A federal circuit judge writes that Detroit's vehicle seizure scheme "is simply a money-making venture—one most often used to extort money from those who can least afford it."
Plus: Meta revises controversial "dangerous organizations" policy, a win against civil asset forfeiture in Detroit, and more...
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The guidelines would ignore decades of academic findings about how firm concentration can have a positive impact on consumers' welfare.
Plus: Court urged to stop Arkansas' social media age verification law from taking effect in September, legalizing medical marijuana linked to lower insurance premiums, and more...
The injunction is the latest in a series of setbacks for the Biden administration's loan forgiveness agenda.
Cristal Starling lost $8,000 after she missed one of several filing deadlines to contest the seizure of her money by police. A federal appeals court says she and others like her should be given more leeway.
Plus: More takes on the Trump indictment, Biden's new student loan plan is here, and more...
Plus: More "manifesting prostitution" nonsense, U.S. loses top-tier credit rating, and more...
Plus: Abortion will be on the ballot in Ohio, CANSEE Act "would continue the erosion of financial privacy," and more...
Carlos Pena's livelihood has been crippled. It remains to be seen if he'll have any right to compensation.
Plus: Digital rights groups protest "bad internet bills," the FTC might be readying another lawsuit against Amazon, and more...
Both the state attorney general and the state legislature declined to defend the law in court after the ACLU of Arizona and news media organizations sued to overturn it.
SeanPaul Reyes has been arrested and threatened by NYPD for filming in public places, including inside police precincts. He says that's a violation of his First Amendment rights.
Ethics allegations have been raised against Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Sonia Sotomayor. Both sides have retreated into whataboutism.
Plus: GOP candidate defends “limited role of government” in parental decisions for transgender kids, some common sense about Diet Coke and cancer, and more…
Plus: California social media law could backfire, Massachusetts may ban the sale of phone location data, and more...
Civil forfeiture is a highly unaccountable practice. The justices have the opportunity to make it a bit less so.
Plus: Democrats dismiss nonwhite moderates, Schumer wants investigation into energy drink, GOP prosecutors threaten Target over Pride merchandise, and more...
Plus: Teaching A.I. about the Fourth of July, and more...
At a recent congressional hearing, Republicans and Democrats sparred over clemency. But they share more common ground than they'd like to admit.
Now both a violent and nonviolent felon have been found by lower courts to have a Second Amendment right to own weapons. The Supreme Court will likely consider the issue in the near future.
The ideal number of clicks to cancel an online subscription may be four or five instead of six, but we don't need government to make that decision.
Plus: New rules limit asylum applications, the bad math behind economic doomerism, and more...
Maria Elena Reimers has been caught in legal limbo for years.
Plus: A rundown of recent nonsensical proposals for constitutional amendments
The feds allege the former president was keeping classified documents on America's nuclear program and defense capabilities in his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Prosecutors also want a judge to take basically all possible defenses off the table.
It's not a broad attack on free expression, but Thursday's ruling is certainly a victory for brands that can't take a joke.
Plus: Librarians take on Arkansas book restrictions, another migrant stunt may have originated in Florida, and more...
Plus: Connecticut may exonerate witches, federal regulators are waging a quiet war on crypto, and more...
A preliminary injunction in Illinois may signal the demise of a long-running public policy fraud.
A win for Geraldine Tyler, who is now 94 years old, would be a win for property rights.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two consolidated cases by Alabama women whose cars were both seized for more than a year before courts found they were innocent owners.
Plus: What the editors hate most about the IRS and tax day
Plus: DeSantis does better than Trump in swing-state poll, majority say abortion pill should remain available, and more...
It’s not the FDA’s job to tell doctors what to do.
Hopefully the Supreme Court will soon put a permanent stop to the EPA's Clean Water Act land grab.
Plus: The editors respond to a listener question concerning corporate personhood.
The divergent orders from judges in Washington state and Texas may bring the battle over mifepristone to the Supreme Court.
Philip Esformes' case is a story about what happens when the government violates some of its most basic promises.
The CFPB funding scheme is constitutional, the 2nd Circuit says.
Plus: "Sensitivity readers" rewrite Agatha Christie, a Little Free Library battle, and more...
James King is once again asking the high court to rule that two officers should not receive immunity for choking him unconscious and temporarily disfiguring his face.
The 11th Circuit panel refused to lift an injunction against the law.
Plus: More lawmakers move to decriminalize psychedelic plants, Tennessee's "adult cabaret" law, and more...
It's a threat to our fundamental rights, but courts refuse to change their approach.
