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Presidential Immunity As a Question of Executive Power

There is no textual basis for "immunity" as such, but there are structural reasons why some degree of insulation is inevitable.

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Goldsmith on the Trump Immunity Decision

A thoughtful, sober take on Trump v. United States.

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Judges Block Indiana and Mississippi Age Verification Laws for Porn, Social Media

And the Supreme Court agrees to weigh in.

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Andy Mills: Quitting The New York Times and Making The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling

The podcasting pioneer discusses capturing the real J.K. Rowling, quitting The New York Times, and his new show Reflector.

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Lawsuit Against Kathy Griffin Alleging She Tweeted to Get Man Fired Can Go Forward

A quick summary of the factual allegations: On April 24, 2021, Samuel Johnson sat down for dinner at a hotel in Franklin, Tennessee. Shortly after, a group of forty to fifty teenagers began taking prom pictures nearby. The boisterous teenagers apparently disturbed Johnson and other customers, prompting him to ask…

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Biden's Litany of Excuses

Plus: Illegal beach booze-selling, California's "tax apocalypse," and more...

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Injunction Ordering Citizens Not to Mention Coroner in Online Posts (and Barring Them From Possessing Weapons)

An Ohio trial court issued the injunction, but the Ohio Court of Appeals has just set it aside.

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France's Messy Elections Make American Politics Look Orderly

The U.S. flirtation with populism barely holds a candle to the situation across the Atlantic.

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Brickbat: Are You Sure That's You?

A federal judge has awarded $1.5 million to a family after their two children, a boy and a girl who are U.S. citizens, were wrongly detained at the U.S.-Mexico in 2019. The family lives in Mexico, but the children attend school in the United States. As they attempted to cross…

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Biden, Trump, and RFK Jr. Are All Anti-Freedom

Those three presidential candidates are making promises that would have bewildered and horrified the Founding Fathers.

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About Justice Jackson's "Recusal" From Loper Bright

Justice Jackson's "participation" in Relentless and SFFA further demonstrates why the usual recusal rules will not work for the Supreme Court.

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Two SCOTUS Cases Show How an Unaccountable Administrative State Hurts 'Ordinary People'

Contrary to progressive criticism, curtailing bureaucratic power is not about protecting "the wealthy and powerful."

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On The Loper Bright Side For Immigration Lawyers

How will the Board of Immigration Appeals operate in a world without Chevron?

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What Exactly Do Justices Thomas and Gorsuch Disagree About In Loper Bright

Justice Thomas agrees with the "lion's share" of Justice Gorsuch's concurrence.

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The Best of Reason: What Caused the D.C. Crime Wave?

Don't blame criminal justice reform or a lack of social spending for D.C.'s crime spike. Blame government mismanagement.

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Sotomayor Is Right: The Supreme Court Should Reevaluate Absolute Immunity for Prosecutors

The doctrine makes it nearly impossible for victims of prosecutorial misconduct to get recourse.

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A Law Professor's Beef With a First Amendment 'Spinning Out of Control': Too Much Speech of the Wrong Sort

Even as he praises judicial decisions that made room for "dissenters" and protected "robust political debate," Tim Wu pushes sweeping rationales for censorship.

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The Supreme Court Didn't Destroy the Regulatory State. It Stood Up for Due Process.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says these cases will "devastate" the regulatory state. Good.

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Attention SCOTUS Shoppers: Clean up on Article III and there is a Blue-Light Special on the Second Amendment.

SCOTUS GVR's Range, sends Second Amendment to inferior court purgatory.

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Why the End of Chevron Could Be a Win for Immigrants

“Immigration is an area of the law where the partisan alignments break down over Chevron.”

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Federal Judge, ICE Agents Linked to Compromised Spyware Use

The surveillance company mSpy just suffered its third data breach in a decade, exposing government officials snooping for both official and unofficial reasons.

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Which Circuit Had The Highest Reversal Rate?

It was not the Fifth Circuit.

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"What Should a Court Do When Faced with a 40-Year-Old Conviction Resting on Science That Has Now Been Wholly Discredited?"

A longish and interesting opinion by Justice Sotomayor, regarding the Court's decision not to review the matter for now (McCrory v. Alabama). According to Justice Sotomayor: Petitioner Charles M. McCrory was convicted of murder in 1985 based on forensic bitemark testimony that has now been roundly condemned by the scientific…

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Justice Sotomayor on Prosecutorial Immunity

From Justice Sotomayor's statement today respecting the denial of review in Price v. Montgomery County: Nickie Miller was charged with murder based on the false confession of a witness. The witness later recanted her coerced confession, including in jailhouse letters she sent to her husband. Upon learning about the letters,…

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Justice Thomas Argues the Court Should at Some Point Consider Whether "Assault Weapons" Bans Violate Second Amendment

Justice Alito takes a similar view, but, at least in this case, this view didn't get the four votes necessary to grant review.

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