Remember the Vallejo Cop Who Tackled a Veteran for Filming Him?
Remember the police officer in Vallejo, California, who made national headlines in January for tackling a man who’d been filming him on a cell phone? Now he’s being sued for …
Reason
How the Drug War Destroyed a Hippie Paradise in Kathmandu
Whether it’s mountaineering or marijuana, trekking to Everest or tripping on LSD, getting as high as you can has always been central to the Nepal tourist experience. In the 1970s, …
Prof. Joanna Schwartz (UCLA) Guest-Blogging About Qualified Immunity
I’m delighted to report that my colleague Joanna Schwartz, who has written extensively on policing and on litigation against the police, will be guest-blogging this coming week about her forthcoming …
Taco Seasoning Bandit
A funny item from the Complaint in Villa v. Target Corp., where plaintiff is alleging that Target wrongly (and grossly negligently) identified her as a suspected shoplifter: ReasonFounded in …
On Trade, Democrats Continue Struggling To Differentiate From Trump
Thursday’s debate between the 10 leading Democratic presidential candidates showed that many of them are still struggling to define how they would handle trade policy differently than President Donald Trump. …
Real Distinctions Between Democrats Emerged During Last Night’s Debate
What happens when the Democratic presidential candidates stop being polite and start getting real? The most substantive and watchable debate yet, apparently. Last night’s Democratic Party showdown on CNN saw …
The mischief and the statute 4
This post is the fourth in a series on The Mischief Rule. By this point, you’re probably wondering what exactly the mischief rule does, and you’re wanting some examples. So …
There’s Only 1 Democrat Talking About the Constitution, and It’s (Shudder) Joe Biden
Let us not now pretend that Joe Biden brought anything like coherence to Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate in Houston. At some point near the exhausted end of the nearly …
American Constitutional and Political Thought
In a post yesterday on my class on Trump and the Constitution, I mentioned an archive of hundreds of free, publicly accessible documents in the history of American constitutionalism that …
Confidential DHS Report Found ICE Kept ‘Alarming’ Number of Mentally Ill Detainees in Solitary Confinement
An Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center kept an “alarming” number of mentally ill immigrant detainees in solitary confinement for “shockingly” long times, according to a previously confidential Department …