Alito: “I went to a law school where I didn’t learn any law.”
I was pleased to attend oral argument today in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products–my first argument since the pandemic. This fun IP case considers a doggy toy that closely …
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Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Ban on Landlords’ Inquiring About Prospective Tenants’ Criminal History, But …
From today’s Ninth Circuit decision in Yim v. City of Seattle, written by Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw, joined in part by Judges Ronald M. Gould and Mark J. Bennett: In …
Police Officers Charged With Murder in ‘Smothering’ of Virginia Man
Earlier this month, a Virginia man was killed when police officers and hospital employees “smothered” him to death. Now, the officers and medical workers involved in the killing have been …
“And Luck Is a Reward for Courage”
I saw this on a list of anti-war songs compiled by Russian journalist Mikhail Kozyrev. It’s not obviously antiwar to me, but I’ll take his word for it. It’s also …
How Should a Bureaucrat Proceed if He Doubts a Contractor’s Self-Declared Race?
For federal transportation contracting and for Small Business Administration progams, it’s advantageous to have one’s business certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, or DBE. The simplest way of gaining DBE …
The State-Created Danger Doctrine
From Judge Don Willett’s opinion yesterday in Fisher v. Moore, joined by Chief Judge Priscilla Richman and Judge Jacques Wiener: A disabled public-school student was sexually assaulted by another student …
North Dakota Constitution Likely Secures a Right to Life- and Health-Preserving Abortions
From today’s North Dakota Supreme Court decision in Wrigley v. Romanick, written by Chief Justice Jon Jensen, joined by Justices Daniel Crothers and Lisa Fair McEvers, and by District Judge …
Blame the Government for the New Banking Crisis? Live With Lyn Alden, Arnold Kling and Zach Weissmueller
“We have learned over the last few days that many small and mid-sized banks in this country are Zombies,” writes Arnold Kling, a senior scholar at the Mercatus Center at …
Latest Journal of Free Speech Law Article Published 2 Months After It Was Submitted
One goal of our peer-reviewed Journal of Free Speech Law is to be able to publish quickly, when the author so prefers. We haven’t always been as quick as we’d have …
North Carolina Using Eminent Domain To Seize Homes and a Church for Electric Car Factory
VinFast is the first company to develop electric vehicles in its native Vietnam, and it’s now making inroads into the American market. Last year, it announced it would build a …