Brickbat: The Regulator Is the Enemy of the Good
The new coronavirus has claimed the lives of some 7,000 nursing home residents in New Jersey. Those nursing homes now have access to coronavirus tests that provide results in minutes, …
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Tuesday’s Debate Demonstrated That Donald Trump Wants This Election To Become a Chaotic Mess
Near the very end of Tuesday’s mostly unwatchable debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, there was actually a single important moment that could have ramifications …
Trump Pushed To Condemn White Nationalist Proud Boys, Instead Tells Them ‘Stand Back and Stand By’
In tonight’s debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the protests and violence in several American cities over the summer dominated the second half of the …
Doli Incapax
From I.D. v. Juvenile Officer, decided today by the Missouri Court of Appeals (Judge Lisa White Hardwick, joined by Judges Gary D. Witt and Thomas N. Chapman): Doli incapax is a …
“The Only Rule that Governs the Confirmation Process Is the Law of the Jungle”
In February 2016, after the tragic death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Benjamin Wittes and Miguel Estrada wrote on the demise of judicial confirmation norms in the Washington Post. The advice they …
Reputation Repair Service Costs as Measure for Damages in a Libel Case
From Dinkins v. Schinzel, decided Friday by Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey (D. Nev.): Pro se plaintiff Kenneth Dinkins seeks default judgment against pro se defendant Geraldine Schinzel for libel per …
Is the COVID-19 Herd Immunity Threshold as Low as 15 Percent?
Since the first case of community transmission in the U.S. of the COVID-19 coronavirus was reported seven months ago, more than 7 million Americans, that is, around 2.2 percent of …
The Latest CDC Estimates of COVID-19’s Infection Fatality Rate Vary Dramatically With Age
Although the results of a nationwide antibody study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have not been published yet, the initial findings reportedly indicate that less than …
Will These Lawsuits End Trump’s Tariffs? More Than 3,500 U.S. Companies Hope So.
More than 3,500 American companies have filed lawsuits asking a federal court to cancel the Trump administration’s tariffs on Chinese-made goods—by far the most significant legal challenge yet to the …
Don’t Sell Weapons to the UAE
The proposed sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets and other weaponry to the United Arab Emirates has mainly drawn scrutiny for its potential effects on the new U.S.-brokered deal normalizing relations between …