Today in Supreme Court History: August 14, 1935
8/14/1935: President Roosevelt signs into law the Social Security Act of 1935. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of this law in Helvering v. Davis (1937). President Franklin D. Roosevelt …
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Brickbat: Elder Abuse
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed a bill that would have blocked COVID-19 patients from being sent to nursing homes, unless those patients were recovered or they could be housed …
Ted Cruz, Laurence Tribe, and Tammy Duckworth
The Natural Born Citizen Clause is back in the news. Indeed, every four years, this obscure provision of the Constitution rears its head. Let’s flash back to January 11, 2016. …
Have Zoom, Won’t Need to Travel
Several law student groups have invited me to give Zoom talks this Fall, and I enthusiastically accepted. It’s less engaging, of course, than an in-person talk, but there’s no travel …
What are Law Schools around the Country Doing about in-Person vs. Remote Learning?
At George Mason’s Scalia Law School, where I teach, first-year students were given the option of in-person or remote, and my understanding is that most chose in-person. Most of our …
New Biotech Photosynthesis Hacks Would Boost Crop Yields by 50 Percent or More
A team of biotechnologists at the University of Essex has been tweaking the process of photosynthesis—the system by which plants use sunlight to transform water and carbon dioxide into food. …
You Don’t Have to Vote for Your Party’s Crappy Ticket
You don’t have to strain your imagination to come up with reasons why some (though definitely not most!) Democrats might be less than enthused by vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala …
Most Americans Don’t Trust Cops Much, a New Gallup Poll Reveals
Most Americans do not trust cops much, according to new poll results that put public confidence in the police at a record low level. From 2019 to 2020, Gallup reports, …
Mike Pence Comes Out Against Marijuana Banking Bill That Would Actually Save Taxpayers Money
Vice President Mike Pence took to Lou Dobbs Tonight on Fox News earlier this week to gripe that Democrats were attempting to include legislation related to marijuana and banking in the …