Brickbat: Don’t Preach It, Brother
Israeli Communications Minister David Amsalem has threatened to shut down the Hebrew language channel of GOD TV, an evangelical Christian broadcaster. Israeli law bans proselytizing to those under 18 without …
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The Penalty-less Individual Mandate Is Severable from the Rest of the ACA No Matter How You Look at It.
This week, various interest groups, academics and others filed over three-dozen “top-side” amicus briefs in California v. Texas, the most recent challenge to the Affordable Care Act to reach the …
More on the Ministerial Exemption and Religious Autonomy
From Victoria Dorfman, Todd Geremia, Anthony Dick & Kaytlin Roholt Lane (National Review Online), who wrote the law professors’ amicus brief (which I was glad to join) in Our Lady …
Wisconsin Supreme Court Says the State’s COVID-19 Lockdown Violated the Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers
After the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned that state’s COVID-19 lockdown yesterday, Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, declared that Republicans “have thrown the state into chaos.” He was referring to how …
ICE Agents Fight Sex Trafficking By Paying Potential Victims for Hand Jobs
Agents with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Arizona have been “fighting” human trafficking by sending federal immigration agents to coerce suspected victims into paid sex acts. These acts …
The ACA and the Declaratory Judgment Act
On the Court’s docket is another case about the Affordable Care Act, California v. Texas (consolidated with Texas v. California). Michael McConnell, Kevin Walsh, and I have just filed an …
More Thoughts on Church Closings
At the Law & Liberty site, I have an essay on constitutional challenges to state and local bans on religious gatherings. (Eugene has covered these cases here and here). My …
Second Amendment Challenge to N.J. Gun Range Closure
From the motion for a preliminary injunction in Ricci v. Murphy (D.N.J.) (filed yesterday by Dan Schmutter of Hartman & Winnicki and David H. Thompson, Peter A. Patterson, and Steven J. …
Today in Supreme Court History: May 14, 1973
5/14/1973: Frontiero v. Richardson decided. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I7cW6EDjc8?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, politics, technology, …
Tennessee May Finally Reform Draconian Drug-Free School Zone Laws
Tennessee lawmakers are finally revisiting the state’s punitive drug-free school zone laws, which blanket whole swaths of towns, turning minor drug crimes into mandatory minimum offenses with sentences that rival …