SCOTUS Weighs the Risk of Presidential Timidity Against the Risk of Presidential Impunity
Most of the justices seem skeptical of granting Donald Trump complete immunity from criminal prosecution for "official acts."
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David Beito: Was FDR a Tyrant?
David Beito discusses his new book The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance.
The Kentucky Legislature Removed The Governor's Power To Temporarily Appoint A Senator
Would the Governor's veto of the bill have even been effective?
Ford Fischer: Why You Should Surveil the State
The News2Share cofounder is revolutionizing news coverage.
TikTok Gets 9 Months
Plus: Masking protesters, how Google Search got so bad, Columbia's anti-apartheid protests of the '80s, and more...
The Alarming Implications of Trump's Immunity Claim
The Supreme Court will decide whether former presidents can avoid criminal prosecution by avoiding impeachment and removal.
The Morningside Heights Tent City
Plus: Supreme Court takes up ghost guns, Abbott takes on trans teachers, the literalism of Civil War, and more...
Worst 4/20 Ever
Plus: A listener asks the editors to steel man the case for the Jones Act, an antiquated law that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters.
Democrats and Republicans Unite To Give Weapons Manufacturers $59 Billion
House Speaker Mike Johnson worked with President Biden to push through a $95 billion foreign military aid package—most of which goes to the American military-industrial complex.
China's Retribution
Plus: Homework liberation in Poland, Orthodox rabbi tells students to flee Columbia, toddler anarchy, and more...
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Bird poop, non-testimonial thumbs, and the heckler's veto.
Another Day, Another Doomed Plan To Defund NPR
We've seen this saga so many times before.
The Manufactured Crisis of Migrant Terrorists at the Border
Exaggerated threats of terrorists crossing the southern border lead to costly, disproportionate policy decisions.
Israel's Retaliation
Plus: Skirting New York residency requirements, undisclosed AI use in documentaries, prison commissary markups, and more...
Alvin Bragg's 'Election Interference' Narrative Is Nonsensical
Since Donald Trump's alleged falsification of business records happened after he was elected president, he clearly was not trying to ensure that outcome.
USC Cancels Valedictorian's Speech Over Bogus 'Safety Concerns'
The university has a history of suppressing speech from both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Upcoming Event on "Solving the Nation's Housing Shortage" [update]
Economist Bryan Caplan, former National Association of Home Builders Director Jerry Howard, and I will speak at event sponsored by the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.
Google Fires 28
Plus: Europoor discourse, NPR's woke CEO, a forgotten tech panic, and more...
Democrat Life Raft?
Plus: Time to ax NPR's funding, African migrants get mad at New York City, Gavin Newsom gets smart, and more...
Most Justices Seem Skeptical of Charging Capitol Rioters With Obstructing an Official Proceeding
The Supreme Court's interpretation of the statute also could affect two charges against Donald Trump.
Massie's Move To Fire Speaker Mike Johnson Is About More Than Ukraine Spending
It's a test of the unofficial coalition that's effectively ruling the House right now.
War: An Opportunity for Spending?
Plus: How matzo gets made, TikTok employees reporting to Beijing-based ByteDance, espionage concerns in Germany, and more...
Judge James C. Ho's Remarks to the Midland County Bar Association
"This isn’t about forum shopping. It’s about forum shaming. It’s about shaming judges who won’t distort their rulings to do their bidding—while rewarding those judges who do."
Congress Does Not Come Back With a Warrant
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).
Alvin Bragg Says Trump Tried To Conceal 'Another Crime.' What Crime?
The leading possibilities are all problematic in one way or another.
What Leaving Abortion Up to the States Really Means
Reproductive freedom initiatives are advancing toward November ballots, putting the matter of abortion access in voters' hands.
Iran Attacks Israel
Plus: Trump's trial, MMA fighter trots out Mises, the forgotten canceling of Brendan Eich, and more...
What Differentiates the Political Left and Right?
Matt Yglesias and Bryan Caplan offer contrasting theories. But neither fully works.
