Law & Government
Rep. Charles Boustany, Accused of Patronizing Murdered Sex-Workers in Louisiana, Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Reporter
The congressman is suing the author of Murder in the Bayou over claims the congressman patronized sex workers who were later killed.
SCOTUS Won't Hear Illinois Sheriff's Appeal of Order to Stop Threatening Credit Card Companies for Working With Backpage
Visa and Mastercard had ceased serving the site under threat of sanction from the Illinois sheriff.
Pension Mess Can't Go On; That's No Reason to Ignore It
You can deal with it now or deal with it later, but eventually you will have to deal with it.
Lawsuit Challenges TSA To Prove Body Scanners Aren't Killing People
Body scanners make some people choose driving over flying, but does that mean the TSA is responsible for deaths caused by traffic accidents?
Congress May Have Transformed US-Saudi Relations While Overriding Obama's Veto
Bill allows 9/11 families to sue Saudi government, might be beginning of the end of U.S.' "special relationship" with the Kingdom.
Republican Senators (Including Mike Lee) Again Attempt to Blockade Online Gambling
Bill would subvert legal interpretation of Wire Act.
Yelp Refuses to Remove Reviews Ruled Defamatory—With Good Reason. Will California Supreme Court Agree?
The precedent-setting case could have major implications for all sorts of online publishers.
Taxing Human Waste Won't Get Chicago's Pension Fund Out of Deep Doo-Doo
Residents of the city will pay $57 annually as part of a rescue plan that hinges on several questionable assumptions.
Dallas Cops Get Wise to Impending Public Pension Catastrophe, Start Yanking Their Money Out of the System
Dallas' police and fire pension fund is $5 billion in debt, so officers are making the smart decision to invest privately.
Obama's Anti-Profit Crusade Targets Colleges
The administration imposed a death penalty on ITT technical colleges, which had not been convicted of any wrongdoing.
The Case for Pardoning Edward Snowden
Will Obama salvage his legacy on protecting whistleblowers?
Lawmakers Offer Snowden Film Cross-Promotion with Report Blasting Him
House Intel Committee says he was no whistleblower.
NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Suggests that Obama Pardon Him
It's a good idea and the right thing to do.
Trump's Putin Praise Highlights His Authoritarianism
The strength the Republican nominee admires is the strength of an autocrat.
Climate Change Subpoenas Versus Free Speech
Constitutional rights threatened by the legal storms over global warming
Pennsylvanians Will Have To Pay For Gov. Chris Christie's Bad Spending Habits
With $80 billion in pension debt and after handing out $1.5 billion in corporate welfare, Christie looks across the Delaware River for a bail-out.
Of COURSE Donald Trump Hates Jeff Flake: The Senator Preferences Fiscal Conservatism Over Party Politics
Weekend spat reveals much about the state of the contemporary GOP.
Obama and Xi 'Ratify' Paris Climate Change Agreement
But remember, the Paris Agreement is NOT a treaty!
Maybe 2016 Will Be the Year Voters Elect an Openly Gay Republican to Congress
Sheriff Paul Babeu wins primary, focusing heavily on border fears.
Climate Change Court Drama: What Does New York's Attorney-General Have to Hide?
Competitive Enterprise Institute sues NYAG Eric Schneiderman for a little Freedom of Information
Neither Dictator nor King
Libertarians Gary Johnson and William Weld suggest there are limits to presidential power.
Will a Zombie Congress Devour Our Gains?
Well...more than the non-zombie Congress already does.
Calif. Court Offers Possibility to Stop Worst Public Pension Abuses
Ruling says state law doesn't have to accommodate spiking.
Texas Judge Blocks Obama Admin's School Transgender Accommodation Orders
Determines Title IX interpretation more than just 'guidance.'
Univision Bites Head Off Gawker but Keeps Its Appendages
Principal site to be shuttered. Ancillary pages to continue.
Radical Feminists Take Their Rejection of Trans Women to Federal Court with Lawsuit
What happens when we give the government authority to decide what gender means.
9th Circuit Says Feds May Not Prosecute State-Legal Medical Marijuana Suppliers
The appeals court rules that Congress has forbidden such interference.
Army Veteran Hangs U.S. Flag Upside Down to Protest Eminent Domain, Gets Arrested
A law banning "flag desecration" that's already been declared unconstitutional remains on the books in Iowa.
New York Times' Analysis of 'The Obama Era' Focuses on All Those Oppressive New Rules
His legacy will include hundreds of new federal regulations.
The Economic Stimulus Perplex: Could Regulation Be the Problem?
Progressives and the failure of massive government spending to boost jobs and economic growth
Court Rules FCC Cannot Overrule State Laws Limiting City-Run Broadband
Potential pork projects hardest hit.
Sen. Susan Collins is the Latest GOP Congressperson on the #NeverTrump Bandwagon
The list grows of those rejecting their party's nominee grows.
Alabama's Chief Justice Faces Possible Ejection over Gay Marriage Resistance
It would be the second time Roy Moore was stripped of his title.
California's Six Figure Pension Club Has More Than 20,000 Members
Former county administrator made $340K in 2015, as CalPERS taxpayer-backed debt climbed to $139 billion.
Pennsylvania Blew $600 Million on Pension Fund Managers and Doesn't Have Much to Show for It
Like paying "LeBron James' free agent salary and getting me," says state auditor
Unauthorized Fun in a Dumpster Pool Perturbs Philadelphia Bureaucrats
"We're not screwing around, Philly," the city's Department of Licenses and Inspections warns.
Combative Tea Party Kansas Rep. Huelskamp Loses Primary
Opposed Boehner and lost Ag Committee position; industry turned against him.
Do You Have a License to Braid That Hair?
Unnecessary state regulations add costly burdens with no real safety benefits.
Louisiana's Licensing Laws Nearly Destroyed This Woman's Eyebrow Threading Business. Now She's Fighting Back.
State requires 750 hours of classes on unrelated skills.
CalPERS' Earnings Flop Means Taxpayer Belt Tightening
Underperforming the market, overestimating future success
The Unsurprising Outcome of California's Top-Two Senate Race: Fewer Likely Votes
Are races truly 'more competitive' when people are less inclined to cast ballots?
Virginia's Governor Makes a Mess Out of Restoring Felons' Voting Rights
What's supposed to have been a civil rights matter ends up as a case of executive overreach.
Rep. Barbara Lee: I Didn't Support Libya Intervention, But I Support Hillary Clinton
The one member of Congress who voted against military force after 9/11 supports career-long hawk Hillary Clinton.
It Doesn't Matter Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump Is Worse
Same song, different strongman
