Reason Throw a Billion Dollars from the Helicopter is a new documentary about the wildly successful (and incredibly stupid) 2016 ballot initiative led by Jeff Williams, the mayor of Arlington, Texas, …
Former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer David Afanador has been arrested and charged with strangulation and attempted strangulation, after violating the city’s brand new ban on police choking …
This week I’ve been posting about principles of style that made the writing of Lincoln, Churchill, and Holmes so potent. The posts are all taken from this new book that …
6/26/2003: Justice Kennedy writes the majority opinion in Lawrence v. Texas. 6/26/2013: Justice Kennedy writes the majority opinion in U.S. v. Windsor. 6/26/2015: Justice Kennedy writes the majority opinion in …
Inhuman Conditions is a new board game loosely based on the idea of the Turing test—a way to evaluate a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior, devised by codebreaker and …
In Michigan, nearly 2,000 nursing home residents have perished from the coronavirus, and 20 nursing home workers have died. That represents more than a third of the state’s total coronavirus …
The death of George Floyd and resulting nationwide protests against police abuses have focused renewed attention on the legal doctrine of “qualified immunity,” which all too often enables law enforcement …
The Democrat-led House of Representatives passed a package of criminal justice legislation Thursday night, largely along party lines, to address nationwide protests and demands for policing reforms following the killing …
A few moments ago, I blogged about Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam. This case turned on the scope of the Suspension Clause. Justice Alito wrote the majority opinion. Justice …
Today the Supreme Court decided Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam. I have now had a chance to read the entire 98-page decision. We have edited the case down to …