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Rational Basis Review

Wynn Hospital in downtown Utica | N.Y. Governor's Office

Eminent Domain

The Government Took a Developer's Land and Gave It to a Competitor. In New York, That's Business As Usual.

The case gives the Supreme Court an opportunity to revisit a widely reviled decision that invited such eminent domain abuses.

Jacob Sullum | 12.27.2024 3:05 PM

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Israel

Israeli Parliament Passes Law Limiting Judicial "Reasonableness" Review of Government Policies

The new law is probably the least objectionable part of the right-wing government's attack on judicial review in Israel.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.24.2023 2:56 PM

NYC-buffer-zones-cropped | Allison Frankel

Sex Offender Registry

He Spent an Extra Two Years in Prison Because He Could Not Find a Place Where He Was Legally Allowed To Live

New York's residence restrictions for sex offenders raise the question of how irrational a policy must be to fail "rational basis" review.

Jacob Sullum | 3.7.2022 3:35 PM

Zarate1241 | Image courtesy Beacon Center of Tennessee

Occupational Licensing

Tennessee Court Snips High School Diploma Requirement From Barber Licensing

Tennessee's requirement that barbers have at least a high school education is "unconstitutional, unlawful, and unenforceable," ruled the state's Chancery Court.

Eric Boehm | 8.11.2020 11:10 AM

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Property Rights

Florida Appeals Court Upholds City's Veggie-Garden Ban

A court says a city can squash your property rights because it thinks vegetables are ugly.

Baylen Linnekin | 11.11.2017 8:00 AM

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