Earth Day Turns 50
About 20 million Americans turned out for the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Lectures and rallies took place at more than 2,000 college campuses, 10,000 elementary and high …
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Brickbat: Sandy Pants
Officials in San Clemente, California, dumped 37 tons of sand on a skate park to keep skaters from using it. The park, along with other city recreation facilities, was closed to …
Coronavirus Restrictions That Go Too Far
I’m “social distancing.” I stay away from people. I do it voluntarily. There’s a big difference between voluntary—and force. Government is force. The media want more of that. “Ten states …
Shouldn’t COVID-19’s Lethality Inform the Response to It?
When she announced the startling results of a new COVID-19 study on Monday, Los Angeles County’s top public health official emphasized that the number of infections far exceeds the official …
Senate Approves Fourth Round of Coronavirus Spending: $484 Billion for Small Businesses, Testing, Hospitals
The Senate on Tuesday passed an addition to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which will funnel another $484 billion toward small business loans, hospitals, and testing. …
Bureau of Prisons Reverses Coronavirus Home Confinement Policy
The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) abruptly changed its policy yesterday for which inmates are eligible for early release into home confinement because of the threat of COVID-19, advocates and family …
If COVID-19 Has a Low Infection Fatality Rate, How Many Will Die?
Two studies by researchers associated with Stanford University and the University of Southern California have deployed antibody blood tests seeking to determine what percentage of people in two California counties …
Idaho Woman Threatened With Jail Time for Holding ‘Nonessential’ Yard Sale
Christa Thompson was trying to clean out her late father-in-law’s house when local police in Rathdrum, Idaho, charged her with a misdemeanor offense that carries a fine of up to …
“Litigating Citizenship” in Print in Vanderbilt Law Review
My coauthor Cassandra Robertson and I have a new article out in the Vanderbilt Law Review entitled “Litigating Citizenship“, in which we continue our exploration of legal issues surrounding the …
5 Unanswered Questions from Ramos v. Louisiana
Yesterday, I hastily counted the votes from Ramos v. Louisiana. I have now read the entire 87-page opinion. Ramos is even more fragmented than I initially recognized. And this decision …