From the Archives: June 2020
15 Years Ago June 2005 “There are fewer than 1 million professional journalists in this country. There are an estimated 8 million bloggers—and potentially 280 million more. Extending a limited …
Reason
Brickbat: Soiled
In England, the South Yorkshire Police Department has apologized for ordering a family out of their own garden. Video of the encounter shows a police officer telling a couple and …
The Demise of the Short-Lived Government Edits Doctrine
Prof. Lior Silberman (UBC) points out this government edit by the Supreme Court to the syllabus its decision last week in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.—a reference to the enigmatic “government …
Mirror-Image Decoupling
We begin the news with a US measure to secure its supply chain for a critical infrastructure – the bulk power grid. David Kris unpacks a new Executive Order restricting …
A New York Cop Beat Someone Up Over Social Distancing. Will NYPD Policing Finally Change Now?
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique threat to overcrowded jails, which has led many police departments to reevaluate how they enforce low-level crimes. But the outbreak hasn’t stopped the New …
It’s ‘Access’ to Birth Control Versus Employer Beliefs Again at the Supreme Court
Contraception, conscience rights, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are at the center of another case before the U.S. Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the court will hear oral arguments (via …
How to Track COVID-19 Without Mass Surveillance
With lockdowns still in effect across the country, Americans are growing angry and restless. They want to resume their lives. There’s a system that could make that possible without increasing …
SCOTUS grants cert to decide whether Ramos is retroactive
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court decided Ramos v. Louisiana. This case decided that the Sixth Amendment requires a unanimous jury verdict for criminal convictions. Ramos did not decide whether that …
Reopening States Aren’t Faring So Well. Neither Are the Ones Staying Closed.
States experiment with varying levels of lifting lockdown orders, amid aggression, civil disobedience, and social unrest. It seems no matter which way governors and mayors are taking their jurisdictions, backlash …
Federal Courts Enforcing State Law Against State Governments
I noted Saturday that the Sixth Circuit had temporarily blocked the Kentucky Governor’s limit on drive-in church services, based partly on the conclusion that the Governor’s order violate the Kentucky …