Courts should not decide issues that are not there
After law school, I clerked for two years in a federal district court. A district court clerkship is very different from a circuit court clerkship. In the circuit court, the …
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The New York Times Is Extremely Skeptical of Tara Reade’s Sexual Assault Accusation Against Joe Biden. Imagine That.
The mainstream media’s silence regarding a former staffer’s sexual assault accusation against Joe Biden is finally broken: The New York Times covered the allegations on Sunday in an extensively reported piece, …
Churches, Shutdown Orders, and Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (in Kansas and Elsewhere)
From a memorandum released Wednesday by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt (see also an argument the same day written by Samuel MacRoberts at the Kansas Justice Institute): [Kansas Governor Laura …
Today in Supreme Court History: April 12, 1945
4/12/1945: President Harry Truman’s inauguration. He would make four appointments to the Supreme Court: Chief Justice Vinson, and Justices Burton, Clarke, and Minton. President Truman’s Supreme Court nominees ReasonFounded …
Student Loans Aren’t Working
This article is part of a feature package on how the American Dream became unaffordable for millions of working-class and middle-class Americans. For more on Reason‘s autopsy of how things …
Justice Department Tweet Warns Against Restrictions That “Single Out Religious Orgs”
From the official U.S. Department of Justice account: During this sacred week for many Americans, AG Barr is monitoring govt regulation of religious services. While social distancing policies are appropriate …
Kansas Supreme Court Invalidates Legislature’s Scheme for Supervising Governor’s Executive Powers
As I wrote earlier today, there’s been a fascinating dispute in Kansas between the Legislature and the Governor, dealing with what one might call Kansas’s “emergency constitution”—the web of statutes, …
What Is BiH?
Hint: It’s not far from FYROM. Thanks to Victor Mair (Language Log) for educating me on this; for evidence, see this Google News result. I await the Bruce Springsteen song. …
“On Holy Thursday, an American Mayor Criminalized the Communal Celebration of Easter”
From today’s decision by Judge Justin R. Walker (W.D. Ky.): On Holy Thursday, an American mayor criminalized the communal celebration of Easter. That sentence is one that this Court never …
Banning Alcohol Sales During the COVID-19 Pandemic Is a Terrible Idea
Alcohol sales should be banned while Americans are isolating at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, wrote Peter Bach, a physician who directs the Center for Health Policy and Outcomes at …