What have people said about the Baby Ninths since they were first adopted in 1819? Delegates thought they protected unenumerated rights. But judges have mostly failed to put them into action.
Why the businessman launched a long shot campaign for the presidency.
The former president reminds us that claiming unbridled executive power is a bipartisan tendency.
His licensing proposal would slow down A.I. innovation without really reducing A.I. risks.
Like most things in law, unenumerated rights clauses took some time to emerge. But once they got going, they spread to all Four Corners of the country. [UPDATE: I inadvertently posted this under my name initially; but it's of course Anthony Sanders' post. -EV]
The stay is only temporary, and could be quickly lifted. But it's still a negative sign for the plaintiffs in the case.
Plus: A listener question concerning the key to a libertarian future—should we reshape current systems or rely upon technological exits like bitcoin and encryption?
The papers are for an upcoming conference on the topic of whether federal agency adjudication of private rights should be curbed or ended. There is a $2500 honorarium for authors of selected papers.
The Texas Senate has passed two bills legalizing building homes on smaller lots and accessory dwelling units across the state.
Americans collectively spend billions of hours each year preparing their taxes. Rather than adding a government-run website into the mix, politicians should just simplify the tax code.
For better air travel in the U.S., it’s time for Congress to open the skies to international competition.
U.S. District Judge Robert Payne concluded that 18-to-20-year-olds have the same Second Amendment rights as older adults.
The Supreme Court has accepted certiorari in Carnahan v. Maloney to consider whether members of Congress can sue to force disclosure of information from the General Services Administration.
Justice Kavanaugh continues to support granting certiorari in cases his colleagues do not wish to hear.
The current debate is a replay of debates we have had before (and will likely have again).
There are an infinite number of ways we can exercise our liberty but we can't list them all in a constitution. The solution? An "etcetera clause."
Just about everybody agrees the practice is legalized theft, but cops and prosecutors oppose change.
After an array of botched and unsuccessful executions, the state's Department of Corrections says its ready to start executing inmates again.
After getting lucky for his first few years in office, Newsom now faces his first major budgetary crisis. How he responds will show a lot about his leadership skills.
The former president says he did not solicit election fraud; he merely tried to correct a "rigged" election. And he says he did not illegally retain government records, because they were his property.
The lawsuit claims that the pause has cost taxpayers "$160 billion and counting."
A pilot proposal to levy civil fines based on income is being considered by the City Council.
The Supreme Court issues five merits opinions, but there are still forty more waiting.
Biden v. Nebraska has far-reaching implications for presidential power.
The longer we wait to address our debt, the more painful it will be.
"If you don't trust central authority, then you should see this immediately as something that is very problematic," says the Florida governor.
The partisan and constitutional dangers of letting the IRS police speech are simply too great.
The serial fabulist is accused of wire fraud and lying to Congress.
Plus: Biden considering using the 14th Amendment to declare debt ceiling unconstitutional, Department of Energy makes mobile homes less affordable, and more...
The hard lesson that free markets are better than state control may have to be relearned.
Certain employment measures in the House GOP’s border bill that are meant to verify citizenship status would harm American workers and employers.
Prosecutors dropped the case after interviewing 35 witnesses who contradicted the accuser.
In a new report, the Center for Economic Accountability analyzed economic development data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and there's very little to show for billions in annual spending.
Last year, Biden was trying to take credit for "the largest drop ever" in the federal budget deficit. Now, the deficit is almost three times as large as it was a year ago.
Social Security will become insolvent in the early 2030s if Congress does nothing.
Legal scholar and blogger Eric Segall puts forward several excellent suggestions.
Plus: A look back at Rochelle Walensky's tenure as head of the CDC
Conservatives who support the bill recognize the conflict between unannounced home invasions and the Second Amendment.
The state's own attorney general has said Glossip deserves a new trial.
The legislation would give property owners "sole discretion" in deciding how many parking spaces they want to build.
Plus: Kansas voting restrictions struck down, the legacy of the "vast wasteland" speech, and more…
"Such inaction is not irrational but the result of strong incentives against citizen cooperation and against active police intervention."
"When the government picks and chooses among religions," the lawsuit reads, "religious liberty is threatened for all."
Its existence was revealed when Justice John Paul Stevens' papers were made public earlier this week.
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