Steven Pinker Beats Cancel Culture Attack
A gang of anti-liberal cancel culturalists came for Harvard linguist Steven Pinker in the form of an open letter to the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) calling for his removal …
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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature from the Institute for Justice. Usually, occupational licensing is a one-way ratchet: States impose licensing but almost never repeal it …
Lockdown Orders Have Devastated Restaurants. Politicians Think Price Controls Might Save Them.
Restaurants across the country have had their dining rooms shuttered or been forced to operate under restrictive, profit-crushing social distancing protocols. City politicians are trying to throw them a lifeline …
Lockdown Orders Have Devastated Restaurants. Politicians Think Price Controls Might Save Them.
Restaurants across the country have had their dining rooms shuttered or been forced to operate under restrictive, profit-crushing social distancing protocols. City politicians are trying to throw them a lifeline …
This Week in Policing Reform: Hawaii Lifts Police Secrecy, Civilian Oversight Boards Make Ballots in Miami and Philadelphia
It’s been another busy week for policing reform around the country. While legislation remains moribund in Congress, local and state governments around the country have continued to press forward with …
This Week in Policing Reform: Hawaii Lifts Police Secrecy, Civilian Oversight Boards Make Ballots in Miami and Philadelphia
It’s been another busy week for policing reform around the country. While legislation remains moribund in Congress, local and state governments around the country have continued to press forward with …
ICE’s Policy of Excluding Online Students isn’t “New”
I’ve seen countless stories about ICE’s “new” requirement barring student visas for students who would be taking only online classes (e.g., NPR). The idea that this is “new” is false. …
Mazar’s Maze
I have now finished reading Trump v. Mazars. That case was the most unsatisfying constitutional law decision I have read in some time. It sort of abruptly ended, without any …
Congratulations to Sam Bray,
on having his “Necessary and Proper” and “Cruel and Unusual”: Hendiadys in the Constitution, 102 Va. L. Rev. 687 (2016), cited in Justice Thomas’s dissent yesterday in Trump v. Mazars …
California’s Energy Regulations Hurt the Poor, While ‘Green’ Subsidies Benefit the Rich
A prominent new study from UCLA researchers about California’s energy policies is fascinating not so much for its Captain Obvious conclusions, but because it points to a growing rift on in the …