Who Can Fire the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York?
Today brings word that President Trump, having summarily disposed of a number of pesky Inspectors General who had the temerity to do their jobs, has now had enough of his …
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Who Can Fire the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York?
Today brings word that President Trump, having summarily disposed of a number of pesky Inspectors General who had the temerity to do their jobs, has now had enough of his …
House Judiciary Committee Members Ask USDA To Empower Small Ranchers and Meat Processors
Six Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee have asked Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Purdue to relax U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) enforcement of some meat inspection rules due to …
Today in Supreme Court History: June 20, 1837
6/20/1837: Justice David Josiah Brewer’s birthday. Justice David Josiah Brewer ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil …
The Double Lives Hidden in the Census
The Sum of the People: How the Census Has Shaped Nations, From the Ancient World to the Modern Age, by Andrew Whitby, Basic Books, 368 pages, $30 The census is …
Bostock v. Clayton County and the Debate over the Meaning of “Ordinary Meaning”
In the recent landmark Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, which ruled that discrimination against gays and lesbians qualifies as sex discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of …
Federal Judge: Michigan Closure of Gyms Is Irrational, and Thus Unconstitutional
From today’s decision by Judge Paul L. Maloney in League of Independent Fitness Facilities & Trainers, Inc. v. Whitmer (W.D. Mich.), holding that the continued prohibition on reopening gyms in Michigan …
The Equal Protection Issues in the DACA Case
The DACA decision primarily involved principles of administrative law. (I discussed those issues here and here). But the case also involved a challenge brought under the Equal Protection Component of …
Of Chris Rock, Cartoons, and Qualified Immunity
Police officers often receive qualified immunity for egregious misconduct, but not always. Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s award of qualified immunity …
Of Chris Rock, Cartoons, and Qualified Immunity
Police officers often receive qualified immunity for egregious misconduct, but not always. Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s award of qualified immunity …