Remdesivir Pricing
Let’s assume that further studies establish that remdesivir turns out to have precisely the effects on COVID-19 patients indicated by the preliminary study reported several days ago. That is, assume …
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Let People Go Outside
“If I get corona, I get corona,” mused Florida spring breaker Brady Sluder in a now-infamous March interview with CBS. “At the end of the day, I’m not going to …
If We Judged Joe Biden Under the Title IX Standards He Championed for Accused Student Rapists, He Would Be Guilty
The sexual assault allegation against former Vice President Joe Biden is finally receiving the attention it deserves from the mainstream media. Last Friday, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee forcefully denied …
Weed Warriors Who Mistook Tea for Marijuana Will Pay Their Victims $150,000
The Leawood, Kansas, couple whose home was raided in 2012 after sheriff’s deputies claimed that loose tea found in their trash was marijuana will receive $150,000 for their trouble under a …
The Trump Administration Did Not Support The Total Invalidation of the “Entire” ACA before the 5th Circuit
CNN reports that change may be afoot in the Obamacare litigation: Attorney General William Barr made a last-minute push Monday to persuade the administration to modify its position in the Obamacare dispute …
The Trump Administration Is Still Charging 25 Percent Tariffs on Disinfectants Used To Combat COVID-19
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are crimping supply chains for chemicals used to manufacture disinfectants and cleaning products—items that are needed to combat COVID-19 and that will be in even higher …
Masks Can Be a Symbol of Privacy and Personal Responsibility, Not Tyranny
In defense of masks. Some libertarians and conservatives seem to believe in private business conscience and contract rights until opposing them will attract attention or place themselves on their preferred …
18-to-20-Year-Olds and the Second Amendment: Challenge to Florida Law Can Continue
From Judge Mark E. Walker’s opinion in Friday’s decision in NRA v. Swearingen (N.D. Fla.): The crux of Plaintiffs’ Second Amendment Claims is that section 790.065(13) completely bars 18-to-20-yearolds from acquiring …
“The Modern American Law of Race”
My article is forthcoming next year in the Southern California Law Review. I’ve previewed some of the interesting cases I discuss on this blog, and I have a larger book …
Today in Supreme Court History: May 5, 1992
5/5/1992: The 27th Amendment is ratified. It was initially proposed in 1789. No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an …