Reason This week the House Judiciary Committee approved the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. The legislation would provide grants to encourage the passage and enforcement of “red flag” laws, which are …
More than 300,000 American jobs have been lost as a result of President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, and another 600,000 could be destroyed if the conflict drags on …
Hongkongers booed the Chinese national anthem before a soccer match on Tuesday night. That’s an illegal act in mainland China. After more than three months of sustained protests in Hong …
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to enforce a new anti-asylum rule while a legal challenge to the policy proceeds. The change makes it harder for Central …
In a post earlier today, I mentioned a new paper on statutory interpretation called The Mischief Rule. Now, in a series of posts, I’ll blog parts of the introduction with …
Texas has passed a law telling public universities to let people express their First Amendment rights in any public outdoor spaces. As a result, the University of Texas at Austin …
One benefit of teaching in a political science department with colleagues who also teach law-related subjects is that I have the freedom to create some unusual course offerings. In the …
The Supreme Court has had a number of major statutory interpretation cases in recent years. These include Yates (is a fish a “tangible object”?) and Bond (was a contaminated doorknob …
In any system of social accounting, it is necessary to reconcile revenues with expenditures. Private firms do so because they fear insolvency and bankruptcy. Public institutions don’t have the option …
If the British Labour Party returns to power, it plans to seize some £300 billion (about $370 billion) of shares in some of the nation’s largest companies and turn them over …