UPDATE (see end of post): Perhaps this is just an example of the "chilling effect," where a law deters even behavior that it may not actually cover (perhaps in part because of how the law's own backers had initially described it).
Canadian legal scholar Leonid Sirota outlines some reasons why.
Plus: "Reparations" for the news industry, the disappearance of starter homes, and more...
From cronyist subsidies to an unfair tax code, there are several key fixes Congress could make to better serve the public.
The president claims broad authority to act under a post-9/11 law.
Plus: Spider study sheds light on how misinformation spreads, Airbnb regulation ruled unconstitutional, and more...
The former TV doctor, who two years ago said "we ought to completely change our policy on marijuana," mocks his opponent for agreeing.
The police admitted wrongdoing, but Denver moved forward with a plan to reduce crowds and crimes downtown—by targeting food trucks that did nothing wrong.
After redistricting, neither representative was willing to run in a different district, leading to a lengthy, expensive, and unnecessary campaign.
Despite an overwhelming sense that the country is headed in the wrong direction, the only way most voters will fire an incumbent is by voting for a different incumbent instead.
Plus: Trump sues over Mar-a-Lago raid, why people vote to "dismantle democracy," how Ireland ruined its rental market, and more...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russians should "live in their own world until they change their philosophy." But keeping Russians isolated plays into Putin's hands.
Ignoring the principles of supply and demand, Fetterman thinks high gas prices should be a matter for law enforcement.
Dennis Misigoy is unsparing in his criticism of both Rubio and likely Democratic nominee Val Demings.
Gun control advocates may embrace the 10th Amendment.
Why should we believe that this boondoggle will produce better results than hundreds of other corporate welfare programs?
The case shows the power given to judges when parental consent or notification is required for a minor's abortion.
But it will raise taxes and sic thousands of new IRS agents on American households.
Dr. Walensky's proposed bureaucratic reshuffling is too timid.
An "inappropriate editorial statement[]" struck from a lawsuit alleging school sexual abuse, together with many other "immaterial and impertinent" statements.
“We need to have a trash can that works for the city of San Francisco,” said city project manager Lisa Zhuo.
"It was learning by doing," says one ambulance driver. "Most things that happen here are done by volunteers, not government officials."
Biden brought an unwinnable war to an end. But the lessons learned are only as valuable as the U.S. government’s willingness to put them to good use.
Cynical single-party gerrymandering contributes to and is driven by the hyperpartisanship that defines American politics right now.
A review of Adrian Vermeule's Common Good Constitutionalism
If all of the ballot initiatives succeed, pot will be legal in 25 states.
The U.S. may not realize it, but it has the upper hand. It turns out communism doesn't work.
A comprehensive catalog of every case in which the Court considered a constitutional challenge to an act of Congress
Tax collectors and federal cops have always been rotten to the core.
Some ideas that might help you make better use of the opportunities available to you in law school.
Asking America's agriculture industry to stand on its own two feet remains a third rail in American politics.
It also spends billions on new green energy programs, and it lets the IRS hire 87,000 new agents.
Hundreds of lives were upended by the University of Farmington, a fake university that took $6 million in tuition and fees from foreign students.
Many conservatives no longer appear to care much for fiscal conservatism.
So why do Democrats keep equivocating on the point that households making under $400,000 may be targeted for more audits by an expanded IRS?
It is hard to see how, given the contortions required to deliver the unilateral prohibition that Donald Trump demanded.
The former president may be a hypocrite, but at least he knows his own rights.
But thousands of Afghans who helped U.S. forces are still stuck in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
I am one of the relatively few people who think the Court got both cases right.
McCullough didn't just build on academic historians' work—he filled a gap they left.
Congress has added $2.4 trillion to the long-term deficit since President Joe Biden took office. Now they want credit for reducing the deficit by $300 billion?
Regulators imposed the ban based on a highly implausible and counterintuitive reading of federal law.
Even Democrats are criticizing the bill's unrealistic expectations.
The West Virginia senator conditioned his support for the Inflation Reduction Act on reforming federal environmental review laws. His Senate colleagues don't seem so hot on the idea.
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