Chuck Schumer Learned Nothing From the Failure of Pot Legalization in California
The Senate majority leader’s marijuana bill would pile on more taxes and regulations, despite years of complaints about the barriers they create.
The Senate majority leader’s marijuana bill would pile on more taxes and regulations, despite years of complaints about the barriers they create.
The senator urged the Department of Transportation on Monday to regulate airline consolidation and levy heavy fines for canceled flights.
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A correct interpretation of the statute at issue—Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act—does not give the EPA the authority to issue the sort of regulations at issue in the case.
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Deciding the case might have been squarable with Article III, but not the way Court went about it.
The bipartisan Senate bill would be a major improvement over the status quo, and has attracted widespread support from experts in the field.
It may now require notice and comment to rescind final rules that were never published in the Federal Register.
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The State Department's network of consulates are keeping tourists and business travelers in limbo.
Government often proves to be biased against large, successful companies that legislators don't understand well but customers love.
Former President Trump's attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election relied on three potential pressure points. This bill addresses all three.
The Senate majority leader's 296-page bill would compound the barriers to successful legalization.
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A prominent academic expert on both same-sex marriage and full faith and credit weighs in.
Adding progressive justices to the bench would eventually backfire.
Rubio says states should decide marriage laws, but DOMA is a federal law that overruled state regulation.
Does the bipartisan act protecting same-sex marriage run afoul of constitutional federalism principles? The answer is definitely not with respect to one of its provisions, and probably not with respect to the other.
That new crime, which is punishable by up to 15 years in federal prison, includes receipt of firearms by "prohibited persons."
“Without full briefing and argument,” Kagan objects, the Court is quietly resolving major disputes.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act increases the penalties for violating arbitrary firearm bans.
If the National Emergencies Act goes without reform, presidents will continue to misuse emergency declarations as leverage to shift Congress.
A lawsuit alleges that the social media giant "tries to conceal the dangerous and addictive nature of its product, lulling users and parents into a false sense of security."
Passing an actual law is a good and proper way of enshrining recognition.
The state's Endangered Species Act doesn't protect insects, so environmentalists and government officials intent on helping bees had to get creative.
The Senate is considering legislation that would improve the visa program for temporary agricultural workers and help relieve labor shortages that push food prices higher.
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In a petition for reconsideration, I ask the Utah Supreme Court to modify a recent opinion to remove the qualifier "alleged" in front of term "victim" in light of the fact that the defendant has been convicted of sexually assaulting the victim.
One vaccination requires 100 pages of government paperwork to be processed before treatment.
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Just as you don't attract bees with vinegar, you don't attract corporations by promising to tax them heavily.
The federal government set the tone on the beginning of the resettlement process. It continues to keep legal status for certain evacuees out of reach.
Corporate law profs disagree on the merits of Twitter's lawsuit to force Elon Musk to follow through with his offer to buy the company.
The famous columnist and Yale Law School professor points out that the case made against other standardized tests, such as the LSAT, also applies to bar exams.
My review of Reviving Rationality:Saving Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Sake of the Environment and Our Health by Michael Livermore and Richard Revesz.
"We've crafted the legislation necessary to avert climate catastrophe. It's time for you to pass it," proclaim staffers in a letter to Congressional leaders.
A ballot access law meant to block Communists has become an obstacle to third-party politics.
The Supreme Court is skeptical of agency efforts to pour new wine out of old bottles.
An interesting concurrence by Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho.
It would signal that the transportation future involves decentralization and rapid change rather than Washington-style command-and-control.
A 1942 decision about the Commerce Clause takes on new importance post-Roe.