a Lawsuit Argues
The import taxes fit a pattern of dubious legal rationales for the president's protectionist policies.
California's 'Wealth Tax' Could Cost the State $39 Billion
New study finds that 85 percent of "plausible scenarios" result in negative revenue for the state as wealthy residents flee.
Liberty Justice Center Files First Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Section 338 Tariffs Against Canadian Imports
The tariffs are illegal for multiple different reasons.
After the International 'Liberal Order'
A new book imagines a new global system. How plausible are its ideas?
Trump Administration Urges SCOTUS To Uphold Federal Ban on Distilling Liquor at Home
The justices will decide the case later this term.
3 Reasons To Cancel This Year's 3.6% Social Security Boost
Or at least change how the cost-of-living adjustment is calculated.
Steve Vladeck's "Hard Questions About Court Expansion"
A leading critic of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court oultines reasons why court-packing is a bad response to its flaws.
Nobody Wants To Be the Pro-Tech Candidate in This New York Race That Could Flip the House
Republican incumbent Mike Lawler and Democratic challenger Cait Conley are trying to tie each other to the AI industry and data centers.
DOGE Worked? Only If You Grade on a Curve.
Cutting the number of federal employees wasn't the disaster that many critics fretted about, but that wasn't the metric for success.
Why Are California's Governments So Lousy at Fighting Wildfires?
Bigger agencies, higher spending, and expanded workforces don't always make government more effective.
What Happens When 2 Dan Sullivans Run for the Same Senate Seat?
Should it be illegal to run for office against someone with your same name?
Social Security Is Running Out of Money. Benefits Are Rising 3.6% Next Year Anyway.
Congress has yet to address a looming funding shortfall that could leave the retirement program unable to pay 22 percent of scheduled benefits by 2032.
The Federal Government Collected $5.4 Trillion. It Still Can't Pay Its Bills.
Entitlement spending, defense spending, and interest payments on the debt continue to climb.
Even Blue-Collar Workers Have Turned Against Trump's Unpopular Tariffs
A new poll shows that Americans are soundly rejecting the Trump administration's big government policies.
Jury Nullification Is Not a Crime
Plus: Two notable cases this week at the Supreme Court.
Trump Keeps Coming Up With Legally Dubious Tariff Justifications
Trump launched his third round of broad tariffs after his first two attempts ran into legal trouble.
