Politics
Maine Lobsterman Asks the Supreme Court To Strike Down a Rule Allowing the Government To Track His Boat 24/7
The case could give the Court a chance to clarify what a "closely regulated" business is and what constitution...
Minnesota Bills Would Create State Right To Sue Government Officials for Constitutional Violations
Two different pieces of legislation aim to create state workarounds to the procedural quagmire of federal civi...
Khan v. Yale University #TheyLied Case Dismissed Because of Plaintiff's "Egregious" Litigation Misconduct
Not the misconduct itself, but noted in the court's opinion as one of the items plaintiff had sought to withho...
Trump Backs Section 702 Reauthorization After Once Calling To 'KILL FISA'
The president is much less concerned about the law's potential for overreach now that he's in charge of the go...
Ex-FBI-Agents Alleging They Were Fired for Working on "Arctic Frost" Can Proceed Pseudonymously
From Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.) yesterday in Does 1 & 2 v. Patel: Plaintiffs are two former Federal B...
Sealed Charges Doesn't Mean Unmentionable-in-Court-Filings Charges
From yesterday's decision by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline M. DeLuca (D. Neb.) in Wilson v. Noshirvan: Federal R...
Taylor Lorenz: Is Social Media Responsible for Bad Parenting?
Tech journalist Taylor Lorenz discusses the Meta trial, the moral panic around social media, and the risks of...
Less Than 50 Percent of New Yorkers Support Hochul's Nicotine Pouch Tax
The unpopular plan could do real harm by taxing safer alternatives at the same rate as cigarettes, discouragin...
Trump's War in Iran Risks Ruining His Entire Foreign Policy
The president’s attempt to manage the consequences of the war is adding wrinkles to his diplomatic goals in Uk...
Theranos Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes' Sentence Reduced by 1 Year
This was called for, the court held, by a new retroactive sentencing guideline that allows such a reduction wh...
The Hidden Costs of Elizabeth Warren's 'Ultra-Millionaire' Tax
The Massachusetts senator fails to consider how her tax would harm middle class Americans and slow economic gr...
Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Colombian Coca, Seattle PayUp Law, Bomb Dogs (Vol. 21)
Good intentions, bad results.
Court Upholds Injunction Against Disclosing Information Learned from Discarded City Documents
From City of Scranton v. Coyne, decided Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, Judge Mary Hannah Leav...
Today in Supreme Court History: March 27, 1996
3/27/1996: Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: March 27,...
10 Boats, 10,000 Troops
Plus: a pause on power plant bombing, an executive order to fund the TSA, a tentative plan to end the DHS shut...
From Justice Frankfurter in the Steel Seizure Case (1952)
A nice passage, which strikes me as much worth keeping in mind. (How it applies to any particular controversie...
Review: A Thorough Account of Socialism's History
On Origin Story, podcasters Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt cover everything from Karl Marx to the British Labour...
No § 230 Immunity for Meta's AI-Generated Ads
From Tuesday's decision by Chief Judge Richard Seeborg (N.D. Cal.) in Bouck v. Meta Platforms, Inc.: This case...