Brickbat: Safe at Home
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has passed an ordinance that will permanently ban landlords from evicting tenants who say they can’t pay their rent for coronavirus-related reasons such as losing …
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In re Michael Flynn as Bush v. Gore
Today a divided panel of the D.C. Circuit’s handed down its decision in In re Michael Flynn. The appellate court ordered the district court to grant the government’s motion to …
“Resolution of Judicial Misconduct Complaints About District Judge Lynn Adelman”
From Monday’s report of the Judicial Council of the Seventh Judicial Circuit: In March 2020, United States District Judge Lynn Adelman published a law review article entitled The Roberts Court’s …
Robby Soave on the New York Times / Slate Star Codex Controversy
I thought the piece (“The New York Times‘s Inconsistent Standards Drove Slate Star Codex To Self-Cancel“) was thoughtful and sober, and I suspect correct, so I thought I’d pass along …
Misdemeanor Public Defender’s Defamation Claim Against ACLU Can Go Forward
From Tuesday’s Georgia Court of Appeals opinion by Judge Clyde Reese in ACLU v. Zeh, joined by Judges D. Todd Markle and Verda Colvin: Zeh’s complaint alleged the following facts. …
The Law Protects Religious Liberty Far More than Many People Think
In an excellent recent article, conservative legal commentator and longtime religious liberty litigator David French explains why current law protects religious liberty far more than many people—particularly many conservatives—think. French …
Appeals Court Panel Rules in Favor of Michael Flynn’s Release
A federal judge can and should agree to the Department of Justice’s request to drop charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, a federal appeals court panel ruled today. …
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Had a Big Night in New York’s Primary. Hillary Clinton Fell Flat.
This year’s primary season has been a mixed bag for the insurgent progressives within the Democratic Party’s ranks, but Tuesday’s results in and around New York City seem to have …
Senators Propose a Cool New Contest To Destroy Your Online Privacy
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.) and Tom Cotton (R–Ark.) have joined forces to sponsor encryption legislation that Attorney General William Barr supports, so it’s almost certainly a threat to Americans’ data …
All Statues Should Be Private
It’s difficult to evoke much concern for the removal of statues of slavery advocates from public property, but the historical revisionism hasn’t stopped there, of course. As the removals have …