Politics
Today in Supreme Court History: April 5, 1982
4/5/1982: Justice Abe Fortas dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 5, 1982 appeared first on Re...
Birth-Right Citizenship as a Second-Best Policy
I oppose Trump's efforts to deny birthright citizenship chiildren of undocumented immigrants. But birthright c...
The Labor Department Just Freed Contractors—Again. Congress Still Needs To Act.
The government's new rule reverses a Biden-era anti-contracting directive and returns to a more contractor-fri...
Today in Supreme Court History: April 4, 1861
4/4/1861: Justice John McLean dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 4, 1861 appeared first on R...
Trump Realized He Can Just Do Things. Who Can Stop Him?
There are far too few checks left on executive power.
The U.K. Is Set To Spend $183 Billion on Pensions This Year. Nigel Farage Vows To Keep Hiking Payments.
The leader of Reform U.K. pledged to keep the "triple lock" mechanism in place, which is driving the state pen...
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Brotherly crooks, dueling bourbons, and a law from 1785.
Accusing Someone Who Called Police of "Blatant Racial Profiling" May Be Defamation
A short excerpt from an opinion by Judge Rebecca Pennell (E.D. Wash.) Wednesday n Riera v. Central Wash. Univ....
Trump's Call for a $1.5 Trillion Military Budget Is Irresponsible, Wasteful, and Unrealistic
The proposal is "an enormous waste of taxpayer dollars and would make Americans less, not more, safe." Thankfu...
Trump's Answer to Iran's Hormuz Crisis: Sell Oil We Don't Have
The administration claims we're a "net oil exporter," but unfortunately that's not quite true.
Colorado Becomes First State To Protect Defendants Against Faulty Roadside Drug Tests
A 2024 study estimated that 30,000 people every year may be getting wrongly arrested due to unreliable roadsid...
Maine Bill Proves States Are Capable of Adopting Bad Data Center Policies Without Federal Intervention
A week after Bernie Sanders introduced legislation to pause AI data center construction indefinitely, Maine is...
America Still Makes Stuff!
Free trade did not obliterate manufacturing.
Bye-Bye, Bondi
Plus: pro-tech media sells to big tech, Trump's new tariffs, jobs numbers, and more...
The Zendaya Romance The Drama Is Weirder and More Uncomfortable Than You Expect
A movie about marriage, memory, and the difficulty of knowing another person.
The Republican Plan To Nationalize Elections Is Performative Nonsense
There is no voting crisis that demands federal intervention.
Today in Supreme Court History: April 3, 1962
4/3/1962: Engel v. Vitale argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 3, 1962 appeared first on Rea...
Review: Church Committee Report on Illegal Spying Is Relevant Again in the Trump Era
A new book revisits this 50-year-old Watergate report as President Donald Trump pursues his own politically mo...