Why We Shouldn't "Just Enforce the Law"
The case of a woman who may be prosecuted for sheltering animals during Hurricane Florence highlights some reasons why it is often wrong to enforce the law.
The case of a woman who may be prosecuted for sheltering animals during Hurricane Florence highlights some reasons why it is often wrong to enforce the law.
No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session. That goes double in California.
DoNotPay is launching a "denial of service attack on the legal system to make it better."
Businesses that founder or just never get launched won't suffer anywhere nearly as much as the people who would have benefited from their innovations.
"If you surround yourself with white supremacists and Nazis, then you're telling me that you're one of them," Winsome Sears tells Reason.
If Trump presses ahead with plans to tax all Chinese imports, the added costs would cancel out the economic benefits of last year's corporate tax cut.
A fast-moving, public airing of the claims against Kavanaugh would serve the public interest-and could help restore trust in a battered institution.
Because that's totally going to fix congressional incompetence.
Lawsuit says California pension agency withholds crucial data.
Just days after the latest CBO projections showed the deficit getting worse, Congress signs off on another bi-partisan spending increase.
"If you can't debate hard issues honestly, with honor, with integrity, how do we keep a civil society?" Thomas said.
The Republican tax plan contains one reform worth cheering for.
End of a Jim Crow-era law a potential win for jury nullification.
This time the Libertarian Party seems to be hurting the Democrat, who's trying to run out the clock on confirming Brett Kavanaugh.
Plan would extend last year's tax cuts past 2025, but spending cuts are still missing.
Americans don't eat their pets. Why does the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act even exist?
Critiquing an ex-president's warnings about anti-media rhetoric, non-voting, and unelected bureaucrats
The Texas Senate race is officially a toss-up.
Opponents say the bill, rushed to the floor without a hearing, would dangerously expand what's considered an "aggravated offense."
The Republican lawmaker is accused of misusing campaign dollars for for personal expenses including a trip to Italy, massive bar tabs and video games.
The challenger received help from the group that worked on Ocasio-Cortez's campaign.
Booker's totally not running for president or anything.
The Supreme Court nominee recites precedent instead of explaining his views.
Tepid attempts at loosening federal regulations have crashed into senatorial intransigence.
A great set of colloquies on originalism, the Federalist, and human imperfection.
He's right that Congress has delegated too much power, but wrong about the reason, which is not that Congress is afraid to legislate but that it legislates too much.
No great surprises so far. But some notable points nonetheless.
"Government is about power. Government is not just another word for things we do together," said Sasse.
With Japheth Campbell in the survey, Claire McCaskill Has a 4-point advantage over Josh Hawley in new Marist College poll of likely voters. Without? Dead heat.
He's a social conservative, but not necessarily an immigration hawk or a Trump loyalist.
What the Senate Judiciary Committee should ask the Supreme Court nominee.
Of course, Gorsuch had his share of clashes with the liberal bloc too.
The Post has a symposium in which a a variety of legal commentators (myself included) discuss what they consider to be Judge Kavanaugh's most important opinions.
Legal scholars are often accused of claiming that the Constitution fits their political views. Here are several important issues where it doesn't fit mine.
Hatch's letter to FTC Commissioner Joseph Simons comes amid President Trump's attacks on the search giant.
Efforts on both right and left to make the democracy-promotion the key focus of constitutional law should be rejected.
A Trump loyalist, a Bernie-backed progressive, and lots of moderates were victorious. It's hard to create an overarching narrative out of that.
Given the president's confusion about campaign finance law, how could he have "knowingly and willfully" violated it?
The deal empowers "government bureaucrats rather than markets to determine the components in cars and other goods," says Sen. Ben Sasse.
I discuss the Kavanaugh nomination, originalism, and much more with Professors Dan Epps and Ian Samuel.
An important post by Professor Aaron Nielson asks whether the new law clerk hiring plan is broken, and worse than no plan at all.
The National Constitution Center summarizes contributions to the ongoing debate over the constitutionality of the Space Force - including a new Congressional Research Service report on the subject.
Trump and Republicans will wait until after midterm elections to try to pass a long-awaited prison reform bill.
One of the most lasting consequences of the Trump years will be Republicans' complete abdication of fiscal responsibility.
The allegations against Trump are serious, Amash says. But impeachment, he adds, isn't something to take lightly.
Rep. Vern Buchanan bought a yacht with a giant loan from a foreign bank that lobbied heavily in favor of tax reform.
A question that now hangs like a miasma over D.C. is "Which of my staffers would hang me out to dry in order to avoid going to federal prison?"