Why the FBI Arrested Judge Hannah Dugan
The Wisconsin judge is charged with obstruction of justice and concealing an undocumented alien to prevent his arrest.
The Wisconsin judge is charged with obstruction of justice and concealing an undocumented alien to prevent his arrest.
Congress just approved a new online censorship scheme under the auspices of thwarting revenge porn and AI-generated "nonconsensual intimate visual depictions."
John Arnold argues that private markets solve problems better than government or philanthropy, and that real reform comes from decentralization, incentives, and evidence—not top-down control.
The president’s sweeping import levies have no basis in the statute he cites.
So much for unleashing American energy.
Plus: California zoning bill survives powerful lawmaker's economic illiteracy, Montana legislators pass simple, sweeping, supply-side housing reforms, and Washington passes rent control.
I was one of 35 legal scholars who took part.
The administration's lawyers claim that this was justified by Khalil's likelihood of escape.
A new Cato Institute study further refutes claims that illegal migration is somehow causing a crime wave.
The federal judge rightly rejects the request.
If voters so overwhelmingly prefer younger candidates, why are they underrepresented in politics?
A new ACLU lawsuit argues that the government still is not giving alleged gang members the "notice" required by a Supreme Court order.
UPDATE: Lawyer's response added; post bumped to highlight the update.
The memo says "Alien Enemies" aren't subject "to a judicial review of the removal in any court of the United States."
PLF is a leading libertarian-leaning public interest organization. Their case is similar to that filed by Liberty Justice Center and myself.
Small businesses and a dozen states have filed a pair of lawsuits challenging Trump's authority to impose tariffs on board games, clothes, and lots of other things.
There isn't much public enthusiasm for the president's chaotic style.
"Lehnert used ChatGPT after he had written his report to confirm his findings, which were based on his decades of experience joining dissimilar materials."
Democrats would have a stronger rebuke to Trumpism if civic service in blue states were the national model rather than a laughingstock.
The law was passed 20 years ago, and enforcement finally looms.
The suit resembles previous ones on the same subject filed by the state of California, and by the Liberty Justice Center and myself.
The court ruled that Trump invoked the AEA illegally, blocks deportation of Venezuelan migrants who filed the case, and sets out standards for notifying them of their rights to challenge their deportation.
Two of his targets are seeking permanent injunctions against the president's blatantly unconstitutional executive orders.
Signers include Steve Calabresi, Harold Koh, Richard Epstein, Michael McConnell, Alan Sykes, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, and others.
To remain independent, institutions of higher education should end their reliance on taxpayer money.
The administration's demands extend far beyond its avowed concern about antisemitism and enforcement of "civil rights laws."
Bills designed to allow more starter homes and apartments near transit face an uncertain future in the state Senate's housing committee.
Plus: Democrats visit El Salvador, Taiwan invasion possibilities, Hayek on rule of law, and more...
"I blew a zero, so now you're trying to think I smoked weed?” Tayvin Galanakis asked the officer who arrested him in 2022. “That's what's going on. You can't do that, man.”
Understanding the Supreme Court's unusual late-night ruling against the Trump administration
"This Court should not announce an opt-out right for religious objectors under the Free Exercise Clause that its precedents would foreclose for students objecting to public-school curricula under the Free Speech Clause."
In Justice Abandoned, a law professor argues that the Court got these key decisions wrong.
The degree of agreement among participants with major ideological diferences is striking.
The order temporarily blocks AEA deportations. It likely also reflects the Court's growing frustration with the Trump Administration.
The Court will weigh religious opt-outs and charter school discrimination. But true educational freedom means funding students, not systems.
Sentencing defendants based on acquitted conduct violates basic notions of justice.
The motion was filed today, and sets out our case in detail.
It explains why the IEEPA "Liberation Day" tariffs are illegal and how our case against them relates to the other three cases challenging Trup's tariffs.
“The Executive will lose much from a public perception of its lawlessness and all of its attendant contagions.”
"This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson warned.
The Windy City has been the target of ICE’s ire since President Donald Trump took office.
The Liberty Justice Center and I filed the case on Monday.
Vice President J.D. Vance is only the latest to indicate he sees due process, as guaranteed in the Constitution, as an unnecessary impediment to the administration's goals.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says the evidence indicates that the government "willfully disobeyed" his order blocking removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members.
I was interviewed by Caleb Brown of Cato.
They challenge both the "Liberation Day" IEEPA tariffs, and earlier ones imposed on Canada, Mexico and China.
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