Congress Blocks School Choice in New Stimulus Package
Even as the pandemic has exposed the desperate need for disruptions to the calcified public school system, Congress just voted to restrict some of the very creativity that's sorely needed.
Even as the pandemic has exposed the desperate need for disruptions to the calcified public school system, Congress just voted to restrict some of the very creativity that's sorely needed.
"I hope my case can start removing senseless boundaries to teletherapy," said Brokamp, who is suing in federal court on First Amendment grounds.
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"No responsible legislator should vote for such a thing," said Justin Amash (L–Mich.).
From pandemic relief to public schools, wealth taxes to COVID vaccines, politicians are finding bad ways to redistribute the pie.
Current law can allow the president to route around Congress indefinitely.
A new book documents that newcomers revitalize beliefs in hard work, property rights, and the rule of law.
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On delegation, time, and congressional capacity.
A recent flurry of legislative activity suggests why forfeiture reform succeeds—and why it fails.
The case was dismissed on procedural grounds that will change when and if the administration actually decides which people will be excluded.
Sen. Ron Johnson, a Trump ally, now concedes there is no credible evidence to support the president's fanciful conspiracy theory.
The strategy of lodging objections under the Electoral Count Act has been tried before, but it has never succeeded.
Shutting down the GSP program would reduce economic growth in developing countries and raise taxes on American importers.
The president and his diehard allies in Congress continue to insist the election was stolen.
Though journalists tend to despise the WikiLeaks founder, his fate could impact the future of their profession.
The federal judiciary should not be charging for access to public court records.
What to say to a political party that keeps trying to overturn the results of an election?
Conservative judges have stymied Trump in his election challenges - and many other cases where his positions went against their legal principles. But a populist/nationalist GOP could gradually change the nature of conservative jurisprudence.
Unsettled political circumstances and the ongoing pandemic crossed with Congress' broken bill-passing process is a recipe for chaos.
By his own account, the Texas senator is committed to defending a dishonest, amoral, narcissistic bully.
More than 100 members of Congress signed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the presidential election, including several prominent members of the group founded to protect "the rule of law."
Will a rightward shift on the bench would result in the reversal of Obergefell? Probably not.
What original principles would say about this term's big case.
A pardon is something granted, like a gift, and it is presumed one cannot grant something to themselves.
Courts ignore constitutional guarantees while defendants awaiting trial languish in jail.
Civilian control over the military still matters.
The bill is unlikely to make headway in the Senate, but it could nudge President-elect Joe Biden toward more ambitious reforms.
One Ilya reviews a book written by another. Hopefully, this won't exacerbate #IlyaConfusion!
A "self-pardon" might bring about exactly the prosecution it seeks to avoid.
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President Trump pardoned a turkey and an agent of Turkey. Will he give himself a lame duck pardon next?
Many of the justices seem intent on avoiding the substantive issues at stake in a case challenging the legality of Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count for congressional representation.
The president has the worst record for clemency in modern history.
The MORE Act, which would repeal federal prohibition, is scheduled for a vote this week.
Is this the Supreme Court’s next big gun rights case?
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This is one of several cases that could become moot within weeks.
The court improbably concludes that the execution protocol is illegal, but does not enjoin its use
A court split between Florida and California may mean an eventual Supreme Court decision.
The brief filed by Univ. of Texas law professor Sanford Levinson and myself explains why the Trump administration's efforts to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count for allocating seats in the House of Representatives goes against the text and original meaning of the Constitution.
The legal doctrine is a free pass for rampant government abuse.
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Anyone who was rooting for both "teams" to lose on Election Day should be fairly satisfied right now.
Americans are nowhere close to embracing the radical left.
The president's rhetoric and his campaign's actions are corrosive, but even the most powerful man on the planet can't control America's diffuse election system.
The incoming administration opposes the death penalty, but the Justice Department has three more executions planned this year.