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Authorities in Tennessee indicted Gibson County Sheriff Paul Thomas on 22 charges including official misconduct, theft, forgery, and computer crimes involving jail inmates in his custody. Thomas failed to disclose ownership interests in a staffing agency that provided inmates to assist local businesses, a company that housed current and former…

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The National Debt Is Now So High That Every American Essentially Owes $100,000

We could grow our way out of our debt burden if politicians would limit spending increases to just below America's average yearly economic growth. But they won't even do that.

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Unpublished Opinions that Cannot be Cited

A growing threat to the rule of law

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Critics Fundamentally Misconstrue the Supreme Court's Bump Stock Ruling

The case hinged on the ATF’s statutory authority, not the Second Amendment.

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"Unpublished" or "Noncitable" Opinions

This issue arose in the Adams v. Gulley thread ("California Judge Orders Removal of Reddit Criticism of Scientist/Consultant Who Publicly Criticized English Lucy Letby Murder Trial"), but I've also seen confusion about it in other places as well, so I thought I'd write briefly about it. In federal appellate courts…

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The Best of Reason: Government Can't Fix America's Baby Bust

The obstacles to having more babies can't be moved by tax incentives or subsidized child care.

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Anthony Fauci's Inner Circle Initially Thought COVID Came From a Lab

Sen. Rand Paul explains why FOIA litigation shouldn’t have been necessary to find this out.

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Biden Administration Seeks Overly Harsh Sentences for Blocking Abortion Clinic Access

Whatever you think of abortion, the Department of Justice's latest approach to these cases is misguided.

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"Yes in God's Backyard"—A Useful, But Limited Form of Housing Deregulation

There is a growing movement to let churches and other religious organizations build housing on their property that would otherwise be banned by zoning regulations.

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Biden Grants "Parole in Place" to Undocumented Immigrant Spouses of US Citizens

It's a good policy, authorized by the law. But it will likely face lawsuits, nonetheless, potentially leading to a prolonged legal battle.

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New Reporting On Deliberations In Bruen

Justice Thomas's draft majority opinion had the "potential to outlaw many common gun-control measures."

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Tennessee Law Declares Narcan Recipients 'Under the Influence' for 24 Hours

The Ben Kredich Act, named for a young man killed by an allegedly impaired motorist, overcorrects in response to a tragic incident.

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Journal of Free Speech Law: "FDA Regulation of Physicians' Professional Speech," by Prof. Barbara J. Evans

An early article from what will eventually be several on Information as Medicine.

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NIMBY Towns, Fake Parks, and Eminent Domain

Plus: unpermitted ADUs in San Jose, Sen. J.D. Vance's mass deportation plan for housing affordability, and the California Coastal Commission's anti-housing record.

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Protections for the Undocumented

Plus: Putin goes to North Korea, designer babies, YIMBY wins, and more...

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California Judge Orders Removal of Reddit Criticism of Scientist/Consultant Who Publicly Criticized English Lucy Letby Murder Trial

The order: Sarrita Adams runs Science On Trial, Inc., which "provides forensic consultation services across the United States and the United Kingdom." Adams, who is a "University of Cambridge educated translational scientist," drew public attention by publicly criticizing the evidence in the 2023 English trial of nurse Lucy Letby, who…

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President Biden Should Pardon D.M. Bennett

Issuing a posthumous pardon for Bennett would reaffirm our nation’s commitment to free expression and intellectual freedom.

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The Division of Oral Arguments in the Office of Solicitor General (OT 2001-OT 2023)

The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) presents oral arguments on behalf of the federal government in almost all cases before the Supreme Court. There are a few outliers. The Attorney General on occasion has argued one case during his or her tenure. And in rare cases, an attorney from…

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It Didn't Start With Trump

It didn't start with libertarians either—or the 1990s.

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Brickbats: July 2024

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.

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Brickbat: You Don't Want To See This

For almost eight years, California law enforcement officials kept a death in police custody secret, labeling the case an "accident" and refusing to disclose basic information to journalists and the family of the victim, according to an investigation by Open Vallejo. Darryl Mefferd had seemed disoriented and dehydrated and was…

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On 12th Anniversary of DACA, President Biden To Announce New Executive Action For Spouses of U.S. Citizens

Parole in Place for Spouses -- Call it PIPS?

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Wealth Taxes are Direct Taxes that are Subject to the Rule of Apportionment

An originalist analysis

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Abortion, Guns, and Hunter Biden.

Plus: A listener asks the editors about the Selective Service.

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Government Warns That Playground Equipment Gets Hot

Thanks for the heads up, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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