Trump's Promise to 'Indemnify' Cops 'Against Any and All Liability' Is Absurd for 2 Reasons
Police officers already are routinely indemnified, and suing them for abuse is much harder than Trump claims.
Police officers already are routinely indemnified, and suing them for abuse is much harder than Trump claims.
Harvard law Prof. Larry Lessig's attempt to prove otherwise misfires.
The Colorado Supreme Court's reasoning in deciding that Trump is constitutionally disqualified from running for president seems iffy.
The former Trump lawyer could have avoided a massive defamation verdict by presenting his "definitively clear" evidence of election fraud.
You're not going to save democracy by kicking people out of elections.
The Colorado court got this issue right. The case is now likely headed to the US Supreme Court.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the libertarian argument against shopping local.
The former Trump campaign lawyer re-upped his false claims about two Georgia election workers in the middle of a trial aimed at determining the damages he owes them.
The Court agreed to the special counsel's request for expedited briefing on whether to grant certiorari.
Plus: Austin and Salt Lake City pass very different "middle housing" reforms, Democrats in Congress want to ban hedge fund–owned rental housing, and a look at GOP presidential candidate's housing policy positions.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected the former President's attempt to claim presidential immunity covered his conduct on January 6.
"I don't want you looking through my boxes," Donald Trump told his lawyers, according to court documents.
Turns out subjecting presidential aspirants to libertarian-flavored scrutiny is good for journalism! And sanity.
The article makes the case for disqualification on moral and pragmatic grounds, as well as legal ones.
Plus: Trump opts out of debates, blackface story gets a twist, AI-enhanced IRS, and more...
Formerly fringe immigration policies have gone mainstream in the Republican Party.
The former two-term governor discusses why Florida is attracting more people than any other state in the country.
A D.C. Circuit judge says the government’s defense of the order gives short shrift to "the First Amendment’s vigorous protection of political speech."
Once you get past the aesthetics, the similarities between Milei and MAGA mostly vanish.
The court ruled against Trump on his strongest arguments, but accepted a weak one.
The results are interesting and suggest weird and significant biases.
From “ideological screening” to barring entire cultures deemed “hostile to…the American way of life,” the candidates have big plans to target legal immigrants too.
The Trump administration’s unilateral ban on bump stocks turned owners of those rifle accessories into felons.
Plus: A listener asks the editors why the Libertarian Party waits until election year to nominate its presidential candidate.
Plus: Trump's immigration crackdown, housewives and groceries, QAnon Shaman update, and more...
This week's debate was the first signal that the party's next presidential nominee might actually understand the entitlement crisis.
Abortion and the shadow of Donald Trump hobble GOP prospects.
The author of Reform Nation explains how celebrity, philanthropy, and activism produced the most significant prison reform in decades.
Why can neither major party find someone who isn't decrepit and disliked?
Plus: Trump's asset valuation expertise, surfer COVID rage, Adam Neumann's flop, and more…
Plus: A listener asks the editors about requiring gun buyers to pass a psychological assessment.
The Mormon wing of the conservative #Resistance turned out to be just as fallible as the hawks and libertarians.
The conference includes a variety of legal scholars and other experts on different sides of the issue, including VC bloggers Josh Blackman and myself.
Plus: Everyone's favorite congressman survives another day, the Senate passes spending bills, New York City goes to war on tourism, and more...
Q&A with the author of the book Elon Musk calls "an excellent explanation of why capitalism is not just successful, but morally right."
Entitlement reform has long been considered a third rail in American politics, but that perspective might be changing.
The former White House chief of staff is one of several former Trump advisers who are cooperating with prosecutors.
Johnson is a relative newcomer to Congress who has never even chaired a committee, and he is a close ally of former President Donald Trump.
Plus: Greta Thunberg gets booted from Israeli schools, Spain gets even less serious about work, regulating skyline views, and more...
Democrats and Republicans are united in thinking their political agendas trump the First Amendment.
Their proposal raises obvious free speech concerns.
Plus: IDF releases footage from Hamas' evil rampage, cancel culture in Los Angeles, Iceland's ladies go on strike, and more...
The FIRST STEP Act signed by Trump eased drug sentencing. He's running away from that accomplishment in the 2024 election.
Douglass Mackey's case raised questions about free speech, overcriminalization, and a politicized criminal legal system.
The election conspiracy theorist struck a deal that allows her to avoid prison by testifying for the prosecution.