Politics
Reading the Clean Power Plan "Shadow Papers" in Context
More of what's been absent from discussions of the recently released Supreme Court memoranda, with commentary...
The Awful Virginia Redistricting Referendum
The referendum language gave voters no indication of what they were voting for
How the Media Failed American Foreign Policy
America is a global empire that needs information about itself in order to function.
A New Age-Verification Bill Could Make You Show ID To Use a Computer or Smartphone
Plus: The war with Iran is raising condom prices, increased legal liability for chatbot advice could backfire,...
Neither War nor Peace With Iran
The Trump administration is stuck in a standoff that is unstable and damaging to the entire world.
Southern Poverty Law Center Indictment
You can read it here; here's the opening paragraph plus another paragraph, though the indictment offers consid...
Sixth Circuit Upholds Federal Law Banning Home Alcohol Distilleries, Creating a Circuit Split
The decision is at odds with a recent ruling by the Fifth Circuit.
Second Circuit Upholds Decision Denying Pseudonymity for Law Doctorate Student With Psychiatric Conditions
From Monday's decision in Doe v. Yale Univ., by Dennis Jacobs, Richard C. Wesley, and Michael H. Park: Plainti...
The Lobster Triumphs
Plus: Tit-for-tat gerrymandering, D.C.'s flowing fountains, more war in the Strait of Hormuz, and more...
Today in Supreme Court History: April 22, 1992
4/22/1992: Planned Parenthood v. Casey argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 22, 1992 appeare...
Led by Republicans, Americans' Support for NATO Fades
Has the Cold War-era military alliance outlived its usefulness?
Brickbat: Lightening the Mood
Mike Forbess, a 911 dispatcher in Watauga, Texas, was formally reprimanded after making an inappropriate joke...
Trump's Embrace of Psychedelic Therapy Leaves Most Users on the Wrong Side of the Law
The medical model assumes that people should be allowed to use psychedelics only for government-approved reaso...
AI Hallucinations in Filing by a Top Law Firm
Remember: It could happen at your firm, too.
FBI Director Kash Patel Loses Defamation Lawsuit Over Morning Joe Statements
The wild things are in the nightclubs.
The Least-Psychedelic President in History Supports Psychedelic Research More Than Any of His Predecessors
Donald Trump is an unlikely but powerful champion of drug reform.
The Gem State Shines on Zoning Reform
What Idaho's slew of zoning reforms says about YIMBY politics and policymaking in the states.
A Grim Diagnosis, but New Science Is Rewriting the Story of Pancreatic Cancer
The day draws nearer when it is no longer "a death sentence."