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Are you working remotely as a result of the epidemic? Are you still going in to work? Have you been laid off, or even lost your job more permanently? In …
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Pennsylvania Governor Reverses Course, Exempts Some Firearms Transactions from General Lockdown
The new policy, updated this afternoon, continues to include sporting goods stores, alongside very many other establishments, on a long list of closed businesses, but adds: Except that firearms dealers …
Gave Blood Today
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Free Digital Materials for Constitutional Law and Politics
As many students and instructors are experiencing disruption to their classes and an unexpected shift to an online learning environment, let me highlight a potentially helpful resource. Oxford University Press …
The Most Libertarian Congressman Wants To Send People Checks. Here’s Why.
Lawmakers on Tuesday continued to finalize a COVID-19 stimulus bill that will attempt to revive an economy that has been clobbered by the global pandemic. Rep. Justin Amash (I–Mich.), arguably …
Advocates and Lawmakers Urge Trump Administration to Release Elderly Inmates Vulnerable to Coronavirus
Thousands of elderly federal inmates are incarcerated in prisons that could become hothouses for COVID-19, and advocates and members of Congress say the Trump administration needs to take rapid action …
U.S. Needs Billions of New Masks to Combat Coronavirus. Feds Say It’ll Take Up To 90 Days to Approve New Mask-Making Facilities.
America is suffering from a shortage of almost everything it needs to combat the spread of COVID-19. Hospital beds, ventilators, gloves, and gowns are all in short supply. That’s particularly …
Puerto Rico No Longer Forced To ‘Buy American’ for Much-Needed Masks
Over the weekend, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gave Puerto Rico and other territories the discretion to acquire personal protective equipment from non-U.S. sources. With governments at all levels …
My New “Atlantic” Article Making the Case for Strengthening Protection for Property Rights
The Atlantic has just published my new article making the case for expanding protection for constitutional property rights. Here is an excerpt: Alexander Hamilton said at the Constitutional Convention of …
Law Professors quietly agree with my post on pass/fail grading
Yesterday, I published a lengthy post about grading for the Spring 2020 semester. I knew the post would be unpopular in certain quarters. First, many professors have long opposed grading …