How Wiseguy Challenged New York’s ‘Son of Sam’ Laws
My nonfiction book about a mother throwing her young children from a bridge occasionally prompts comments such as: “If you don’t give every penny in sales to the surviving children, …
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Brickbat: America’s Ally
A Saudi court has sentenced Salma al-Shehab to 34 years in prison after she was found guilty of using the Internet to “cause public unrest and destabilize civil and national …
Thursday Open Thread
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“Fuck” Belongs to Us All; or the “Ubiquity of FUCK” Doctrine
In Iancu v. Brunetti, the Patent & Trademark Office refused to register the trademark FUCT, because federal trademark law prohibited registration of “immoral[] or scandalous” marks; unconstitutionally viewpoint-discriminatory, in violation …
Why the IRA Does Not “Grant” the EPA “Broad Authority to Shift America Away from Burning Fossil Fuels”
On Monday, the New York Times published a story proclaiming that the Inflation Redution Act is a “game changer” because it amended the Clean Air Act to “make new regulations much tougher …
Forgiving Student Debt Without Abolishing the Federal Loan Program Is Morally Wrong
President Biden formally unveiled his student loan debt forgiveness plan on Wednesday, and will use his executive authority to cancel up to $20,000 of debt for borrowers who make less …
Eleventh Circuit Finds FDA Treatment of Vaping Product Marketing Applications to be Arbitrary & Capricious
Yesterday, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit concluded that the Food and Drug Administration was arbitrary and capricious when it rejected marketing applications …
N.C. Election Criminal Libel Statute Enjoined Pending Appeal
From yesterday’s decision in Grimmett v. Freeman, entered by Judge Toby Heytens, joined by Judge Albert Diaz: In 2020, Josh Stein and Jim O’Neill were engaged in a heated campaign …
Denver Police Hurt 6 Bystanders in a Shooting. So the City Cracked Down on Food Trucks.
In the wake of a recent shooting that left six bystanders injured by Denver police officers, officials were looking for a way to keep the order in the city’s Lower …
2 Defendants in Whitmer Kidnapping Case Found Guilty in Retrial
It took two tries, but the federal government obtained guilty verdicts yesterday for two of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The Detroit Free …