About that Campus Free Speech Executive Order
A crude tool unlikely to do much good and that might do some harm.
A crude tool unlikely to do much good and that might do some harm.
Unanimous juries (like the ban on excessive fines) might be an easy case; but at some point we will need a theory.
The former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York unconvincingly channels Atticus Finch in his legal memoir.
The president signed an executive order supporting free speech on college campuses.
"It is the policy of the federal government to encourage institutions to foster environments that promote open, intellectually engaging, and diverse debate."
Thank Donald Trump for the belated attempt to enforce the Constitution's separation of powers.
"Auto-brewery syndrome" (or "gut fermentation syndrome") is apparently a thing -- but, the Maine high court says, the judge permissibly excluded a particular expert who wanted to testify this thing might have happened in this case.
The commerce secretary falsely portrayed the decision to include a citizenship question as a response to a Justice Department request.
Once you get past the rosy economic expectations, it's clear that Trump's budget is not a serious effort at fiscal restraint.
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How the overwhelming vote against Trump's position could potentially affect the lawsuits challenging the legality of the declaration.
A clear rebuke of Trump, though mainly a symbolic one
But is it actually even needed?
"What a betrayal of conservative principles this is," Sen. Michael Bennet says.
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Federal judge's ruling in a fair-use lawsuit "is a big win for the First Amendment."
The libertarian-leaning Michigan congressman takes aim at two scourges of American democracy, despite what it would mean for his party's political interests.
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' totally insane, very practical ideas about how to fix college debt, reform entitlements, and redefine social justice
Too much foam in your Starbucks latte? Don't worry, be litigious!
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The nation's force mustered in service of the nation's will.
"Millions of people have been arrested for the possession or use of marijuana. Many can't afford bail-further punishing those who are poor," says Gabbard.
How has residuum theory gotten this all so wrong?
It's a problematic sentiment on several levels.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Gorsuch suggests it's a good thing when parties don't rely upon the Chevron doctrine.
The administration continues to try to impose grant conditions on state and local governments that were never authorized by by Congress. In two new decision, courts continue to rule against them.
One pension-spiking tool can be scaled back now, but the California Rule remains intact.
We live in desperate times when the brake on both Democratic socialism and Republican executive-branch abuse is a 78-year-old San Francisco Democrat.
Against the Imperial Presidency.
An official tells Reason that a draft of the EO targets federal grants to universities and colleges.
Cramer tells Reason he's not sure which way he'll vote on a resolution to block it.
New proposal from Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Elizabeth Warren would stop states from using the dumbest of all reasons to keep someone out of work.
Democrats approached the issue carefully in 2016. Now six presidential candidates are all-in for complete reform.
A candid picture of how investors see the slowly unfolding pension crisis
"This isn't a partisan issue," the Utah senator says. "This is a constitutional issue."
"I can only warn you that the people who follow Trump as I did, blindly, are going to suffer the same consequences that I did."
Two bills dealing with background checks would criminalize innocent behavior and unjustly interfere with the exercise of Second Amendment rights.
Libertarian Rep. Justin Amash joined with Democrats to oppose the president's power grab.
"We have to make sure that each branch stays within its own lane and Congress retains its power over the purse."
In a just-filed brief, the Trump Administration asks Supreme Court to reduce the degree of deference government agencies receive.
Unlike Thomas and Gorsuch, Kavanaugh stayed mum on originalism in a major constitutional case.
The strongest legal argument against Trump's attempt to use emergency powers to build the wall is that declaring an emergency does not authorize him to spend money and condemn property for that purpose. But he also lacks grounds to declare an emergency in the first place.
More than 200 Democrats-plus one Republican-co-sponsor a joint resolution against Trump's national emergency declaration.
Why did the pension board go along with the scam? Probably because its members are current officers and retirees.
The decision in Timbs v. Indiana is a significant step forward for property rights and civil liberties, though a key issue remains to be resolved by lower courts.